B3TA fixes the worldMoon Monkey says: Turn into Jeremy Clarkson for a moment, and tell us about the things that are so obviously wrong with the world, and how they should be fixed. Extra points for ludicrous over-simplification, blatant mis-representation, and humourous knob-gags.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 22 Sep 2011, 12:53)
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so by that analogy, my flights could be around 7.5% cheaper for fuel (going on a 50/50 ratio)if the plane was full of thinner people? which passed on to the customer (yeah right) would in theory make the flight cheaper.
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I haven't done the mathsHow did you come up with that figure? The heavier the plane the more fuel it burns, for sure, but even if the plane and contents weighed 0kg you would still burn a lot of fuel to overcome the significant wind resistance at 500mph, power the air conditioning, hydraulics, entertainment system, and so on.
But yeah you're right, if the plane was full of skinny people instead of heifers it would use less fuel. You're also right that the savings would be redistributed into a bonus scheme for senior management before it got anywhere near your pocket.
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AWPS, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 12:19,
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guesstimates!(, Sat 24 Sep 2011, 12:57, closed)
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