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kayak karl
04-06-2008, 10:11
Saw on the news today that with the resent closing of 3 airlines because of rising fuel prices, others are looking into ways of being more efficient with their fuel. they will be CUTTING WEIGHT by serving sodas in cans, not glasses and eliminating magazine racks. i started laughing, THAT'S IT! Let a seasoned hiker loose on that plane and get some serious weight cut.
So, lets do our part. What would YOU eliminate.
Me, get rid of those over head cargo areas and replace with little mesh hammocks:-?
Frolicking Dinosaurs
04-06-2008, 10:33
Why not replace at least part of the seats themselves with hammocks? Consider how many people sleep on planes - it is an obvious solution.
Doughnut
04-06-2008, 11:48
Funny you asked that, years ago a Oil Rich country bought a gulfstream here in savannah, then proceeded to customize the sircraft with mahogany and gold, all the trimmings. When they were finished, they'd exceeded the sircraft's gross weight so that it could not take off!
true story, Now gulfstream has experts to oversee the process.
saimyoji
04-06-2008, 11:56
how about trimming some weight off the passengers :rolleyes:
I think everyone should be weighed then charged by the pound including luggage. It would be a fair way of paying your share of fuel usage. I also think they should charge some of the people that can't seem to not take up half of the seat next to them double.
saimyoji
04-06-2008, 12:02
weight and dimensions. just like luggage
angewrite
04-06-2008, 13:01
If you exceed the maximum allowed weight for lugage you pay. If your ass exceeds the maximum allowed weight should pay as well.
Why not replace at least part of the seats themselves with hammocks? Consider how many people sleep on planes - it is an obvious solution.
Yeah, until you hit a little turbulence! :eek:
Toolshed
04-06-2008, 15:30
I think everyone should be weighed then charged by the pound including luggage. It would be a fair way of paying your share of fuel usage. I also think they should charge some of the people that can't seem to not take up half of the seat next to them double.
Discrimination along sex. Women are generally lighter than men. Along Race. asian's are generally smaller than caucasions. Don't think you can actually price discriminate bsaed on the outcomes of a persons genetic composition (although it routinely happens when companies hire salespeople.) :rolleyes:
Hmm, maybe we could start by getting rid of those ridiculous airline magazines that are really just catalogs. That's gotta be more weight than the plastic cups right there.
Or how about replacing the plush seats with metal frames that have mesh fabric stretched across them. That'd be like 20 lbs per chair! So what if they're also flotation devices, give everyone a set of inflatable water wings and call it even.
Discrimination along sex. Women are generally lighter than men. Ha ha. Charging a fuel surcharge based on body weight in not discrimination by gender. Nor is a two suitcase limit gender discrimination because "women pack more clothes then men" or any other sweeping gender generalization. Your comment above is actually gender bias by applying a gender wide judgement based on some indviduals.
It is okay to say, "This woman is lighter than than man. When you start making judgements on an entire gender (women are lighter than men, men are stronger than women, women can't do math, men are insensitive), then you are in prejudice/bias/discrimination territory.
Leave off the generalizations based on gender, and stick to individuals. It is wrong to judge one person by your perception of the gender at large.
kayak karl
04-06-2008, 17:45
do they really need 2 pilots, or is this a union thing? in the movies there is always a passenger who can land the plane.:-?
do they really need 2 pilots, or is this a union thing? in the movies there is always a passenger who can land the plane.:-?
I don't think many passengers can make it through the cockpit door anymore!:eek:
I got it! Enemas for everyone before boarding. Got to be a lot of poundage just in poop
Philippe
04-06-2008, 18:39
Or how about replacing the plush seats with metal frames that have mesh fabric stretched across them. That'd be like 20 lbs per chair! So what if they're also flotation devices, give everyone a set of inflatable water wings and call it even.
Good point, and if you aren't flying over water, what are the odds of needing a flotation device anyway?
I have never heard of anyone being saved by floating on their seat. Just like the security at the airport. it is just to make you feel good, it changes nothing.
Clyde
Toolshed
04-06-2008, 19:46
Ha ha. Charging a fuel surcharge based on body weight in not discrimination by gender. Nor is a two suitcase limit gender discrimination because "women pack more clothes then men" or any other sweeping gender generalization. Your comment above is actually gender bias by applying a gender wide judgement based on some indviduals.
It is okay to say, "This woman is lighter than than man. When you start making judgements on an entire gender (women are lighter than men, men are stronger than women, women can't do math, men are insensitive), then you are in prejudice/bias/discrimination territory.
Leave off the generalizations based on gender, and stick to individuals. It is wrong to judge one person by your perception of the gender at large.
Frosty what I said is a scientific fact not a sweeping generalization.. Like it or not, Men, on average, weigh more than woman - It is not a bias or a judgement call... Don't confuse a fact with some of that other crap you are blathering about.:sun
Tennessee Viking
04-06-2008, 20:54
Then after your down with the soda, turn the can into alcohol stove and serve small dehydrated meal packs.
