That'll be a $500 surcharge fatty

So, airlines are thinking about charging passengers fees based on how much they weigh. Or maybe they aren't, because they know the practicalities of it might be a little difficult. "Would you mind stepping on the scales madam?" "YES!". What about the fattest man in the world? What would he pay?

We've already heard stories of people wearing most of their clothes to get on the plane, so they didn't have to pay an excess baggage surchage, so what would people do to get around this? Airlines being airlines they wouldn't give you money back off your ticket if you were under their average weight, just add a surcharge if you were overweight. This could lead to a black market in getting skinny people on the same flight to carry your stuff for you. Of course, it could be 5lbs of heroin and land you in a Thai prison awaiting the death penalty so do be careful.

In many ways it doesn't matter. You'll be getting the train or something won't you? You don't want to be a planet raping bastard who's killing the planet by flying do you? Even if it is much quicker and cheaper and easier and the only downside is having to cut down on the Big Macs to keep the ticket price down.