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Should Large People Pay More To Fly?

Item: Should large people pay more to fly/Andrea James, Aerospace News, Seattle P-I

More Info: "You pay for checking your baggage, for snacks and for extra leg room," writes CNN's Stephanie Chen. "Word is one airline has even toyed with charging you to use the toilet. So it makes perfect sense to some fliers that heavier passengers should pay for spilling over into the next seat." If eliminating plastic spoons can reduce weight enough to save an airline money, imagine how much they'd save if we all lost 5 pounds.

Question: What do you think?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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