Capitalism is going to help bring down the average American weight? 😭
Shrinkflation or processed junk food who is going to win? 3rd player make an entrance
Maybe the airlines will subsidize weight loss drugs…
If the medications result in a society that is 10% slimmer, total passenger weight across flights would fall by about 2%.
That reduction would translate into roughly 1.5% fuel savings for airlines and a projected 4% increase in earnings per share, according to the analysis.
It’s quite sad that the conclusion is more profit for shareholders.
Why do you hate capitalism?!? (/s)
Proportionately lower the bag fees as a thank-you and we’ll talk.
Why don’t airlines charge for the combined weight of the passenger plus their luggage?
Because that’s a terrible idea lmao
Very illegal
Hmm…if someone spills over onto someone else’s seat, they should have to pay for a second ticket though…
Blame the airline for seats that are too small, not passengers for being too large.
Fucking aye
Have you considered that instead of blaming the person for not fitting in the tiny teeny tiny shrinking seats, that you should actually be criticizing airlines for shrinking the seats repeatedly to where they are very small and close.
I take the train all the time. I fit just fine. I’m 5ft and plump but not obese.
I get on an airplane and my knees almost touch the seat in front of me. (Again, I’m 5ft 3")
The sides of the airplane seat push into both the sides of my hips.
My arms touch my neighbors arms. And I have narrow shoulders.
Like it’s insane.
And all I hear over and over is people complaining they have to ride airplanes with fat people. You don’t hear people complaining about fat people on trains.
It’s an airlines created problem.
They are laughing at us bickering about who is too fat and who should be charged double.
Here is what is going to happen.
They are going to charge anyone with hips bigger than 32 inches for two seats. And then still sell that empty seat to someone else.
You know that’s what they will do.
If they cant fit into one seat, then yes the airline can require they buy two.
I saw this in the Dutch news two days ago and almost started looking for an English-language article to post here - but i figured someone else will do it sooner than later lol. But great news though, also for the climate ;).
Great news for the climate when not only fuel required drops, but also food intake
Would be cool if there would be a study on this, what amount of emission is saved by handing out ozempic and the likes and whether that is a good way of spending money aside from the health benefits.
Don’t even need the ozempic if overweight people could just reduce their intake
I am so all for affordable safe weight-loss drugs though.
