works for me.
I fit snugly in one seat.
but I can recall a flight or two..
packed between two big swedes from london to seattle , I only wished they had been swedish babes, instead., but such is life, ya never know what latest row and seat from hell you’ll be plooped down in.
A big leg woman ain’t got no soul......but she’s still gotta buy two seats.
Amen to this! I was on a flight once where I was at the window. A couple came back to my aisle and started to seat themselves into the other two seats. The wive immediately reached to flip up our adjoining armrest before sitting down. The lucky thing was that this was an EXIT row and the armrests didn’t swing up. The flight attendant told her and her equal sized husband they’d have to squeeze themselves in. Both were so fat that all they could do is to crunch part of their butts into the armrests. Neither’s rumps touched the cushions on the seats. I was just thankful about those seats not being expandable. They would have made my trip miserable. The both should have bought the whole row.
Fair enough. Now how about all those as*%^$#s that bring all their luggage into the cabin and proceed to stuff it into the overhead compartments, delaying boarding, take off, and unboarding?
So while an empty seat to one side of the person avoids them hanging over on someone else, in rows with more than two seats it does nothing for the passenger on the other side of them.
I once sat between 2 people that were 300lb+ on a flight. Didn’t see my arms for 2 hours.
There were two big guys in 3 seats coming back from LA a couple weeks ago. I don’t think they had to pay extra because the plane was not full, but they were never buckled in and were totally annoying when the plane was in landing mode by standing up and trying to get their crap out of the overhead bin.
Having once been a victim of a person in the next seat who came down the aisle asking the stewardess for a belt extender and who flipped up the armrest so he could rub thighs with me, I have no problem with the new rules.
In fact, they should allow everyone 220 pounds, which could be split between passenger, carry on, and checked. If someone went over 220, they’d buy a second seat and get a 440 lb allowance.
I hate the airlines, but I hate sitting next to fat people to. What to do?
Well, the answer for tubby is to book his flight and select an isle seat online. Then, book a full fare refundable ticket and select the middle seat next to him. Its best to book this second seat in his wife’s name because the airlines make the ticket agents remove duplicate bookings in their spare time. Then simply don’t show up for the refundable seat. And, unless the flight is over sold, it will stay vacant. Voila two seats for the price of one.
I recently sat behind a woman so large she could not fit into the seat with the seat back up so she kept it reclined even at meal time and during landing. The flight attendant tried to push it up two or three times before landing but it went right back to recline position as soon as the attendent left.
It’s not very comfortable sitting straight up with a reclined seat just a few inches from your face. I can’t imagine that was safe.
Make them not only buy thrm but use them!!!!
