by VMarcHart » Sat 07 Jun 2008, 13:11:32
Agreed that we can't subsidise others' life-styles.
How many of us involuntarily carry more body weigh than we should? How many of us bring on a plane just the essential for the trip?
The other day, on a 3-hour full flight, I asked to switch from a middle seat to window or aisle. "You're lucky," said the clerk. But that was a catch; it was 38A, the last row, where the seat reclines less, and the fuselage funnels. "Oh well," I said. I asked for it, now bite the bullet. I sat down, the plane got full and the 2 seats next to me were empty. Nice, right? Then comes the last 2 passengers, a couple, larger than life, with their 18-month daughter, the teddy bear, diaper bag, snack bag, their own carry-on's, magazines, food, etc. But wait, their cute little daugther --she was indeed adorable-- had to sit in the lap of the parent sitting next to me.
Nice! Thanks! Three hours of subsidising others' life-style.
I'm sure many readers are already saying, "hey, BCBG, why didn't you buy 1st class?"
The thing is, airlines incur an operating cost with the weigh of the airplane. The more stuff we bring into the plane, ie, laptops, clothes, toys, food, etc, the heavier it gets, the more fuel it requires, the dirtier it gets, the more it costs.
So, yes, let the airlines treat us like cargo, since we cannot seem to act not like cargo.