Do you think airlines charging by the pound will give American women the incentive

[MatureDJ]

... to lose weight?

http://www.returnofkings.com/8783/why-airlines-will-join-the-war-on-fatties

My opinion: Unfortunately, the fatties will cry like babies that somehow this is discrimination against them and make this type of marketing be illegal in the land of the Big Mac and the Big Gulp ...

My opinion of that scenario:

 

[Married Buried]

It won't do anything to give them incentive. There will still be guys who date them, **** them and treat them like royalty. It will never change until guys start ignoring these cows completely.

It's scary that the ugly overweight woman at my work has a stable of c0cks at work, vying for her p/ssy. It makes me shudder.

 

[dasein]

What this is is a discriminatory pricing policy against male passengers generally, not fat passengers. They can spin it all they like, but that's what it is. It's a 20-40% surcharge on men and an equal amount of windfall for women. An equally discriminatory pricing policy versus women would be shouted down in a fury, just another example of what "equality" really means in the world today.

 

[Colossus]

I dont think this will ever happen in the states. Why? Logistics, and social outcry.

Most people buy their airfare online. If airlines start charging by the pound, then consumers would have to input their weight based on the honor system to get a price. Which of course means everyone will lie at least a little bit, and airline would have to do weight checks and price adjustments at the check-in desk, resulting in horrendously longer wait times, delays, complaints/challenges, etc. A logistical nightmare.

Socially, fatties would get out their discrimination bullhorns, and like Dasein mentioned, men would get the short end of the deal. A 220-lb muscular male would get shanked on airfare over his 120-lb girlfriend, and there would be nothing he could do but suck it up. Win-win for women and children, lose-lose for men and fatties, and frankly the rest of the travelling public who has to wait longer.

 

[Mike32ct]

How many women pay for their own flights?

Usually their boyfriend/husband or their parents or work pays for them.

I see lots of hotties at the airport. Maybe some are paying their own way for a girl's vacation/holiday, but many aren't.

 

[dasein]

Well, look at it this way. Company is hiring a sales rep or midlevel supervisor who will fly every week, often multiple times a week. Even in the net age, there are many such positions. Travel expenses in those jobs may exceeed the actual compensation. All other things equal, hire a 120 pound woman, or a 180 pound man? It's just another kind of discrimination to men's detriment, regardless of who pays for the ticket.

If this were implemented in any significant market, given feminist illogic, I am absolutely sure we would see feminist complaints that they should get the same frequent flier miles despite paying less for the tickets. "Did you know that women only get 80% as many frequent flier miles that men get?" They apply the same logic to gender differences in wages generally, why not go all the way into fallacious absurdity? They are women after all, so not accountable to a "reasonable adult" standard.

 

[floydb25]

I knew this thread would be a lolfest... definitely didn't disappoint. :rockon: