Samoan airline now charges passengers by body weight

stumblinthrulife

http://gizmodo.com/5993258/a-samoan-airline-now-charges-passengers-by-body-weight

No, this is not an April fools gag, best I can tell.

I thought this may trigger some interesting debate since we're most of us here either fatties or ex-fatties. Discuss.

_DaniD_

hahahah.. people will be starving themselves for a cheap flight.

stumblinthrulife

hahahah.. people will be starving themselves for a cheap flight.

Could be just the motivator needed to address the obesity problem in the western world.

Tatonka_usn

I know this will strike a good number of folks as unfair, but I (personally) would love to see US carriers adopt such a pricing model. Cut out all the extraneous BS and charge solely based on the fuel requirement (plus a reasonable mark-up). No more fees, no more wondering what you're actually going to pay, no more being "encroached on" by a neighboring passenger. Sorry, but it works for me.....

pastryari

I'm all for it.

DrMAvDPhD

The heavier you are the more fuel it takes to transport you. Seems fair enough to me.