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Flight delays may be wrinkle in Ryanair fat tax
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary says he'll only move forward with plans to charge oversized passengers for extra seats if it's easy. If it slows down the process of checking people in and getting planes pushed back from the gate, he wants no part of making more money.
Surprisingly, O'Leary didn't comment on whether larger passengers would slow planes down, causing further delays. The media whore controversy-prone CEO – who then wonders why "idiot bloggers" treat him as we do – is known for offering journalists the outrageous and then wondering why they publish it.
Unsurprisingly, O'Leary used the phrase "fat tax" in a press conference. Specifically, "We are not going to introduce a fat tax unless it is easy to administer," as reported in the Sydney Morning Herald.
While the public actually voted in favor of this measure, it's nonetheless been a lightning rod for criticism. With typical panache, O'Leary says, ostensibly to critics, that a fat tax is not against the law, which is the company's usual standard for behavior.
And, when all else fails, "we can make it a safety issue."
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Urban Tourist May 2nd 2009 1:11PM
Here Here, I am fed up with have uncomfortable flights because Fat people are crammed into an economy seat. Also paying for extra luggage when there weight is obviously in excess of my luggage over a certain size these people should be forced to take club class and another thing is there should be a i"f you have not had a shoer policy then you should not be allowed on" so many times I have had to sit next to somebody that obviously has not seen a bar of soap for quite a while.