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>Also, "hundreds of kilograms" is not a lot if you consider how much the rest of the plane weighs It's a lot more than you'd think: https://www.kiwi.com/storie
by thfuran 3y ago
>Also, "hundreds of kilograms" is not a lot if you consider how much the rest of the plane weighs
It's a lot more than you'd think: https://www.kiwi.com/stories/united-prints-lighter-magazine-saves-170000-gallons-fuel/ https://www.kiwi.com/stories/united-prints-lighter-magazine-...
Reports annual savings of about $300k by shaving a few grams off each of the pamphlets they stick in the seats.
- rahimnathwani 3y agoThat's about 0.0006% of United's revenue.
- thfuran 3y agoOr more like 0.006% of their profit. And this paint thing looks to be about 100x more weight difference, so perhaps 0.6% of their profit.
- ChatGTP 3y agommmm profit
- chrisandchris 3y agoThink about it as a small, seeminlgy useless change and giving your company 0.0006% more revenue. Now every employee applies the same mindset and the company starts to fly (pun intended). Or otherwise, you just not care about everything lose money everywhere.
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