Re:Southwest to Stop Overbooking as United Uproar Echoes
by nandemo on Thursday April 27, 2017 @09:11PM
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> (PS: apologies for the 'thousands of kg' units. I thought it was more readable than Mg or fully written out numbers.)
Just write tonnes (= metric tons)?
Re:Southwest to Stop Overbooking as United Uproar Echoes
by linkregister on Thursday April 27, 2017 @09:07PM
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thousands of kg is probably the most recognizable unit (besides pounds for those of us with archaic units)
For some numbers, a 777-200 carries 313 passengers, weighs 135k kg, carries up to 100k kg of fuel, and has a max takeoff weight of about 250k kg. 313 passengers and luggage, averaging 100kg, weigh just 31.3k kg. Your ticket therefore pays for your weight, plus 5x your weight in airplane structure, plus (up to) 3x your weight in fuel.
If you don't show up, they're still carrying 8x your weight anyways, so saving 200kg isn't that important.
(PS: apologies for the 'thousands of kg' units. I thought it was more readable than Mg or fully written out numbers.)