[homeschool mama]

***"For an airline to charge people double based on the person's size is pure discrimination," Miss Berg said. "Do they discriminate the same way against basketball players who are 6 foot 5 inches and don't fit in their seats?"***

My husband is 6'6" and fits into a seat just fine...as long as it's in the emergency aisle. Flight attendants are always willing to accomodate him for this. He doesn't take two seats...just needs more leg space.

I think it's right to charge a two seat fare for a person requiring two seats.

[kemathen7]

I couldn't agree more. A few weeks ago I was flying from Austin to Dallas. I had the middle seat. An incredibly overweight woman had the window seat. I happen to be very thin. When I sat down, she lifted the arm rest inbetween us and said, "Honey, you don't need the whole seat ... mind if we share?" I was practically squished next to the man in the aisle seat. Thank goodness it was a short flight. Glad my $215 ticket gave me half a seat.

[.38sw]

I'm nearly 6 feet tall, and still try for exit row seats to have a little leg room. I have been seated next to these "persons" of size, and I'm not talking about "tall". They overflow the arm rest and intrude severely on my space. The only good thing I can say is that when this has happened, it's been on relatively short flights. I think it is perfectly fair to require a person who overflows the seat to pay for another one. Discrimination? Oh, please...

[codebreaker]

But Southwest is first come first serve, if a tall person needs to sit in an emergency seat on a full flight they have to hope that someone will switch if they don't get there early.

[Hunble]

My wife is FAT!

Seriously, when we fly, I demand that we both get isle seats, since I do not want to be stuck sitting next to her. When she "flowes" into my seat, it can be very annoying.

But what is the alternative? If the airlines are going to charge her double, we simply could not afford the vacation.

Should I tell my wife that I will take a skinny bimbo with me instead? Heck, for the extra airline price, I could hire a hooker and die with a smile on my face.

I think not....

[SLB]

My husband is 6'6" and fits into a seat just fine...as long as it's in the emergency aisle. Flight attendants are always willing to accomodate him for this. He doesn't take two seats...just needs more leg space.

I am 6'4" and they usually get me in a aisle seat or one by the ememrgency exit.

[A CA Guy]

They can use another airline that doesn't do that.

They also have the right to buy their own plane and fly around in it as heavy as they want.

But a private business can probably frame the issue as selling tickets by the amount of space taken up.
For a long time they have charged for extra weight in luggage, so where is the difference?

If a person uses more they pay more. The airlines don't have to act like they are a buffet without limits.