• porkins@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Agreed. This is clickbait. They want people to think that they kicked off the fat passengers.

    • fluke@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Well that would be the logical thing to do.

      Kick of the heavier passengers and they don’t have to remove as many total people. Which is overall better as you’re creating travel problems for fewer people.

      Although unless you’re like 20st then it’s unlikely that it would matter a great deal whether you pick the weightier people since they’ll be making the calculation based on a formula that attributes a set value to passenger weight.

      • Chup@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        No one gets kicked off or picked. This is a quite regular occurrence in air traffic and the crew is then simply asking if someone would be willing to take a later flight. Those passengers also get some money for their inconvenience. This happens all the time.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah I got $700 cash in hand and an upgrade to business class for volunteering to give up my seat on a flight from the US to Europe.