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Re:The Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat by futurix on Thursday August 17, 2017 @06:50PM (#15041787)
The main cost factor for airlines is the price of fuel - which is mostly affected by weight of cargo. How about they charge heavier people more - that's usually not genetics, so seem mor fair.

Oh, and I'm not suggesting this because I'm 6' 5" but fit and weigh less than most chunky medium height people I know... not at all.

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Re:The Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat by icebraining on Thursday August 17, 2017 @07:05PM (#15041885)
How about they charge heavier people more - that's usually not genetics

How so? Taller people are also often heavier, simply due to the fact that they're bigger. And if the past they tended to be slimmer relative to their height, that's no longer true for male Americans: http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/87/2/445.full

So taller people would still pay more than shorter, on average.

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Re:The Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat by futurix on Friday August 18, 2017 @08:14AM (#15045422)
Yes, but not me. Hence the last sentence of my 'suggestion'.
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Re:The Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat by ucaetano on Thursday August 17, 2017 @07:00PM (#15041855)
Sure, cost is a function of weight, but revenue is a function of number of passengers, so giving you extra space means reducing revenue overall.
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Re:The Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat by UnoriginalGuy on Thursday August 17, 2017 @08:36PM (#15042420)
> How about they charge heavier people more - that's usually not genetics, so seem mor fair.

Someone's gender is genetic and men would pay more under your scheme as would taller people.

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