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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    Eddy Vluggen wrote:

    just like 'one parking place' holds 'one car'

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      Fat chance of that working!

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      • N Nish Nishant

        http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/11/20/canada-obesity-idUSN2039776920081120[^] >> Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday. :~

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        Well, if it keeps the plane balanced... Marc

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          http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/11/20/canada-obesity-idUSN2039776920081120[^] >> Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday. :~

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          If I were CEO of the airlines, I would install arm rests that did not go up. "Yep, we gave you 22A and 22B. Good luck!" Or maybe I'd give two seats in separate isles...

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            'One person, one fare' sounds reasonable, dunnit? ..just like 'one parking place' holds 'one car' :)

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            Shipping _one_ vehicle with e.g. a Ferry or Train then costs always the same....whether it is a passenger car or a truck...? I have my doubts.

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            • G gardnerp

              If I were CEO of the airlines, I would install arm rests that did not go up. "Yep, we gave you 22A and 22B. Good luck!" Or maybe I'd give two seats in separate isles...

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              :thumbsup:

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              • N Nish Nishant

                http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/11/20/canada-obesity-idUSN2039776920081120[^] >> Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday. :~

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                Slacker007
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                How can I possibly respond to this thread without offending obese people? :sigh:

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                • G gardnerp

                  If I were CEO of the airlines, I would install arm rests that did not go up. "Yep, we gave you 22A and 22B. Good luck!" Or maybe I'd give two seats in separate isles...

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                  Richard Deeming
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                  gardnerp wrote:

                  Or maybe I'd give two seats in separate isles[^]...

                  That's a bit extreme - surely separate aisles[^] would work just as well? ;P


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                  • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                    gardnerp wrote:

                    Or maybe I'd give two seats in separate isles[^]...

                    That's a bit extreme - surely separate aisles[^] would work just as well? ;P


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                    Hah! Spellchecker can't fix stupid!

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                    • N Nish Nishant

                      http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/11/20/canada-obesity-idUSN2039776920081120[^] >> Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday. :~

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                      But how many meals do they get? :D

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                        But how many meals do they get? :D

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                        Nish Nishant
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                        Free meals on flights? What year is this? 1975?

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                        • L Lost User

                          Shipping _one_ vehicle with e.g. a Ferry or Train then costs always the same....whether it is a passenger car or a truck...? I have my doubts.

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                          Room on a train or ferry is cheaper compared to an airplane; room is always sparse, and even baggage is checked for weight. And yes, you are talking about "one". Now define that; if my vehicle occupies twice the room and weight, does it count as one? If yes, than mass-transportation of those items becomes cheap; link them and claim it is a single car with lotsa wheels.

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                          • L Lost User

                            No, it is not. It is one person, occupying two travelling-spaces. The limiting factors for an airplane are room and weight. It does not cost them less fuel, simply because some bureaucrat decided that the universe is not politically correct.

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                            A Supreme Court Judge is not a bureaucrat!

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                              If I were CEO of the airlines, I would install arm rests that did not go up. "Yep, we gave you 22A and 22B. Good luck!" Or maybe I'd give two seats in separate isles...

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                              gardnerp wrote:

                              Or maybe I'd give two seats in separate isles

                              Don't laugh, I have seen this done, a big guy purchased 2 seats next to each other and the allocation then gave him 2 seats in separate isles. He was not amused.

                              Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                              • N Nish Nishant

                                http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/11/20/canada-obesity-idUSN2039776920081120[^] >> Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday. :~

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                                Wastedtalent
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                                Maybe Samoa Air were on to something? Samoa Air boss defends charging passengers by weight[^]

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                                • M Marc Clifton

                                  Well, if it keeps the plane balanced... Marc

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                                  You should sit him / her in the middle, so that the gravity center balance is reinforced

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                                  • N Nish Nishant

                                    http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/11/20/canada-obesity-idUSN2039776920081120[^] >> Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday. :~

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                                    MKJCP
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                                    Good. I hope they do this elsewhere. Airlines constructed these little prisons they call seats. I remember spending hours next to a 400 pound man and getting his sweat marks for my trouble.

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                                      gardnerp wrote:

                                      Or maybe I'd give two seats in separate isles

                                      Don't laugh, I have seen this done, a big guy purchased 2 seats next to each other and the allocation then gave him 2 seats in separate isles. He was not amused.

                                      Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                                      Richard Deeming
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                                      Mycroft Holmes wrote:

                                      2 seats in separate isles[^].

                                      Was it Man[^] and Wight[^]? Or did you mean separate aisles[^]? ;P


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                                      • S Slacker007

                                        How can I possibly respond to this thread without offending obese people? :sigh:

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                                        It seems you just answered your own question... :-\

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                                        • N Nish Nishant

                                          http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/11/20/canada-obesity-idUSN2039776920081120[^] >> Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday. :~

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                                          They should start an airline for fat people. However I suspect it wouldn't take off.

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