In before the “I exercise at the gym four hours a day and have a perfect body” types show up.
I was on a flight to Nassau and I am glad the plan was empty because the woman who would have sat beside me took up about 25% of my seat.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Too fat...too much skin...you just can’t win with this airline.
Couldn’t they just stow him below with the baggage?
Personally, I exercise at the gym four hours a day and have a perfect body.
I think if a person fills two seats, they should buy two seats, if the plane is going to be full.
If it’s not, and there’s room to seat the passenger where he or she will not inconvenience someone else, I say no harm, no foul.
Why don’t they start charging by the weight or size? Makes sense. Airplanes have both weight and volume to contend with.
The overweight didn’t stand up for my right to smoke on the plane.
Not the first time anything like this has happened.
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He was ready to board.
He had gone to the gate.
The ticket that he was forced to buy, had no been purchased (and in all likelyhood, would not have).
So, question to all Freepers out there.
Was he just forced to buy a ticket, that would have otherwise gone unsold?
And to accomadate him and anyone else, couldn't he simply have switched seats with someone who was next to an empty seat? This is assuming, he was not already going to be seated next to any empty seat.
(And I'm 6'3" and weigh more than average if you're wondering.)
Put a supersized person on every flight, give ‘em 2 seats, and make ‘em an Honorary Air Marshal. They get to sit on any terrorist/hijacker/nutcase/drunk for the duration of the flight.
What if someone is really tall and their knees go into the seat in front? Do they need two tickets too?
With this plan, no one can cry discrimination,. All passengers pay per the pound.
People who object to this 1. don’t fly and 2. have never had to sit next to an obese slob whose flab was oozing over the armrests.
I have had a passenger sit next to me that was so obese that I had to lean over into the space of the passenger on the opposite side to avoid having constant, annoying pressure from the obese passenger...forget about the armrest...couldn’t even see it after the guy sat down.
The airlines are selling space on the flight. Anyone whose body extends to the point that it takes up more width than the seats can comfortably manage should have to buy another seat. Do big and tall people expect to get a suit for the same price as someone who wears clothing that requires half as much material to make? Overeating is a choice...no one is force-feeding them.
All kidding aside, if you see the video, this is a big man. And it is not just him... right now, about 65% of the adult population of America is either obese or overweight. And they say by 2015, the percentage will be up to 75%.
The worst thing about this is many people really do understand the risk they are putting themselves into with their eating habits and lack of exercise.
And yet, we are spending more and more each year on weight loss products and information. It is criminal! How can we be getting fatter? I think the weight loss industry should be fired. They are doing a very bad job of confusing the heck out of people while taking their money (well, doing a great job at their point of view).
Usually the simplest solution is the best solution if you think what our ancestors did before farming was invented 10,000 years ago. They hunted animals. They ate fruit, nuts and roots. They didn't eat breads or refined sugar. They walked. They ran. They climbed trees to get away from the predators. And believe me, they were strong and lean.
I think this man should use this episode as motivation to get his life back. Blaming the airplane industry or other passengers for his predicament isn't healthy and doesn't solve the root of his real problem -- his life!