Posted on 02/23/2010 7:41:06 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
As Americans get larger and airplane space comes at a greater premium, it's not difficult to see where friction ensues. The issue was brought to light again Feb. 13, when movie director Kevin Smith was removed from a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Burbank, Calif., for failing to fit comfortably into a seat. According to Southwest, Smith originally bought two tickets — "as he's been known to do when traveling on Southwest" (Smith disputed this on his Twitter account) — but decided to fly standby on an earlier flight. After the director received a seat, it was determined that "Mr. Smith needed more than one seat to complete his flight," and he was asked to leave the plane, the airline said. It offered him a $100 voucher for a future flight.
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I agree...what they should have said was: "You can't fly because of your fat ass."....
that’s nothing, wait until the first one won’t fit into a TSA body scanner...
The only way out of this is to have “fat flights”. All fatties on the same plane. The schedule will be limited but they can charge them a lot more.
I don’t see why we can’t charge by the pound. They do that at salad and yogurt places. If you want to load up, you pay more; that includes your bags. If you’re stick thin and have only packed two black dresses, 7 scarves and a few bikinis, you pay less. No embarrassment.
Not just airlines. Stadiums and arenas too.
I have no sympathy for gluttons.
We should charge by weight. There is no need to make people embarrassed about it but we have to be real.
You just answer, “No, your butt makes that plane look fat”...
Actually, that’s not a bad idea.
If you have to turn sideways to get down the isle, you may have a problem.
Not just airlines. Stadiums and arenas too.
Agreed!...It has gotten ridiculous!
If your ass takes up two seats, then you need to pay for the price of two seats.
Get enough of these overweight people on aircraft and I would fear for my life as it then changes the center of gravity.
They can win all the cases they want but they can never break the law of gravity.
$50.00 surcharge for moving a seat. Or else extra large passengers sit in front or enter through the rear of the a/c.
If you have to turn sideways to get down the isle, you may have a problem.
Not to mention having to use the bathroom after two ton Annie did.....
>>Obese passengers and airlines are on collision course<<
Great. Now how am I going to get that image out of my head?
“The only way out of this is to have “fat flights”. All fatties on the same plane. The schedule will be limited but they can charge them a lot more.”
And the aircrafts will have to add a couple of extra engines and lots more fuel to get off the ground.
“Agreed!...It has gotten ridiculous!”
Well hang on to your hat, it ain’t over. Coffin makers have had to up the sizes of their coffins and boneyards have had to increase the width of the single grave. In America the size of a “standard” grave goes back to the 1830’s or 40’s.
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