Flying, Pricier if you're Fat?

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Gerald Pugliese

Daniel Hamermesh of the Freakonomics blog thinks obese people should pay more to fly. Here’s a bit:
A story on Yahoo news mentions that the Philadelphia newspapers are running advertisements for a fake airline, Derrie-Air (get it?). The airline advertises that it is carbon-neutral, and that it charges per passenger pound — $1.40 from Philadelphia to Chicago, $2.25 from Philadelphia to Los Angeles…

… Also, heavier people spill over onto their neighbors’ seats, generating negative externalities for the other passengers. So I hope a few real-world airlines take notes and think about charging heavier passengers extra.
I know this makes me look like a bag guy, but, I agree.
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