Posted on 04/15/2009 7:33:49 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
United Air to charge obese double on full flights
Wed Apr 15, 5:29 pm ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – United Airlines, a unit of UAL Corp, will require obese passengers bumped from full flights to purchase two seats on a subsequent flight, matching the policy of some other carriers.
The change brings the Chicago-based in line with eight other airlines including Continental, Delta, JetBlue and Southwest, United spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said on Wednesday.
"Last year we had 700 complaints from passengers who had to share their seats," she said.
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Will they charge kids or anorexics less?
United will soon be history anyway, while Southwest, which doesn’t hassle their passengers, is growing. Surprising, huh?
I suppose they would if you put them in an overhead compartment.:-)
Sounds like a reasonable definition. Very unlike the CDC definition which even includes people who you wouldn't normally think of as particularly fat.
Ever had someone sit next to you so big that they took up part of YOUR seat, too? If you are going to take up two seats, then pay for two seats unless the plane isn't full.
Maybe they could have a long bench down the side of plane, and arm rests that move such that people can be charged by how many inches of bench they take up.
If they take up more than one seat, yes.
The only complaints I have received about my size have been about my shoulders being too big for the seat back. But, I would pay more for more leg room.
What about the guy whose legs are SO LONG that they flop over on my side or into the isle???
What about that?
Hunh??
Hunh??
(ok...my husband is one of these guys..so, I had to bring it up!)
The FAA has a definition for average passenger weight. It is 170 lbs. If you arew double this benchmark, you need to buy two seats.
Aircraft structure is designed around this weight. Seats, seat belts, and floor structure are designed with this load as the normal. Exceed it, and the parts will fail.
Whenever I get between people on a plane seat, I have to hunch my shoulders forward so arms don't violate the other person's space. Nothing to do with my tummy or having extra pounds, some of us just have shoulders that are too broad for comfort in those narrow seats.
If I get a aisle seat I'm good, so I always request them.
I assume so if their blubber spills over into the 1.5 cubic feet afforded to you for your $850 flight from Tuscon to Wichita.
Barely abstract mathematics includes the difference between ordinal and cardinal.
What's wrong Big Guy, America not yielding you the "freedom" to be a nuisance?
Hope they aren't applying this to football teams...or on planes heading to a sumo wrestler convention.
Uh...doesn’t it say above that Southwest already does this?
Wht about guys with a big hump on their backs that take up the space of the guy right behind them? =)
That’s their business. Whoever doesn’t like it can fly on another airline. I, for one, HATE sitting next to someone who’s disgusting blubber is rolling over onto my seat. Why is that fair to me? I’ve paid the same amount...
Southwest does not do it!
Southwest doesn’t give their passengers any grief at all; that’s why they’re the only airline that is growing.
Well then, at 250 I may be posing a danger. If I trimmed down some more, I might get to 220, which is probably my ideal weight--and I would still be dangerously big.
A few years ago, I’m pretty sure a college football team was travelling on my flight. I was seated between two fellows who were surely offensive linemen—huge men. They tried to make it as comfortable as possible and were pleasant company. But it was a very long flight—there just wasn’t room for the three of us in the three seats.
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