Too fat to fly!「肥人太多」飛機超重

Too fat to fly! EasyJet passengers 'organise whip-round' to pay for people to leave plane with too many heavy men on board

• 7am flight from Liverpool to Geneva flight was 300kg overweight 
• Struggle to find volunteers to leave as airline offered just £100 compensation
• Passengers say they had to pass collection tin to bump it up to £200
• EasyJet insists it is not their policy to allow whip-rounds

By Travelmail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 09:07 GMT, 19 January 2013 | UPDATED: 09:15 GMT, 19 January 2013

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Passengers aboard an easyJet flight claim they had to organise an impromptu whip-round to persuade people to disembark after the pilot said they couldn't take off because there were too many heavy men on board.
The 7.05am flight from Liverpool's John Lennon Airport to Geneva was delayed by an hour-and-a-half because the plane was 300kg overweight due to an 'exceptionally high proportion of male passengers'.
Engineer Simon Lay - who was onboard the plane to go on a skiing holiday - said the pilot struggled to find volunteers because the airline was only offering £100 compensation.

Jumbo: The morning easyJet flight from Liverpool to Geneva was 300kg overweight due to what the airline claimed was an 'exceptionally high proportion of male passengers' on board (file picture)

So a collection tin was passed around the cabin until enough money had been raised to persuade four people to disembark.

 

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Mr Lay said a group of passengers at the front of the plane made up the compensation to £200 per person which was enough to persuade four passengers off the flight.

He said the rest of the passengers then had a whip-round to help reimburse the out-of-pocket passengers at the front. easyJet said the plane was over regulatory limits due to there being an "exceptionally high proportion of male passengers'.

Whip-round: Passengers on board said they had to organise a whip-round as the airline was only offering £100 compensation which was not enough to persuade people to disembark

The company insisted it was not its policy to allow whip-rounds and that 'as far as we can establish no other arrangements between passengers were made'.

The four passengers were driven to Birmingham and put on another flight to Geneva which arrived at 2.30pm UK time. Mr Lay, 40, said: 'The whip-round certainly happened, I put two quid in. I saw other people throwing in fivers.

Weighty issue: easyJet blamed a high proportion of male passengers for the extra kilos

'It is ridiculous and embarrassing for easyJet. I was going on a skiing trip with friends and we paid more for the early flight so we could get some more skiing time in.

'They announced that the plane was 300kg overweight and the pilot asked for volunteers to get off.

'At first they offered £100 compensation and a Friday flight but nobody wanted that. Then they changed it to a flight from Birmingham the same day. A group at the front of the plane made it up to £200 to persuade four people to get off.
'The rest of the passengers then put a few quid in to help them out."
easyJet said in a statement: "easyJet can confirm that flight EZY7279 from Liverpool - Geneva was above regulatory weight limits due to an exceptionally high proportion of male passengers and more hold luggage than usual.

"In these circumstances volunteers are required to offload and easyJet offers passengers £100 in compensation and alternative flights. Four volunteers came forward and the flight departed shortly afterwards.
"As far as we can establish no other arrangements between passengers were made. easyJet has policies in place to deal with this situation and so there is no need for passengers to take this kind of action.

"The safety of its passengers and crew is easyJet's highest priority and the airline always complies with all regulations."

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「男人太多」飛機超重 乘客夾錢酬落機者

  明報 – 2013年1月21日星期一上午5:08

【明報專訊】英國廉航EasyJet一航 班，起飛前根據歐洲航空管理局守則，以男性平均重約88公斤、女性70公斤和小孩35公斤計算航機重量時，發現機上「男人太多」，超重300公斤。機師表 示，航空公司願意為自願落機協助「減磅」的乘客，提供約1200元賠償，惟大家都嫌「出手太低」。乘客們唯有即時籌款，給願意「犧牲」的乘客加碼，始化解 這場無法起飛的僵局。

上周五早上，該航班載着135名男子和19名女子，準備由利物浦飛往日內瓦。在發現過重後，機師轉達航空公司的方案，提出向自願落機者提供100鎊（約1230港元）賠償，並安排他們到伯明翰轉乘當天稍後另一航班飛往日內瓦。
按男女數目算出超重300公斤
由於賠償金額偏低，起初無人自願下機，於是有乘客發起籌款。搭乘該航班的工程師萊西蒙（Simon Lay）說：「一群坐在前排的乘客，提出把賠償額倍增至200鎊，藉以游說4人自願下機，於是其他乘客各捐一些金錢協助。我放下了兩鎊，我見到有人捐出5 鎊。我和朋友多付了錢來搭乘這班早機，以換取更多滑雪時間。」航班擾攘1.5小時後，終能順利起飛。
初嫌公司賠償低 無人「犧牲」
EasyJet事後表示，該班航機上男乘客比例超出上限和行李重量超標，令航機負重量高出標準，惟EasyJet強調乘客募捐並非公司政策。