Paying per pound (assuming you AND your baggage would be weighed) seems more reasonable to me than arbitrarily deciding that some people need to pay for two seats whether or not they can fit into the seats provided (Some people are quite heavy, but carry all their weight in such a way that it doesn't flow into the seat(s) next to them. For example if you have protruding breasts, stomach or butt, but aren't any wider than an average person, you wouldn't need that extra seat, but you'd be charged for it any way, because of your weight).
Also the combined weight of a person AND their luggage makes perfect sense to me, because it directly relates to the fuel needed for travel, so it actually seems (to me), fairer than any other system. Babies and small children would no longer fly free, even if they didn't require their own seat, but if you were paying for a family flight by the pound (again including luggage) you could compensate by carrying less luggage.
You also wouldn't even have to weight folks or their luggage separately, in fact, if you were traveling with a family or group, the entire group could be weighed together. And it's not like anyone else would have to be allowed to see or hear your weight. And if other aspects of the flight were itemized, the person behind you would need a calculator and the complete fee schedule to calculate your weight.
Maybe the idea doesn't bother me, because I do not have a problem with my weight, especially the "number." Writing it on my forehead in ink, wouldn't bother me. I'm fat, and anyone with eyes can SEE that, it makes no sense whatsoever to me that the actual number, would ever be considered more important than what can be seen just by looking at me.
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