How about a Ryanair “thin rebate”?

This is a good idea but you would have to weigh people in at check-in as weight varies over a 24 hour period. People weigh less in the morning which means Ryanair would have to consider changing some of their super early morning flights and put on more evening flights to ensure they squeeze more dosh out of everyone…

I think the cardboard cut out is genius. Does it matter which part of the person can fit through? As you say a big waist and fat arms is a bigger problem than big outward belly, so the cut out would have to be adapted to airline seat requirements.

However – surely the big people you are talking about are the ones who buy all the tasty “snacks” and booze onboard – the ones who buy the triangular chocolate and who therefore make Ryanair the extra money. They would also be the ones who would need to use the bathroom the most (so if the loo was charged for they would be paying out here too). So they are already paying extra really.

Ryanair is already make plenty of money from the bigger people. Tall thin people need thicker clothes to keep warm so their luggage can be just as hefty as large peoples’ who get hot and therefore wear less.

I’ve noticed recent Ryanair flights seem to have a slow descent to the destination airport. If the plane is full of light / thin people they may have to use fuel to get down. My old friend Newton tells me (from beyond the grave) they would be better off with a heavy loaded aircraft. Hang on….. Newton’s on again, oh no, forget that we both forgot about the take off part.
Just another O’Leary stunt the remind us that, as much as we would like to believe otherwise, Ryanair still exist.
I flew Aer Lingus today to Dublin, loved it.

The ugly tax would work but there needs to be a waver for the ugly old men who are rich and have amazingly fit girlfriends ( gold diggers )

There’s a fundamental difference, though.

Both fatties and ugly people distress their fellow passengers, but only fatties have immediate control over their condition. A tax on fatties gives them a choice – continue to eat pies and pay extra for flights, or reduce pie intake, lose weight, and pay a normal fare. In this way the taxes discourage harmful behaviour (cf: taxes on alcohol and tobacco).

A tax on ugly people is harder to justify however, unless the money is to be placed in a charitable fund, and then can be accessed by ugly people for remedial surgery, something which I don’t believe has yet been proposed by any of the airlines (or governments for that matter).

In the meantime I believe it would be simpler if we keep to the fat tax, and simply hand out larger sized sick bags to anyone sitting on the same row as someone who is ugly. Those with sensitive stomachs can then use the bag when they are sick at the sight of the minger in the next door seat and/ or the ugly person can put it over their head to save distress to others

So all of the posters making offensive comments here are perfect then? And here ‘s me thinking that this was a travellers forum.

I have to agree that sitting next to someone who is large can be a problem – perhaps not as bad as sitting next to some of the ignorant posters on this thread.

I am fortunate that my body is proportionate and certainly compatable for fitting in even the tightest of seats – maybe if some of the contributors on this thread were unfortunate enough to suffer a disease that requires treatment with steroids for example – which by their nature, inflates the body significantly, maybe some attitudes will change. Cancer is one such disease that comes to mind.

Are there no moderators on this forum??

DP

I am allowed to take the micky out of both fat and ugly people being both myself . I would hate to have to sit next to me on a ryan air flight or any other cheap no room airline and if your infront of me forget about being able to recline your seat. I always think it strange when people jump to the defence of others in this way are we the bad ones for taking the micky a little in jest or is it you for thinking seriously that anyone offended would be not able to reply for them selves and need a thin attractive hero to come to there aid ? Maybe you think there large podgy digits make it hard to type I know I have to use an over sized stylus for both my phone and keyboard.