• Red_October@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Around 30 years ago, American Airlines realized that by removing a single olive from every passenger’s salad, they would save what amounts today to about $100,000 annually due to reduced weight. They did that.

    Do you think they’re going to remove seats and install a brig, or are they just going to make sure every flight has a half a roll of duct tape?

    • LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Nah the savings came from reduced olives. Olives are expensive, it costs more to buy an olive than to fly it on a plane.

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      5 months ago

      They should remove those magazines that always litters the seat pockets. Must weigh a ton per flight.

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        5 months ago

        Pretty sure they have… I haven’t seen a full skymall in ages. I think they still have the much smaller one advertising their own services

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        5 months ago

        If you roll an average of 2.37 Cavendish bananas length of duct tape between your index and middle finger, you can make a sticky booger ball that tastes like an olive (or maybe boogers, depending on your pH and relative gastrointestinal ‘transit time’). As a limited time offer it also removes warts!

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          Pro tip: When the airline supplies that, you can add your own boogers for a more authentic taste and you can bring as many as you can, they don’t count towards your cabin luggage weight limit. The one trick airlines DON’T want you to know.