Posted on 11/22/2011 1:40:25 PM PST by Daffynition
At nearly seven hours, US Airways flight 901 is one of the longest domestic nonstop airline flights. And Arthur Berkowitz knows how long it takes to get from Anchorage to Philadelphia down to the minute. That’s because he says he had to stand for most of the flight when he returned to Philly last July.
Why would anyone stand for that long? Because he says a morbidly obese passenger seated next to him was spilling into his personal space, making it impossibly to sit in his assigned seat, and the flight was completely full.
RE-REGULATE THE AIRLINES. IT WAS A MISTAKE TO DEREGULATE THEM.
I saw this photo at least a year ago somewhere.
Great example of why these big folks need to buy 2 seats.
Where did you get the picture? Is that the actual fat guy?
Absolutely. Government regulations can fix anything.
‘’RE-REGULATE THE AIRLINES. IT WAS A MISTAKE TO DEREGULATE THEM.’’
No, no, and no.
BS.
Was there anything wrong with the Flight Attendant’s seats?
Hey - maybe we can regulate the climate and then it will stop intermittently warming and cooling!
I would have a little more outrage if it weren’t for the Ever Shrinking Airline Seat.
Humans aren’t meant to be packed like sardines.
Is there a standard for seat sizes? From what I gather they keeep getting smaller all the time.
The zoning commission called and said that man is so fat he is required to install another butthole...
This happened to my brother, and I think it might even have been business/1st class (bigger seats but the guy still spilled over). My brother had to stand, flying across the nation, other than for taking off/landing.
Safety on planes has become a joke. I have yet to see any airline restrict carry one baggage that is obviously over sized and require it to be checked. When it takes two people to man handle and stuff a "carry on" bag into an overhead bin and the compartment door is visibly bulged and barely latched it is a major safety hazard. I expect to read about some passenger being killed if one of these bags becomes dislodged with turbulence.
Bingo.
These stories deserve only ridicule when they try to leave that out, and so does everyone who buys into them without examining more of the facts.
one was a bit wide the other was to flat and one was a dude
After over an hour, the stewardess finally noticed my dilemma and instead of moving me to first class, she took the kid up into first class and gave him a seat.........
I was too relieved to get that kid away from me to complain about him getting the preferential treatment........
I wouldn’t even try to sit in my seat for take off and landing just so the pilot and co-pilot are violating the FAR that proscribes this. After the flight lands the call the FAA and tell them what happened.
The full story is that the fat dude showed up at the checkin desk and handed the airline employee two tickets. “Where’s the other party?”
asked the airline employee. “Well,” said the man,
with a blush, “you see one seat is a little small for me
and rather uncomfortable so I bought two. But they’re both really for me.”
“Okay with me, sir,” the airline employee replied, scratching her head. “There’s just one problem. Your seats are in rows fifty-one and sixty-three.”
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