Airlines charge by weight

[Gone4Now 4]

This is in my local paper...interesting. I may be driving xcountry until I hit goal. :biggrin:

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[HeatherO 7]

That article was horrible.

Can you imagine not only suffering the indignity of asking for a seat belt extender, but to have to be publically weighed and pay a penalty for excess weight???

How on earth would publically humiliating people put an end to the obesity epidemic??? If shame were enough to make us thin, I can assure you that we wouldn't have the problems with obesity that we do today.

The author should be ashamed of that article.

[crzytchr 3]

The premise of the article is awful, but the author of the article is being sarcastic. The absurdity of the situation kind of calls for a little sarcasm.

"Who's going to weigh us? The airline? The TSA? And if we're really eager to get the lowest fare possible, will we be allowed to shed all our clothes going through the security weigh station? Every pound counts. Come to think of it, that's yet another reason to adopt a fly-by-girth policy: The TSA no longer will have to bother us about removing our shoes; we'll all be naked."

If I am walking through naked, I can assure you they won't be checking me out for weapons. More like averting their eyes, at least for now.:tt1:

[Brandy~ 2]

The premise of the article is awful, but the author of the article is being sarcastic. The absurdity of the situation kind of calls for a little sarcasm.

"Who's going to weigh us? The airline? The TSA? And if we're really eager to get the lowest fare possible, will we be allowed to shed all our clothes going through the security weigh station? Every pound counts. Come to think of it, that's yet another reason to adopt a fly-by-girth policy: The TSA no longer will have to bother us about removing our shoes; we'll all be naked."

If I am walking through naked, I can assure you they won't be checking me out for weapons. More like averting their eyes, at least for now.

Maybe I could make a few bucks off the airline when they paid me to put my clothes back on lol :tongue2:

[tapshoes 2]

Maybe I could make a few bucks off the airline when they paid me to put my clothes back on lol :crying:

now THAT'S a plan!!! :wink2: