Airlines Can't Charge You for What You Wear

gaiagraphia

Hehe, I remember doing stuff like wearing 8 t-shirts back in the day to try and travel for £1 around Europe. Currently feel like I'm living on the edge by 1-bagging an Osprey Farpoint 40. My heart races every time I'm at the gate, and I feel I've perfected a masterclass in illusion by angling my body, distracting the gate staff, moving my hands to draw attention, etc (note: I probably look like an idiot - but it's fun to dream). The optimal solution is just to weigh everybody as they board the plane and bill them accordingly, lol. But I don't think that'd go down too well. If these jackets can hold 5kg, and there's 200 passengers donning them, that's a ton of weight, which is about $100 per flight in extra fuel? Wonder if the fairest way to charge for this is aa ringfenced externality tax on the product itself; calculating the average amount of fuel such products burn in an average lifespan. Would be preferable to airlines dictating what you can and can't wear...

marcta

There is a reason that luggage has to be weighed. If you watch Mentour Pilot, there's a not insignificant number of plane accidents (and outright disasters) that occur due to the plane weight being calculated incorrectly, and thereby running out of fuel. https://www.evionica.com/blog/blog/how-much-the-passenger-we...

rationalist

It appears to be a rebrand of a cheaper item: https://www.amazon.com/BVASJIUK-Voyage-Coat-Travel-Pockets/d... The photo on the homepage appears to be identical to the photo in the Amazon listing (on my phone). (Or whomever is manufacturing for the company is trying to undercut the company that hired them.)

netsharc

I was curious to see it in action, obviously it's not on YouTube yet (it's a pre-order, which makes me think vaporware), but here's a review of a similar thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU7UrhrpWGI I suppose with the continued enshittification of air travel, jackets like this will be more common, and the sight of passengers with bulky clothing at airports will no longer be strange. I was travelling the last few weeks, and wearing a jacket in an airport in warmer countries would make me look very out of place.

bushwart

Looks great for summer. The many pockets seem especially practical for organizing wads of travel cash and supplements like creatine, protein powder, magnesium capsules, etc. They should consider producing a niqab version for Middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia.

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