[Responsibility2nd]

There's a poll to FReep at the link.

Do you think it’s fair to require large customers to buy two airline seats?

[San Jacinto]

"I felt like there wasn't a big enough rock for me to crawl under," says Lozano

Obviously.

[TornadoAlley3]

guilty.

[Pearls Before Swine]

"I felt like there wasn't a big enough rock for me to crawl under,"

There probably wasn't.

That said, 300 pounds is probably borderline.

[dead]

Woman told she's too big to fly

That's what they told Dumbo too.

[Grunthor]

“Woman told she’s too big to fly”

Nope. Fat *ss just didn’t want to pay for the actual space she was going to require.

(note, I am fat and would pay the extra $$ if required.)

[earlJam]

Pilot: Nothing to worry about. I think we can make it. But get her in the middle aisle QUICK!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

From Southwest website:

The armrest is the definitive gauge for a Customer of size. It serves as the boundary between seats and measures 17 inches in width.

An armrest that is 17 inches wide? I don't think so.

[Constitution Day]

“Even though I’m very big, I feel very little,” Lozano adds. “I feel damaged or something. I don’t want to take a bus or a plane, I won't take a train, I don’t feel like I can travel in any vehicle except my car.”

I have a solution! Just tuck in your arms and legs and you can roll yourself to your destination, Weeble Wobble.

[Grunthor]

“It was judgmental,” adds Lozano, who weights 298 pounds. “It was based on their judgment.”

No, fat *ss, it was based on physics.

[Oberon]

Do you think it’s fair to require large customers to buy two airline seats?

If she takes up two seats, by golly she should pay for two seats. Is the airline supposed to give up one ticket's worth of seating capacity just because Porko Woman's feelings are hurt?

Next time she should take the train.

[ConservaTexan]

BMW

[driftdiver]

Having been the neighbor of some big people on airplanes I’d say it is fair.

Its not fair to other passengers to have sweaty folds of fat lopped over into their seat. The answer may be to make bigger seats, which would make everyone happy.

[Jemian]

Yes, I do. At her size, she cannot fit into standard airline seats. It is a physical impossibility. An airline ticket buys space on the plane. If you require more space, you must pay for it. Airline travel is not a necessity.

[RexBeach]

I feel sorry for her.

But how do one place a 300 pound body in a 17-inch wide seat?

Wow. That’s a mighty tight fit.

[VRWCmember]

If you can’t fit in one seat, you should pay for the two seats that you occupy.

[thethirddegree]

"I felt like there wasn't a big enough rock for me to crawl under," says Lozano

She's got that right.

[capydick]

However, when News 4 WOAI asked how staff members determine who can fit to fly, they said it’s based on visual assessments – what their employees see.

Next time this happens, the staff members should take a tape measure across the ass and waist of the person in question and see how well that is received.

[Frenchtown Dan]

If they are going to take the space of two seats, then yes, they should pay for two. What normal sized person wants to be scrunched up sitting next to one?

I have nothing against fat people, it's their choice whether or not they decide to be that way, but when it affects other people, it can be a problem.

What bugs me about this person in particular is how she was “humiliated”. The airlines didn't humiliate her, she did that all by herself.

[CAluvdubya]

I had to sit next to a large guy at a baseball game a couple of weeks ago. I was sandwiched between him and my husband. I was not comfortable and had no room. When I got up to get food, his leg had encroached over 1/2 my seat and he didn't seem to noticed when I came back to try to sit down.

Yeah, she can pay for 2 seats so all of us can be more comfortable. It's not just about the feelings of the larger person. I'm sick of worrying about others feelings and them not worrying about mine!

[petro45acp]

At 298 pounds, if she was 6’6” that 17” seat would probably not be a problem (legroom would be a different matter). Economy seats are strictly for the median population. Too tall or too wide and comfort/safety goes out the window.

Hope she doesn’t sue \sarcasm