[EagleUSA]

Fat, stupid and angry....is no way to live!
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Exactly! :-) Now, all you fat hogs to the BACK OF THE AIRPLANE!!!!

[TXBSAFH]

I am sorry ma'am a boeing 737 is not the proper plane for you. We have a C-130H coming along in under an hour for you. We think we can squeeze you in the back.

[6SJ7]

Now, all you fat hogs to the BACK OF THE AIRPLANE!!!!

No, no! To the front; to the front! If they are in the back you'll shift the center of gravity of the aircraft behind the center of pressure and make flying unstable. Move'em up front and add in a little up-trim on the stabilizer. Also figure in a longer roll on takeoff. ;-)

[kromike]

Now, all you fat hogs to the BACK OF THE AIRPLANE...

Heh, I'm not sure I'd want to fly on an airplane that's doing a perpetual "wheelie"....

:)

[Wurlitzer]

"Exactly! :-) Now, all you fat hogs to the BACK OF THE AIRPLANE!!!!

LOL!

That reminds me of a true story. About 10 years ago I was listening to the pilot's conversation on a UA flight when he became very agitated with ground control. We had pushed back from the gate and were tooling around the airport for some time, (O'Hare, those who have been there know what I am saying) then the plane came to a rather quick stop.

The pilot tried to back up using the reverse thrusters and you could feel the nose of the plane lift.

He got on the PA and rather apologetically asked all of us to move forward as he could not back up with the nose gear off the ground and for some reason the seating assignments had put us all near the rear of the plane.

O'Hare ground control had put 2 planes nose to nose without any egress in between and the pilot was Pi$$ed.

[Fruitbat]

Fat, stupid and angry....is no way to live!

Don't forget racist. I just found this on her company's web site. Apparently she's the CEO of Warm Spirit, Inc.

Call me nuts, but if the W Whitehouse looked like this in reverse, I think there'd be a problem.

http://www.warmspirit.com/cons_bios.html

[Fruitbat]

Fat, stupid and angry....is no way to live!

Don't forget racist. I just found this on her company's web site. Apparently she's the CEO of Warm Spirit, Inc.

Call me nuts, but if the W Whitehouse looked like this in reverse, I think there'd be a problem.

http://www.warmspirit.com/cons_bios.html

[Sender]

You have to distribute the 'persons of size' evenly front to rear and side to side. Or just have a couple of La-A-Boy couches right over the CG so there will be a place to put them without being sued or called a racist pig. Price those couch seats at a premium, baby...you gotta pay for all that fuel somehow. I can see it now...a metal gate at the boarding ramp about 18" wide...if you can't get through it, you ride 'couch'.

[CodeToad]

"Now, all you fat hogs to the BACK OF THE AIRPLANE!!!! "


No way! Airplanes have a genter of gravity they must pay attention to!

[GladesGuru]

Ever heard of "weight and balance"? It is something every pilot does for every flight as part of the preflight preparation.

Given that the average passenger is 170 pounds (includes carry-on) and some of the "passengers of size" exceed 400 pounds, the additional weight of say a dozen such passengers would add some 2,760 pounds at the very worst place.

Consider the nose up attitude such a tail heavy moment arm could produce in a critical situation like a stall.

Spread 'em out or else. Betcha that will elicit howls of rage from First class, up front.

[LIConFem]

"Now, all you fat hogs to the BACK OF THE AIRPLANE!!!! "

That'd move the CG too far aft.