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To: TH who wrote (14907)	11/5/2004 8:52:21 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

survey of 60,000 households showed both employment and unemployment rose during the month War is Peace. Ignorance is Strength. I'll get some Soma and feel better in a minute -g-

To: TH who wrote (14907)	11/5/2004 9:29:19 AM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Is pay as you weigh coming? [from Bruce Brown on the FOOL, in jest I believe - mish] Now that would be sweet. The heavier you weigh, the more you pay for an airline ticket to cover your share of the fuel bill. Of course, that would set off a barrage of legal discrimination suits. I can see it now at the ticket counter. You check in and they have the passenger stand on the scale to get an accurate BMI (body mass index) for their height. Anyone showing a reading over 25 gets a overweight or obesity fuel surcharge based on their BMI added to their ticket cost. They do it with luggage and have for years, so why not do it with the passenger as well? BB (Who thinks I should get a discrimination discount because I never have enough leg room in coach due to airlines building coach for people under 6'.) ===== indystar.com Heavier fliers fatten airlines' fuel costs Government study suggests that obesity is creating a drag on profits for U.S. carriers. Associated Press November 5, 2004 Heavy suitcases aren't the only things weighing down airplanes and requiring them to burn more fuel, pushing up the cost of flights. A new government study reveals that airlines increasingly have to worry more about the weight of their passengers. Heavier fliers have created heftier fuel costs for America's airlines, affecting their bottom lines, according to the study. Through the 1990s, the average weight of Americans increased by 10 pounds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The extra weight caused airlines to spend $275 million to burn 350 million more gallons of fuel in 2000, the agency estimated in a recent issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.