Your ticket should cost more because I'm Obese
 

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/plus-size-airline-passenger-demands-free-seats-bigger-bathrooms-more-online-petition-faa

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She wants a free 2nd seat but I have to pay extra for bags over a certain weight...

Doctor, heal thyself.

Charging someone extra becauae they weigh a LOT is just wrong imo. Some folks are really dense ....

Now charging extra based on volume is a 'nuther matter :D!

It seems to me that if they want two seats...they should just buy two seats. We would all like more room/two seats when we fly...and can get it if willing to pay the price.

Time for a diet if you are too fat to fit in an airline seat.

Nicely done.

Charge by the girth? (leave it! )

Those 1st class seats accommodate.

The problem with that is the airline will likely sell it to a standby.

? Are you talking to me ?

Yes, I had that happen to me last year on a flight from DTW to FLL. I was in the window seat and a man sat down in the aisle seat. He said..."At least we will have plenty of room...the middle seat is sold to my wife and she had a last minute deal and couldn't make it."

Just before they shut the door...an almost 300 pounder crammed himself in...flying standby.

The airlines make out good on selling one seat to 2.5 people.:)

Ha! Exactly ^

I will note that I spring for the extra comfort seats - which gives just a bit more legroom.

I loath flying Alaska Air for more than a couple hours due to their cramped 737 fleet, with 3&3.

IMO, they should put some fat 2&2 in coach, with an upcharge.

Simple.

At the gate, before boarding, in front of everyone, have random passengers undergo hydrostatic weighing.

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There are other options....

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I don't care for his tone, Joe.

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If I identify as fat and wide, then you guys need to pick up the tab for the extra seat! It’s only fair!

If you talkin to me then,
FUGGEDABOUTIT

If you are average size or just slightly larger and fit into the seat you pay for that seat . If you are plus plus size and don't fit into one seat guess what . You buy two seats or go in the cargo hold . Take a bus . Or drive . Or take a bike because you need the exercise !!! I am NOT paying for your fat a$$ ! 😡

Like most everyone, I hate the cattle car experience of modern airline flights. On my last flight, I was seated on every leg next to men that were all reasonably fit, but just large and tall, with shoulders like a lineman. I always get an aisle seat, so I can at least stretch out one leg. I had my shoulder pressing against some other man on every leg unless I bent over sideways into the aisle. It was miserable.

That's payback for the Hooterz girl :)!

True...and it was worth it. Babies need their milk.:)


I was also on another flight years earlier, seated next to a young gal (not Hooters worth) and she had a 3 or 4 year old in the seat between us. We were half-way through the flight when the mother suddenly went into convulsions. I pressed the overhead button and yelled because the FA's were not appearing. The young child was so scared that she slid off her seat and crawled under the seat in front of me.

Finally a man from the back came up and told the FA that he was a Dr. and got her through the episode. First responders boarded the plane when we landed to help her out.

FWIW, seat width varies greatly between planes and airlines.

Economy seats on an Alaska 737 is 17" wide. On a Hawaiian A330 it's 18" wide. On a Hainan Airlines A330 it's 19" wide.

per seatguru.com

Alaska is ridiculous. I pony up for first clas when the wife and I go visit our kids in Fairbanks. Money well spent.

can't she just identify as a size six?

where are the tall guy activists trying to get me more leg room?

Based on the video of this chick, this might not be large enough.

Don't seat them near the wing, it's just too tough on the pilot keeping the plane level.

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This issue is one of the many reasons that I have not flown in years. Too many large people next to me, oozing into my paid for space. Especially bad on the commuter planes. UGH!

Pretty much my flying now is float planes on Fly in Canada trips. And I drive from home to the float base in Canada.

Yep. Unfortunately 17" width is very much industry standard for economy.

They have a way to measure your take-on luggage to see if it fits. Why not an ass-width measuring device?

Just need a scale by the gate, and its a set price per pound. Say a buck a pound one way. My 110 lb wife thinks that is a great idea.

Hell, they could put scales and lasers in the metal-detection tube. 3 in one. And like someone above said, it they're doing this I want some legroom and shoulder room and I want the airlines to pay for it. While we're at it, double up the width of the armrest between seats so everyone can use it.

I'm of 'larger size' (not really actually at 6').
But I always try out of courtesy to not extend over the single 4" armrest without a barrier which is supposed to be shared by two passengers .

It's a bad design. By design. Don't blame the guy next to you.
And it has never been fixed....

How is some booking agent running around supposed to fill seats appropriately at short notice?

Passenger seating and moving space has been shrunk by far margins and aircraft interiors completely redesigned to fill maximum capacity.
Steering the dollar herd. Efficiency does not always equal comfort.

This is all instead of:
-Increased prices and lack of more standby availability. Some passengers might have to wait a few hours for a long trip.
-I've spent days waiting in crappy airports with limited things to do. What are the other transportation options? Nada.Zilch.Zero.
-Complete lack of basic customer communication..........................!
-Greed. AKA. Trying to fill another department's complete fk'up.
-Lack of larger planes and lesser international overseas flight. That should have been be easy to fill with price reductions. (per Kach22 and Airbus debacle).
-Other factors.

the final leg to get home often involves a cessna 207 or a piper navaho. the pilot will eyeball us and assign seats based on weight to keep the plane balanced.

In a three seat arrangement....I always give the middle seat passenger the armrest.

The aisle and the window seats have their own on their outsides....but the middle seat deserves the armrests on both sides of him/her.

Maybe change to a pay by the pound ticket pricing structure just like any other type of shipping/courier/mail...

Discrimination lawsuit. Racism. Sexism. Ageism. Weight-ism. Give me 800 gallion now!
No mo shareholder profit margins.

It makes sense on paper, to my own detriment, but would not work.

The market has spoken.
Passengers will put up with quite a bit of discomfort for a three dollar discount in ticket prices.

If people quit purchasing the cheapest tickets, the airline would respond.

Wow, genius.

I'll take the bulkhead seat every chance I get because the armrests do not go up.

From the article:

"Being forced to occupy only one seat can result in pain and vulnerability to poor treatment from fellow passengers," she added.

Well no kidding. Everyone else on the plane doesn't want to sit next to you as you will spill over into the seat they paid for. And furthermore, you probably will be wearing a tank top so the poor person next to you has to touch your skin.

She has this all in reverse. It is the other passengers that are having to bear the burden of her obesity and XXXL size even though they paid for a seat and would just like to sit in it without being scrunched by her.

Luggage doesn't have 'feelings'.