Fat tax

"Alfred Molon" kirjoitti
s.com...
Heard today on the radio here in Malaysia some talk of airlines letting
overweight passengers pay more for their tickets (perhaps in
Australia?), a socalled "fat tax". Is there anything true in this?
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So, it doesn't matter if the waist measurement/length1 unless one is 140
centimeters tall.

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:40:01 +0200,
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"Alfred Molon" kirjoitti
ws.com...
Heard today on the radio here in Malaysia some talk of airlines letting
overweight passengers pay more for their tickets (perhaps in
Australia?), a socalled "fat tax". Is there anything true in this?
--

There is apparently talk about having one though it is only in the
talking stage.

Alfred Molon wrote:
Heard today on the radio here in Malaysia some talk of airlines letting
overweight passengers pay more for their tickets (perhaps in
Australia?), a socalled "fat tax". Is there anything true in this?

When we were leaving the airport at Ayers Rock, they actually weighed
our carry-on luggage. If the rest of Australia is as obsessive with
weight, I wouldn't doubt that they would start weighing people next. :-)
JMTCW

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

"Alfred Molon" wondered...
Heard today on the radio here in Malaysia some talk of airlines letting
overweight passengers pay more for their tickets (perhaps in
Australia?), a socalled "fat tax". Is there anything true in this?
--

There has been discussion of the idea - perhaps partly fuelled by the drive
to tackle obesity.
However, some travellers might feel pleased to see something along these
lines.

I, at 75 kg, have the same baggage allowance as someone who weighs twice
that - the airlines charge for excess weight because it increases the fuel
requirements . . .
I've long held the opinion that it would be fairer to charge on the basis of
total weight (not that I'd want to take an additional 50 or 75 kg of
luggage, but an extra10 would be nice).


A couple of years ago, whilst studying for an MSc in "Aerospace Design,
Manufacture and Management" I had to do an assignment on aircraft
performance, part of which was involved with calculating fuelling
requirements. I had a contact whose father is a pilot for Aeroflot, and he
sent me some actual calculation sheets. It was ineresting to see that when
flying from the US, they allowed an extra 10 kg per passenger for average
body weight over that allowed in Europe . . . . But the baggage allowance
was unchanged. so we skinny folks have been subsidising the fatties for a
long time (plus, we actually fit into our seats, whereas they spill over
into out allocated space).

_______
Geoff B

On Nov 14, 8:54 am, Janet Wilder wrote:
Alfred Molon wrote:
Heard today on the radio here in Malaysia some talk of airlines letting
overweight passengers pay more for their tickets (perhaps in
Australia?), a socalled "fat tax". Is there anything true in this?

When we were leaving the airport at Ayers Rock, they actually weighed
our carry-on luggage. If the rest of Australia is as obsessive with
weight, I wouldn't doubt that they would start weighing people next. :-)
JMTCW

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life


What's the big deal? I flew out of SFO and they weighed my handheld.

Heard today on the radio here in Malaysia some talk of airlines letting
overweight passengers pay more for their tickets (perhaps in
Australia?), a socalled "fat tax". Is there anything true in this?
--

Alfred Molon
http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:49:34 -0000, the renowned "Geoff B"
wrote:

"Alfred Molon" wondered...
Heard today on the radio here in Malaysia some talk of airlines letting
overweight passengers pay more for their tickets (perhaps in
Australia?), a socalled "fat tax". Is there anything true in this?
--

There has been discussion of the idea - perhaps partly fuelled by the drive
to tackle obesity.
However, some travellers might feel pleased to see something along these
lines.

I, at 75 kg, have the same baggage allowance as someone who weighs twice
that - the airlines charge for excess weight because it increases the fuel
requirements . . .
I've long held the opinion that it would be fairer to charge on the basis of
total weight (not that I'd want to take an additional 50 or 75 kg of
luggage, but an extra10 would be nice).


A couple of years ago, whilst studying for an MSc in "Aerospace Design,
Manufacture and Management" I had to do an assignment on aircraft
performance, part of which was involved with calculating fuelling
requirements. I had a contact whose father is a pilot for Aeroflot, and he
sent me some actual calculation sheets. It was ineresting to see that when
flying from the US, they allowed an extra 10 kg per passenger for average
body weight over that allowed in Europe . . . . But the baggage allowance
was unchanged. so we skinny folks have been subsidising the fatties for a
long time (plus, we actually fit into our seats, whereas they spill over
into out allocated space).

It must particularly gall the lithe Asians to be subsidizing the
Western lard-a**es.



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PeterL wrote:
On Nov 14, 8:54 am, Janet Wilder wrote:
Alfred Molon wrote:
Heard today on the radio here in Malaysia some talk of airlines letting
overweight passengers pay more for their tickets (perhaps in
Australia?), a socalled "fat tax". Is there anything true in this?
When we were leaving the airport at Ayers Rock, they actually weighed
our carry-on luggage. If the rest of Australia is as obsessive with
weight, I wouldn't doubt that they would start weighing people next. :-)
JMTCW

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life


What's the big deal? I flew out of SFO and they weighed my handheld.

I never had my carry-on luggage weighed before. I have had it fitted
into the little size-thing, but never weighed. They let me put a few
things from my carry-on into my purse when they found it a tad heavy.
Seemed rather silly as it was all going under the same seat of the plane
and the total weight was the same.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

.. wrote:


If it was a small aircraft it is done for safety reasons.

It wasn't a small aircraft. I've traveled on small aircraft where the
luggage went into the nose of the plane and the seats were a single row
of lawn chairs strapped to the floor. This was a regular commuter-plane
sized jet holding at least a hundred souls.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:56:21 -0600, Janet Wilder
wrote:


If it was a small aircraft it is done for safety reasons.

It wasn't a small aircraft. I've traveled on small aircraft where the
luggage went into the nose of the plane and the seats were a single row
of lawn chairs strapped to the floor. This was a regular commuter-plane
sized jet holding at least a hundred souls.

You actually flew with the Grace L Ferguson Airline and
Storm Door Company?

(do a search on that and Bob Newhart:-)


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