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Re: fat tax when flying
Posted by 'kai' on 16 Apr 2009 @ 10:01

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Well, to be fair, bikes are bulky items, too, and the cargo hold has limited volume. That’s why normal air cargo – not excess baggage – is rated at a weight/volume ratio of 1:6. 1m3 of packaging is therefore charged at a minimum of 167 kg even if it only weighs half that.

However, Ł10 per kg to an Alpine destination is of course astronomic: have you considered sending your bikes by air cargo? That’s quite a competitive market where, for near-continent destinations, it might end up in an overnight trailer rather than actually on a plane.

Given the mass of a fat human, this formula would not kick in with what is described inside the industry as “self-loading cargo”, i.e. you and me, anyway. One major airline pilot once told me that their term for “passengers” in the back of the plane is “slime”. Actual “cargo” is so much better: it doesn’t demand drinks and then throw them up again.

So never expect to be treated well when you’ve paid relative peanuts for your seat. Unless someone else has paid for me to sit up front, air travel to me is never more than an unavoidable evil to be endured. I’ve flown many hundreds of times and it’s never a pleasure. And don’t get me started on long-haul.

Anyone going to beat me on the cynicism?

Message Thread:

fat tax when flying by 'kudos' (15 Apr 2009 @ 23:23)

Re: fat tax when flying by 'kai' (16 Apr 2009 @ 0:06)

Re: fat tax when flying by 'michaelg36' (16 Apr 2009 @ 0:35)

Re: fat tax when flying by 'MarkW' (16 Apr 2009 @ 0:38)

Simple answer...... by 'vic' (16 Apr 2009 @ 6:37)

Re: Simple answer...... by 'kudos' (17 Apr 2009 @ 0:14)

Re: fat tax when flying by 'upsburney' (16 Apr 2009 @ 8:38)

Re: fat tax when flying by 'kai' << You are here!

No fat tax when flying by 'fronk319' (17 Apr 2009 @ 22:04)

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