Airlines now charging FATTIES more!
January 20, 2010 in Uncategorized
Obese passengers flying with Air France will have to pay an extra Euro or two just for being slightly overweight. This news comes following the introduction of new rules and will come into effect after 1st April. No this is not a ‘April Fools Day’ Joke!!
In future this man, if flying Air France, would have to pay extra. Thankfully for this photo he is sitting in the middle of the plane. Initially he did have a windo seat but the plane kept going around in circles so he was shifted to the isle seat.
Company spokeswoman Monique Matze told AFP passengers who were unable to squeeze into a single aeroplane seat would have to pay 75 per cent of the cost of a second seat.
Being slightly built I am all for this law and will be flying Air France on my next trip from Tauranga to Christchurch. However, what would be better would be a weight limit per person. By this I mean every person on the plane should be allowed 100kg to take on board.
The system would work like this. If you weigh 80kg you can take 20kg of luggage. If you are built like a racing snake and weigh 60kg you get the luxury of 40kg of luggage. If however, your favourite food is KFC and you weigh 120kg, well you would have to buy ‘Fat Man’s Credits’. These are similar to Carbon Credits and could be purchased prior to flying either through the airline or off other passengers. Buying off other passengers would be my preference and would create a small but profitable business for some people. For instance the young man who was 60kg in the previous paragraph might only have 20kg of luggage. If this was the case he could then sell his other 20kg as Fat Man’s Credits’ to anyone who was slightly overweight.
In light of this new law I am currently writing this blog while running on my treadmill and living on a diet of Special K breakfast cereal. My hope is that before next weekend Air New Zealand will have implemented a similar law and I will be down to 65kg with 15 Fat Man’s Credits ready for sale. Current price is $3.50 per credit.. Any takers???