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Old Apr 15, 2017 | 5:26 pm
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Originally Posted by floridastorm
What is the point of charging passengers for overweight luggage and not charging passengers for being overweight. Why should a 90 lb, 5' 2" woman pay the same fare as a 300 lb, 6' 5" man? I'm quite sure that the 210 lb difference is many times that of the overweight luggage. It's all the same to the stress on the air frame and engines.
Because an AC employee doesn't need to lift and carry the passenger.
Last edited by canadiancow; Apr 15, 2017 at 6:40 pm Reason: typo
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