Poll Results: Should airlines charge overweight passengers more?

Last week former Qantas executive Tony Webber said that the cost of running an airline was going up "because the average adult passenger is carrying a bit more heft". Should overweight passengers pay more?

No	51%
Yes	29%
Weight limits should be combined. Body weight + Baggage	20%

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Lorelle Teio
and who determines who is over weight or not, where do you draw the line?
January 19 at 11:12pm

Rosemary Lis
The smaller sized people should then pay less!
January 19 at 6:41pm

Kath Wootton
People may have a heatth problem. we are not all skinney.
January 19 at 5:38pm

Denise Kit
Airlines already have lot's of added extras that you have to pay for, such as food, drinks, choosing seats, first on first off etc. When is it going to end!
January 19 at 5:22pm

Kevin Nowrojee
Incentive thought! light weight = more baggage allowed overweight =less baggage allowed! to charge extra for a bit more heft no way! not fair at all!
January 19 at 3:33pm

Sylvia Hunt
No, they only use one sear.
January 19 at 2:44pm

Jackerlean Goodwill
Is this not against Human Rights to do this and who will decide this?
January 19 at 2:26pm

Julie Dickson
If you take up two seats, or encroach into the next passenger's seat you should pay for the two seats.
January 19 at 2:04pm

Victoria Smith
What's this world coming too!
January 19 at 1:52pm

Riana Fraser
What about skinny people? Should they get a discount?
January 19 at 12:54pm

Mick Maddox
and why not? I weigh 80kg and a person weighing a lot more gets the same package as I do FFS.
January 19 at 11:55am

Jane Dennis
I only weigh 59 kg so pay up mick .... what a ridiculous state of affairs... an opportunity for business to make more profit for share holders... maybe they should take the seat size back to what it was ten years ago. solution to problem.... no problem.
January 19 at 4:30pm

Natalie Bolton
If they take up two seats then yes they should have to pay for two, but not just because you weigh a certain amount. How about big muscley guys that are 130kg?
January 19 at 10:38am

Cheryl Ches
And people with body odour should not be allowed to fly either.
January 19 at 9:37am

I Want That Flight
Now we're talking!
January 19 at 9:59am

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