No they won’t. Airlines will reduce seating space so they can cram even more cattle into the tube. That’s “business” 101.
That would save them even more fuel costs.
10 20lb chunks is 200lbs. 20 10lb chunks is 200 lbs. ???
True, fuel cost would be the same per flight, but maybe Corkyskog is getting at the airline still coming out ahead with more seats since they would sell more tickets.
Overall that would mean less flights needed to move the same number of people so it arguably does reduce fuel cost in a sense.
(This assumes that people physically take up less space as they lose weight, which, I guess for dimensions like legroom, maybe isn’t the case)
- here, take these ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ kg, g, m, cm
- two tickets
Well, that would reduce the emissions emmited per person though!
Imagine the fuel cost savings if politicians would arrive in the 21. century and use more video call.
For a few months right? I read that ozempic users often go back to their weight since they never changed their habits.
No, the drug changes the habits. It quiets down food noise in the brain (not always thinking about food), and shifts people’s tastes/preferences in food. It doesn’t change how the body processes food, it changes how the brain wants food. So the habits change pretty quickly.
Capitalism cost a lot 🤷♀️
On one hand, I’m happy these GLP-1s work. On the other, I’d rather the US figure out diet and exercise instead injecting themselves with Gilla Monster venom and rolling the dice on long-term complications.
Pharmaceuticals are life saving for people in various conditions whether thyroid issues, achieving a body that can exercise in the first place, or fast interdiction for diseases associated with excess body fat. But yeah i agree with your point if someone’s problem is their own choice in diet and exercise.
When you go off GLP-1s you generally gain all that weight back. So when they’re discussed in the context of saving airlines on fuel costs it’s not that far a leap from cynicism about pharmaceutical companies being pretty excited about rising popularity in a take-forever-drug.
Capitalism is so gross…
Obesity has long term complications, too. And we know them to be bad.
The thing is just about every single diet drug to date has had much worse complications. Like destroying hearts, blood vessels, anal leakage. Losing weight the old school way is the best way of it’s possible.
No one knows the Long term complications of glp1 inhibitors.
Issue is, gymbros are the worst gatekeepers. They either think they can turn everyone into a top atlete by demanding everyone to act like one, or want to “keep it a niche”.
Yes, a lot of counterexamples exist. So are a lot of counterexamples to techbros, toxic gamers, etc., but when people talk about toxicity within these circles, they’re not talking about the good ones, and even “gradual toxicity” also do exist sometimes.
You don’t need a gym to lose weight. The only thing that works is calorie reduction. You won’t find that in a gym.
By gymbro, I meant the whole fitness culture.
It’s simple math, burn more than you eat. Americans take the elevator to the gym on the second floor.
Eh. Whatever gets people in the door and doing SOMETHING is fine. But you can’t gym your way skinny.
Strength is made in the gym.
Abs are made in the kitchen.
Imagine the airline fuel savings after gangrenous amputations.
Cynicism about the airline industry aside, I’d like to see how much CO2 this could prevent. Probably simple to calculate if you know how much jet fuel costs and how much CO2 it produces.
It won’t reduce jet fuel. It just means commercial planes can carry more cargo.
Excellent point! But then wouldn’t that mean fewer cargo planes? So still less fuel overall even if not on a per-plane basis.
Micro economics: Price will reduce to maximize utilization
The world we know: reduction in cost means increased profits we can funnel directly into fuel for the CEO’S private jet and super yachts.
Carbon isn’t considered a cost by the wealthy and powerful.
Not just jet fuel, but also savings in food production, which is a major producer of co2
The US has always had a different fuel calculation for aircraft because of so many body positive passengers. There is even a different calculation flying the same route from the US than to the US.
FAA standard person is 170lbs/77kg. I’m sure the airlines use a better estimate though.
But it always does.
If we actually cared about profit, we would have 3 day work weeks, plenty of vacation days, free child care, free housing and basic food staples.
And the profits would break the sky.
But it’s more about control and making poors miserable than about absolute profits.
That’s exactly why so many companies push employee assistance programs for mental health crisis and weight loss. They don’t care if you actually get better, so long as it make you more profitable to them.
Maybe the airlines will subsidize weight loss drugs…
This is going to be the weirdest perk for getting gold status on an airline’s frequent flyer program.
Airlines
Subsidize
Funny. Airlines are famously known for sucking money out from governments for their own good while hiding profits
EDIT: You know what, I don’t even know why I said this, this could be indeed something they subsidize for their own good
If the medications result in a society that is 10% slimmer, total passenger weight across flights would fall by about 2%.
That reduction would translate into roughly 1.5% fuel savings for airlines and a projected 4% increase in earnings per share, according to the analysis.
It’s quite sad that the conclusion is more profit for shareholders.
Why do you hate capitalism?!? (/s)
Proportionately lower the bag fees as a thank-you and we’ll talk.
Capitalism is going to help bring down the average American weight? 😭
Shrinkflation or processed junk food who is going to win? 3rd player make an entrance
Why don’t airlines charge for the combined weight of the passenger plus their luggage?
Because the overhead of weighing passengers and their luggage for every flight would completely wreck the logistics and make it both unpleasant to fly and unprofitable to operate.
Charging fatties more would be the quickest way to start a revolution in the USA, approved
Because that’s a terrible idea lmao
Very illegal
Hmm…if someone spills over onto someone else’s seat, they should have to pay for a second ticket though…
Blame the airline for seats that are too small, not passengers for being too large.
Fucking aye
Have you considered that instead of blaming the person for not fitting in the tiny teeny tiny shrinking seats, that you should actually be criticizing airlines for shrinking the seats repeatedly to where they are very small and close.
I take the train all the time. I fit just fine. I’m 5ft and plump but not obese.
I get on an airplane and my knees almost touch the seat in front of me. (Again, I’m 5ft 3")
The sides of the airplane seat push into both the sides of my hips.
My arms touch my neighbors arms. And I have narrow shoulders.
Like it’s insane.
And all I hear over and over is people complaining they have to ride airplanes with fat people. You don’t hear people complaining about fat people on trains.
It’s an airlines created problem.
They are laughing at us bickering about who is too fat and who should be charged double.
Here is what is going to happen.
They are going to charge anyone with hips bigger than 32 inches for two seats. And then still sell that empty seat to someone else.
You know that’s what they will do.
No one wants to go back to when first class was effectively the cheapest ticket price.
If they cant fit into one seat, then yes the airline can require they buy two.
I saw this in the Dutch news two days ago and almost started looking for an English-language article to post here - but i figured someone else will do it sooner than later lol. But great news though, also for the climate ;).
Great news for the climate when not only fuel required drops, but also food intake
Would be cool if there would be a study on this, what amount of emission is saved by handing out ozempic and the likes and whether that is a good way of spending money aside from the health benefits.
Don’t even need the ozempic if overweight people could just reduce their intake
I am so all for affordable safe weight-loss drugs though.
