If airlines start to charge passengers by their weight, will that make more people take the weight-loss initiative?
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Egao No Genki
ANSWERS: 12
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really? are you that deluded? what type of question is that? If people aren't going to lose weight for their own health they sure as hell don't care about paying a few extra dollars to an airline.
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No.
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I agree know one will lose weight for that reason but lost meli he was just asking a question you dont have to be so mean were here to help people and not to put them down
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Diabetes and heart conditions dont make people lose weight. Why would a perhaps flight do it? It wont... if they give insurance rate discounts for people that have the acceptable bmi that might help. But obeseity is not as easy to conquer as shutting your mouth and anyone that thinks that is a dumbass and insensitive.
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If they want to save money and would refuse to pay the extra fee some would do so.In the end it will be good for their health anyway.
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No. People want to lose weight to look better, or feel good about themselves, among others. It's not about the airline fees.
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If the hefty doctor bill that they have to pay once their weight starts to deteriorate in a bad bad way isn't enough to make them lose weight, then an extra charge on a ticket isn't going to do it either. If they do anything, they'll try to sue the airlines on some sort of discrimination thing.
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Nope, they just wouldn't travel by plane, or find another airline that wouldn't charge them. Some overweight people are already paying for 2 seats, isn't that enough punishment for them?
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They charge enough for extra stuff anyway. I think they would all go out of business. they would be sued. people assume that fat people choose to be fat and that is not often the case. there are health conditions that cause it. I used to take medication that made me gain 25 pounds a month. Would that be fair to charge me extra for that ? what about those that have problems with thyroids and can't lose weight no matter how hard they try. Is it fair to charge them extra? I recently had kidney problems and I gained 12 pounds in 2 weeks.. not everyone who is fat is fat because they sit on their ass and eat fast food and refuse to exercise.
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I think they'd have to set a limit for that, a floor to the price drops. That said? Personally, I know one woman who has been too large to fly-- mostly, she just chooses to not fly unless there's a great motivation on the other end. She's lost enough weight now that I don't think airlines try to charge her for two seats, but she said that before, she flew airlines who were "more understanding," for instance I believe she said Southwest would charge for two but refund it if there were any empty seats on the flight. If you mean a general sense of, we charge you for an extra bag or an extra roll, well, I don't think most people fly enough that it would be more worth their time to lose weight than to complain. I also think a lot of check-in clerks would just quit. Can you imagine having to ask every passenger for his/her weight, and possiby have to challenge the number that comes up?
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Here is my problem with the weight issue. At 5 foot 3, if I were 170 lbs, I would be considered overweight. But 170 lbs is STILL LOWER then a skinny 6 foot man. So...if the TALL skinny man weighed in at 200 lbs , then he too should have to pay extra since he would weigh more then me. So a better question would be, what is the common number EVERYBODY must not exceed? 300? 400? And maybe we should ban all those broad shouldered people too. I'm always shoved against a window by some guy with shoulders as broad as telephone poles.
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Loosing wieght is a long process. Changing eating habits and taking on exercise is easier said than done.
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