“I’d rather stand than sit in an airliner seat”
You couldn’t pay me enough money to travel on an airliner where people are standing. I don’t need a 6’4” 350 lb offensive tackle becoming a flying bulldozer in the air during turbulence.
I'd take my chances. Better that than have him be a seatmate and you're either smashed against the window or sandwiched between him and someone the size of, oh, say, the next surgeon general.