Americans will call this a hate crime.
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Excuse me sir but you're above the weight limit ... you may either pay an adjusted fee ... or we amputate two limbs
American rubbing his chin: .....mmmmmm ... I don't know .... hmmmm?
How much extra do they charge for the amputations?
I mean Finland has universal healthcare right? Probably cheaper to go for the amputations, if so.
Only costs you an arm and a leg.
Or I was thinking about if it was in America
Free and instant weight loss, can't complain.
What, a FREE AMPUTATION!?!? That'd be seven digits normally!
six digits if you have shitty health insurance ... five digits if we get a really good vet ... four digits if we do it right here
The article says it's voluntary
Rent free, baby😎
It'd be uncivilized to charge rent, when their insulin costs so much.
Murica bad.
No, America fat. Highest average daily caloric intake in the world, only second to Ireland. Nearly 12% of the population has diabetes. Heart disease runs rampant. It's a problem, and the denial is such a disservice, as well as the push for "size acceptance" and accomodation. The general normalization of obesity in America is astonishing.
Excuse me, I stand corrected.
Murica v. bad, Ireland worse.
This is the ramblings of a terminally online, never left their own country and maybe not even the city of their birth smooth brain genius.
I am terminally online, but I do travel quite a bit. I recommend it, it puts things into perspective. America fat as hell.
American here. 100% agree. We do be fat. Also, travel more is good advice
It's tricky, right? It's hard as hell not to eat when you're hungry, but if you're objectively bigger and harder to move it's a lot to ask of everyone else to pay the difference.
I don't really buy that it's hate just to point out that a bariatric person is different, and in a usually-bad way. On the other hand, there's a ~100% chance some of the people that used to be on r/fatpeoplehate are now very fat.
Unless the plane has <30 seats I'm taking being weighed as I board as a huge red flag.
Airplane fuel efficiency is impacted by how much weight is onboard, and that includes fuel weight.
The more they know about the actual weight of each trip, the more fuel efficient they can make each trip.
HOWEVER, even though this is well intentioned, it's not hard to see American carriers would love this be standardized. They would definitely leverage it to further increase their revenues. Which they will then reinvest in...checks notes...stock buybacks.
The more they know about the actual weight of each trip, the more fuel efficient they can make each trip.
This is very unconvincing from people who also did this.
This a smaller regional carrier based out of Finland, not a massive global carrier.
I think OP might have been saying if there's more than 30 people it should all average out anyway.
if you take up two seats you pay for two seats
Coming soon to Spirit/Frontier flights near you.