Woman told she's too big to fly

WOAI ^ | 07/21/2010 | Reported by: Janet Kwak

[Wilderness Conservative]

Too bad the sow can fly to Oz because they have a rock big enough for her to crawl under.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Next time she should take the train.

Cattle car???

[Raebie]

I didn’t understand the full magnitude of this issue until I had a flight from LA to Chicago afew years back. I was in the window seat and there was a gentleman who had to be pushing 400 pounds in the middle seat next to me, while his stick thin wife occupied the aisle seat. I couldn’t move, couldn’t breathe and couldn’t get off the damn plane fast enough 5 hours later. It was pure hell.

[pgyanke]

Are you suggesting she may not be overweight... but rather undertall?

[P.O.E.]

Just put a 17-inch wide doorway at the gate.

[org.whodat]

Did she try UPS, I hear they do pallet loads.

[RexBeach]

I was thinking Crisco. Same thing.

[RachelFaith]

I have ZERO sympathy for obese people. The answer is simple. STOP EATING! 40 days. FAST. A few fruits and vegetables, and mineral water. Anyone can lose weight if they CHOOSE to. No medical conditions exist that are greater than willpower.

Like Nancy said all those years ago: Just say NO!

[gov_bean_ counter]

Make them pay for two seats. Put down the arm rest and allow one seat for each cheek.

[crusty old prospector]

Nothing worse than getting on the plane and having a window seat and when you arrive, there is Tubby sitting in the middle seat. It is going to be a long flight.

[org.whodat]

http://www.taylorheavyhauling.com/

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

“I don’t want to take a bus or a plane”

Well, then, don’t.

Problem solved.

[reagan_fanatic]

It’s an airplane, lady, not a cruise ship.

At your size, you should have thought about the possibility of getting charged for two seats before you even went down there.

[DuncanWaring]

The answer may be to make bigger seats, which would make everyone happy.

Except that bigger seats mean fewer seats per airplane, which means that every passenger pays a higher proportion of the cost of operating the flight, which makes everyone unhappy except for the lardos.

[John D]

The answer is simple. STOP EATING! 40 days. FAST. A few fruits and vegetables, and mineral water. Anyone can lose weight if they CHOOSE to. No medical conditions exist that are greater than willpower.

Yes, but is so much easier to just complain, and expect the gov't to jump in and fix everything for you.

[Ditter]

Yea Southwest Airlines, it’s about time! I want to have part of my money refunded for the seats I have had to share with an obese person, and there have been several!

[EQAndyBuzz]

You need to edit the picture so the guy from Katrina is riding it.

[mickie]

Note to Mary Louise: Try Weight Watchers....it does wonders.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I have no sympathy for this woman. I have an uncle who is grossly overweight. It appears that his knees could be about to give out on him...for good.

[Reeses]

If she takes up two seats, by golly she should pay for two seats.

If they told her she gets two lunches they might have made the sale.