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This is exactly what gives me pause when paying these credits offered by the airline. I wonder if we could charge by total weight of passengers and luggage as t
by travisporter 7y ago
This is exactly what gives me pause when paying these credits offered by the airline.
I wonder if we could charge by total weight of passengers and luggage as that directly correlates to fuel usage.
- sokoloff 7y agoIt correlates but the weight to fuel usage is highly non-linear. The airplane I fly goes only 2-3% faster when it’s 10% lighter (at a constant cruise power setting, meaning the through the air economy only increases by 1/5 to 1/3 the change in mass).