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Around 30 years ago, American Airlines realized that by removing a single olive from every passenger's salad, they would save what amounts today to about $100,000 annually due to reduced weight. They did that.
Do you think they're going to remove seats and install a brig, or are they just going to make sure every flight has a half a roll of duct tape?
They should remove those magazines that always litters the seat pockets. Must weigh a ton per flight.
Pretty sure they have.. I haven't seen a full skymall in ages. I think they still have the much smaller one advertising their own services
Nah the savings came from reduced olives. Olives are expensive, it costs more to buy an olive than to fly it on a plane.
So when you buy a ticket you're really paying for the olives on the salad, and the flight is just a bonus on the side?
Statistically, yes exactly.
They will soon realise a quarter roll of duct tape is good enough and save millions again.
needs to duct tape two passengers
the plane just fuckin explodes
If you roll an average of 2.37 Cavendish bananas length of duct tape between your index and middle finger, you can make a sticky booger ball that tastes like an olive (or maybe boogers, depending on your pH and relative gastrointestinal 'transit time'). As a limited time offer it also removes warts!
Pro tip: When the airline supplies that, you can add your own boogers for a more authentic taste and you can bring as many as you can, they don't count towards your cabin luggage weight limit. The one trick airlines DON'T want you to know.
They removed the olive because olives are gross.