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5 (sometimes surprising) ways flying affects your body
Gus Ruballo You land. Your throat feels like sandpaper. Your head is heavy. Your eyes sting. You've been sitting still for eight hours… so why does your body feel like it just ran a marathon? Most travelers accept this as the price of flying. But there's nothing inevitable about it. These symptoms have specific, well-documented causes — and understanding them is the first step to actually doing something about them. Here are five things flying is doing to your body right now. Some I´ll bet…
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I read this group all the time and I really respect the work you guys do. Just read something really interesting, a mmeber named Mike DK posted a comment saying "class action for tall people discriminated for needing more leg room.. we are charged more for leg room.... anyone with me?"
what do you all think of this? I'm only 5'10" myself, but my kid brother is 6'4" and this is a real issue for him. Any chance airlines could be required to provide preferential seating for people say over 6' ? I mean it could first-come first-served but the exit rows are reserved for people over 6'?
Not sure about a class action lawsuit, I'd rather see corrective action going forward, but I think Mike DK is definitely on to something.
Thoughts?
"The International Air Transport Association more than tripled its 2010 outlook on Tuesday for the world's airlines, predicting the industry will now post a full-year profit of $8.9 billion."
Our press release is at http://snipr.com/12vhdr. If you want more, let me know and I'll get it to you. The release has excerpts from the study we did.
Last week my group the Consumer Travel Alliance together with ASTA and the Business Travel Coalition launched a Mad as Hell about Hidden Fees petition. You can find it at www.madashellabouthiddenfees.com. I explain the effort on ConsumerTraveler.com at http://snipr.com/12vhdr.
This is the first time in over a decade that the DOT is changing a regulation regarding airline ticketing and what passengers should know. For consumers this is a perfect storm opportunity to mandate that airlines tell all travel agents and online travel agencies the full price of airline travel.
Please pass along the word. If you would like any prepared ads for this effort, please contact me directly at leocha@consumertraveler.com.
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