One In Three Ryanair Passengers Vote for ‘Fat Tax’
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One In Three Ryanair Passengers Vote for ‘Fat Tax’
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Ryanair is considering charging people who are overweight. they are willing to charge a certain price per kilo over (100kg for woman and 130kg for men). Also people who `invade’ the space of the passengers sitting beside them have to pay for 2 seats.
What do you think about this?
I'm all for it as I really hate it if you have a fat person in the seat next to you and he/she comes in your seat space. And of course you have to pay for overweight luggage so why not for overweight fat?
(Hilarious video from Ricky Gervais on fat people on air planes)
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today (22 Apr) announced that it will now consider how to charge a ‘fat tax’ after more than 30,000 passengers voted in favour of charging excess weight fees for very large passengers in an online vote over the past two weeks.
What do you think about this?
I'm all for it as I really hate it if you have a fat person in the seat next to you and he/she comes in your seat space. And of course you have to pay for overweight luggage so why not for overweight fat?
(Hilarious video from Ricky Gervais on fat people on air planes)
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I agree this 'fat tax' would work, as long as it actually means lower airfares for everyone else. And in my opinion they should apply for budget airlines only... full service airlines should maintain their everything inclusive model (will AA ever stop charging liqor in coach like most other non US-based airlines? unlikely... sigh)
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Of course, it's not one in three. It seems that 'over 30,000' of 'over 100,000' people took part in an unscientific self-selected online poll.
I wonder what 'over 30,000' is as a proportion of LiarAir passengers.
I wonder what 'over 30,000' is as a proportion of LiarAir passengers.
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simple add it into the T&C for the flights.
and pay per Pound of blubber. It not free lifting all that lard.
If the airlines let people bring huge heavy suitcases and place them in the hold; all well and good,
but I wouldn't feel as sanguine if their fat suitcase were propped against me all the flight .
buy 2 seats plumpers
and pay per Pound of blubber. It not free lifting all that lard.
If the airlines let people bring huge heavy suitcases and place them in the hold; all well and good,
but I wouldn't feel as sanguine if their fat suitcase were propped against me all the flight .
buy 2 seats plumpers
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Imstead of a fat tax, why not charge everyone by the lbs like FedEx or UPS. Passangers could but a preset amount of lbs in advance at one rate. If the pax went over when they step on a scale before boarding they would pay more.
Imstead of a fat tax, why not charge everyone by the lbs like FedEx or UPS. Passangers could but a preset amount of lbs in advance at one rate. If the pax went over when they step on a scale before boarding they would pay more.
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How about a little less venom against people who are a larger size. I make a conscious effort to make sure I do not encroach on the space of my seat mates. More than can plenty of thinner folk who are arm rest hogs and or feel the need to splay their legs so wide apart they are practically doing the splits.
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How about a volumetric sizing charge, if they cant pass through the Ryanair A door then they have to buy an extra seat and then they get to go through Ryanair door B and if this fails they have to buy a row. Easy and problem solved for everyone.
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This is old 'news', insofar as it was ever news. Just FR spin to garner more headlines.
It's dead in the water.
http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/news....=gen-en-080509
It's dead in the water.
http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/news....=gen-en-080509
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so, effectively this guy wants to bully customers.
never will get a cent of mine then.
being 200cm tall, it's not as if it's my fault that i'm not the size of my indonesian wife at 156cm.
I've never met anyone my height that is under 90kg's and I've met a fair few up around 140kg that are pure muscle.
Try shoehorning yourself into the seats on some of these planes.
To Ryanair 'leaders', If you're talking about making people pay per volume, make sure you get a discount for the empty space in your heads where your brains should be
never will get a cent of mine then.
being 200cm tall, it's not as if it's my fault that i'm not the size of my indonesian wife at 156cm.
I've never met anyone my height that is under 90kg's and I've met a fair few up around 140kg that are pure muscle.
Try shoehorning yourself into the seats on some of these planes.
To Ryanair 'leaders', If you're talking about making people pay per volume, make sure you get a discount for the empty space in your heads where your brains should be
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I wonder how they would charge someone who was intersexed? Maybe they get 115kg. Submitting a genotype that proved the condition would be required to get the extra allotment.
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Ryanair is considering charging people who are overweight. they are willing to charge a certain price per kilo over (100kg for woman and 130kg for men). Also people who `invade’ the space of the passengers sitting beside them have to pay for 2 seats.
What do you think about this?
I'm all for it as I really hate it if you have a fat person in the seat next to you and he/she comes in your seat space. And of course you have to pay for overweight luggage so why not for overweight fat?
(Hilarious video from Ricky Gervais on fat people on air planes)
Ryanair is considering charging people who are overweight. they are willing to charge a certain price per kilo over (100kg for woman and 130kg for men). Also people who `invade’ the space of the passengers sitting beside them have to pay for 2 seats.
What do you think about this?
I'm all for it as I really hate it if you have a fat person in the seat next to you and he/she comes in your seat space. And of course you have to pay for overweight luggage so why not for overweight fat?
(Hilarious video from Ricky Gervais on fat people on air planes)
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How about a little less venom against people who are a larger size. I make a conscious effort to make sure I do not encroach on the space of my seat mates. More than can plenty of thinner folk who are arm rest hogs and or feel the need to splay their legs so wide apart they are practically doing the splits.
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