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Emergency-Doughnut88 t1_iufx166 wrote

Reply to comment by dali01 in Airlines charge you extra per kilo of luggage but not extra per kilo of human. by LouSayners

They still have to physically lift the human into the air though. The more weight, the more fuel needed.

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Realistic_Ad3795 t1_iujld4e wrote

The empty weight plus fuel weight of the most common domestic jets represent 75-85% of the weight at takeoff. The variance in weight of a few humans will not have a great impact on the overall weight.

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