Airlines Can't Charge You for What You Wear
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Airlines Can't Charge You for What You Wear
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#2Hehe, I remember doing stuff like wearing 8 t-shirts back in the day to try and travel for £1 around Europe.
Currently feel like I'm living on the edge by 1-bagging an Osprey Farpoint 40. My heart races every time I'm at the gate, and I feel I've perfected a masterclass in illusion by angling my body, distracting the gate staff, moving my hands to draw attention, etc (note: I probably look like an idiot - but it's fun to dream).
The optimal solution is just to weigh everybody as they board the plane and bill them accordingly, lol. But I don't think that'd go down too well.
If these jackets can hold 5kg, and there's 200 passengers donning them, that's a ton of weight, which is about $100 per flight in extra fuel?
Wonder if the fairest way to charge for this is aa ringfenced externality tax on the product itself; calculating the average amount of fuel such products burn in an average lifespan. Would be preferable to airlines dictating what you can and can't wear...
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#3There is a reason that luggage has to be weighed. If you watch Mentour Pilot, there's a not insignificant number of plane accidents (and outright disasters) that occur due to the plane weight being calculated incorrectly, and thereby running out of fuel.
https://www.evionica.com/blog/blog/how-much-the-passenger-we...
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#4Hehe, I remember doing stuff like wearing 8 t-shirts back in the day to try and travel for £1 around Europe. Currently feel like I'm living on the edge by 1-bagging an Osprey Farpoint 40. My heart races every time I'm at the gate, and I feel I've perfected a masterclass in illusion by angling my body, distracting the gate staff, moving my hands to draw attention, etc (note: I probably look like an idiot - but it's fu…
The next one will be a body suit so you end up looking like Santa Claus.
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#5Hehe, I remember doing stuff like wearing 8 t-shirts back in the day to try and travel for £1 around Europe. Currently feel like I'm living on the edge by 1-bagging an Osprey Farpoint 40. My heart races every time I'm at the gate, and I feel I've perfected a masterclass in illusion by angling my body, distracting the gate staff, moving my hands to draw attention, etc (note: I probably look like an idiot - but it's fu…
The next one will be a body suit so you end up looking like Santa Claus.
Next would be taxing airways and using the resources to subsidize the costs of GLP class drugs, as they benefit directly from customer weight loss.
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#6There is a reason that luggage has to be weighed. If you watch Mentour Pilot, there's a not insignificant number of plane accidents (and outright disasters) that occur due to the plane weight being calculated incorrectly, and thereby running out of fuel. https://www.evionica.com/blog/blog/how-much-the-passenger-we...
Wouldn't it be possible to install strain gauges in the landing gears to determine the plane's weight?
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
The next one will be a body suit so you end up looking like Santa Claus.
Next would be taxing airways and using the resources to subsidize the costs of GLP class drugs, as they benefit directly from customer weight loss.
Vaguely reminds me of that planet in Hitchhiker's Guide that started to lose too much mass to tourists leaving. So,
> Thus today the net balance between the amount you eat and the amount you excrete while on the planet is surgically removed from your body weight when you leave; so every time you go to the lavatory there, it is vitally important to get a receipt.
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#8There is a reason that luggage has to be weighed. If you watch Mentour Pilot, there's a not insignificant number of plane accidents (and outright disasters) that occur due to the plane weight being calculated incorrectly, and thereby running out of fuel. https://www.evionica.com/blog/blog/how-much-the-passenger-we...
Running out of fuel isn't the real concern. It's more about center of balance and aircraft performance (ability to climb with an engine out).
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#9It appears to be a rebrand of a cheaper item:
https://www.amazon.com/BVASJIUK-Voyage-Coat-Travel-Pockets/d...
The photo on the homepage appears to be identical to the photo in the Amazon listing (on my phone).
(Or whomever is manufacturing for the company is trying to undercut the company that hired them.)
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#10I was curious to see it in action, obviously it's not on YouTube yet (it's a pre-order, which makes me think vaporware), but here's a review of a similar thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU7UrhrpWGI
I suppose with the continued enshittification of air travel, jackets like this will be more common, and the sight of passengers with bulky clothing at airports will no longer be strange.
I was travelling the last few weeks, and wearing a jacket in an airport in warmer countries would make me look very out of place.