Should fatties on planes pay more?

depends how much they weigh or if they expect to take up more one seat

I agree. Nothing worse than sitting next to a great big fatty in economy. In fact last year I flew Premium economy and the fatty next to me was still too close and stank of BO(that was even worse)
People who smell, should not be allowed on until they have had a wash and used some deoderant. It's disgusting, he may well have just sh*t himself it was that bad. I asked to move after a quiet word with a crew member, lucky there was a spare seat or I would have made a fuss to get into upper.
I know thin people can smell but fat or smelly, get 'em off the flight!

To reduce costs/increase profits airlines put any more fuel in planes than they have to, it’s all calculated re the expected passenger and luggage weight and the weight of the fuel they need to carry. Therefore if there’s fuel at the destination point the plane will only carry fuel to get to that point plus a certain contingency.

Could be a niche opportunity there, eg Lard-Air™, an airline which specialises in flying salad dodgers.
Cake, pies etc. served throughout the flight.

Reckon it would be a good idea to do what they do at the boxing when one of them doesn't make the weight - get them to strip down to their Reg Grundys and sweat off a few pounds  - check in would be much more entertaining.

these two munters have been in the news today after flying round the world "on benefits."
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6565438/Around-the-world-in-80-claims.html

Wouldn't fancy having these two either side on a flight. The dark haired one I'm sure used to play loose head for Samoa.

simple, when I've paid for my seat, I don't want some fat fk spilling over into the space I've paid for, if they won't control their food in take that's their problem and they should pay for a space suitable for their bulk

if people want more legroom in economy this will equate to higher prices due to less seats.

I must admit business class can be like another world compared to economy but I'd usually rather splurge more on hotel than a better seat on the plane.

TB

A few years ago I was flying back from Sri Lanka with BA and was sat next to a bloke who was a bit overweight - not a problem - but smelt like your average wheelie bin after it has been emptied.

Got to the stage where I genuinely thought I was going to throw up every time he moved and wafted in my direction so asked the stewardess  - in the little area where the food is stored, not at the seat - if I could move. Plane was no more than a third full.

Point blank refused as it was "against British Airways policy". Moved anyway and plonked myself down at the back - same class.

Next thing the Captain appeared and asked me what the problem was - explained and he wandered off to do what they used to do in those days, shake a few hands, chat up a few women.

5 minutes later he reappeared and asked me to follow him - upgraded to first class with the comment "it's the least we can do after you had to put up with that stench for the last two hours!".

The wife's lost a few pounds, HH !

how can you tell if its a him or a her?

Daughter got next to a fatty on a long haul to Australia.

She was seriously encroaching on her limited space.

Fortunately there was a free seat so she could move.

Question is why, when they know there will be a problem, do they allow it to happen?

Having their weight, plus luggage, wouldn't prevent the problem with seating!

Baggage rules on planes are ludicrous at the best of times.  As someone who weighs about 10st 12lbs, it seems hugely unfair that I get the same baggage allowance as someone twice my weight, ie, about 70kg more than me (although I guess their clothes are twice the size of mine)

More daft is the rule on joint baggage.  Me and missus recently flew on SleazyJet and had both paid so that we had a 20kg bag each.  But decided last minute to just use one big bag between us  which weighed 22kg, plus not bother with hand luggage.  They said we'd either have to a) split it into two bags (which is surely more hassle for them to handle), or b) take some out to carry on as hand luggage (ie, exactly the same amount of stuff going on the plane), despite the fact we'd pre-paid for 40kg plus a hand baggage allowance between us.

Totally "computer says no' attitude.  Nobody prepared or allowed to make a common sense call.  Tw@ts.

Very obese people shouldn't be allowed in confined spaces full stop, they tend to have very bad hygiene, being squashed and sat next to a bad odour for  7 hours on a plane is no fun.

Double seat, double seat, got to get a double seat

It could be argued the very existence of fat people make most of our journeys more pleasant.

Undoubtedly preferable to sit next to someone a bit chunky rather than someone who stinks.

Odd excuse for the overweight - no excuse for poor hygiene.

Could be solved by departure staff passing a hula hoop over passengers. If it sticks, you buy two seats.

Being fat is now so common it seems to have been normalised so perhaps thinner people should get a discount when flying.