Travel: More on Overweight Travelers

I had the joy of sitting in the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport for about four hours last Saturday. While the rest of my family sprawled about me napping, I watched CNN (and froze). There was a news story about how oil prices were affecting the airlines that talked about the steps many airlines were taking to reduce the weight of the plane and thus reduce fuel consumption. The story ended by talking about the one thing that airlines could not reduce, and that is the weight of the passengers. The story said that airlines are having to spend $275 million more per year on fuel because of overweight travlers.

Here's more on the story from USA Today.