Instead of those cramped seats, just hang up your hammock. Or would that be first class.
Throw those heavy parachutes out. If the plane starts to go down, make your own tarp-chute.
Frosty what I said is a scientific fact not a sweeping generalization.. Like it or not, Men, on average, weigh more than woman - It is not a bias or a judgement call... Don't confuse a fact with some of that other crap you are blathering about.:sun
Have you looked at insurance quotes for men and wemen. They are different because women live longer so they pay less. No one yells foul there.
Have you looked at insurance quotes for men and wemen. They are different because women live longer so they pay less. No one yells foul there.
They pay less because women don't do as many incredibly stupid things as men do in their younger years. Like popping wheelies at 100mph on a motorcycle on I-95. Or drag racing. Or waiting until they're at death's door before visiting the doctor.
Anyway, we could always remove the snack carts from the planes and have the passengers get off their buts to retrieve their snacks from the galley. Weight savings and exercise all in one!
NICKTHEGREEK
04-07-2008, 17:52
Saw on the news today that with the resent closing of 3 airlines because of rising fuel prices, others are looking into ways of being more efficient with their fuel. they will be CUTTING WEIGHT by serving sodas in cans, not glasses and eliminating magazine racks. i started laughing, THAT'S IT! Let a seasoned hiker loose on that plane and get some serious weight cut.
So, lets do our part. What would YOU eliminate.
Me, get rid of those over head cargo areas and replace with little mesh hammocks:-?
Fat-a$$ed passengers, you weigh more than 220, take the stinkin circus train.
saimyoji
04-07-2008, 22:57
Anyway, we could always remove the snack carts from the planes and have the passengers get off their buts to retrieve their snacks from the galley. Weight savings and exercise all in one!
No, you'd have a stampede and the first 5 fat asses would buy everything up.
They pay less because women don't do as many incredibly stupid things as men do in their younger years. Like popping wheelies at 100mph on a motorcycle on I-95. Or drag racing. Or waiting until they're at death's door before visiting the doctor.
Anyway, we could always remove the snack carts from the planes and have the passengers get off their buts to retrieve their snacks from the galley. Weight saving and exercise all in one!
Pilots would have too much problem keeping the plane in "trim" flight with all that excess weight movin' around IMO :D
Better to keep 'em buckled in and just toss them a bread roll and a bit of summer sausage every so often.
Pilots would have too much problem keeping the plane in "trim" flight with all that excess weight movin' around IMO :D
Better to keep 'em buckled in and just toss them a bread roll and a bit of summer sausage every so often.
True, the plane could be thrown into a nose down position pretty quickly. :p
But I wouldn't throw food to the passengers; someone could lose an arm in the frenzy.
They pay less because women don't do as many incredibly stupid things as men do in their younger years. Like popping wheelies at 100mph on a motorcycle on I-95. Or drag racing. Or waiting until they're at death's door before visiting the doctor.
Anyway, we could always remove the snack carts from the planes and have the passengers get off their buts to retrieve their snacks from the galley. Weight savings and exercise all in one!
How about no snacks. Can't people go with out eatting for a few hours.
How about no snacks. Can't people go with out eatting for a few hours.
I wouldn't really call consuming what the airlines offer as "eating." But yes, you're right, it should be possible. Just like it should be possible for people to notice they're gaining weight and stop eating so much before they become obese.:cool:
The Solemates
04-09-2008, 09:09
Fat-a$$ed passengers, you weigh more than 220, take the stinkin circus train.
I know plenty of people who are over this weight and have body fat percentages of less than 12-15%. I'm one of them.
berninbush
04-09-2008, 10:01
I like the hammock idea. I've thought for years that an airline could make itself very popular by stacking reclined seats instead of the upright narrow side-by-side model. I'd totally love being able to lie down during a flight.
I know plenty of people who are over this weight and have body fat percentages of less than 12-15%. I'm one of them.
So which train do you like?
kayak karl
04-10-2008, 22:52
How about no snacks. Can't people go with out eatting for a few hours.
"the FASTING weight lose flight" but you know they will charge more for it:D
:banana:bananaRichard Simons will be dancing in the aisle:banana:banana
kayak karl
05-22-2008, 08:09
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20080521/Airlines.Bags/
next they say they will charge for over weight passengers:-?
sasquatch2014
05-22-2008, 08:37
Get rid of the control over light. All the window shades go. if its light out its light in the plane. Get rid of the little spot lights above your head. If its dark out it's dark in the plan except what light there is in the aisle.
Nix the flotation devices I mean if you have ever done a belly flop off anything high you know how much water can hurt add a few hundred miles an hour to this and a few thousand feet elevation and I think the need for these is pretty well mute. Heck you can always hang on to floating wreckage if you do somehow cheat the reaper on that one.