Weight-loss pills could fuel airline savings

> United began using a lighter paper in its Hemisphere magazine, cutting an ounce of weight from each magazine and saving an estimated 170,00 gallons of fuel over the year, resulting in a savings of $290,000.

I find it always fascinating how such marginal changes compound at scale.

Yet ticket prices will continue to increase and service quality will continue to decrease. Flying has become such a miserable experience that I avoid at all costs.