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US Airways: sorry, no more seats. Fly standing.

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oldsmoboat said:
Recently there was a story about a woman that was seated. A fat person came on and sat next to her. She needed two seats too. The lady that needed one seat, that [sic] was there first, was kicked off the plane.
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Link or shens.
 
Minerva said:
No they should have a scale and their ticket priced according to mass. Once they reach a certain level it becomes 2 or 3 seats, etc. If they are morbidly obese than sure let them fly heavyweight freight. 😉
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I really think that all flights should be charged on total weight. I'm saving them gas when I fly with just a single carry on vs when a fat guy flys with a checked bag and a carry on.
 
Minerva said:
No they should have a scale and their ticket priced according to mass. Once they reach a certain level it becomes 2 or 3 seats, etc. If they are morbidly obese than sure let them fly heavyweight freight. 😉
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there should be a weight-cost to fly anything and then there should be an additional "seat" charge at a particular circumference.
 
Airlines are going to have to start replacing a small set of seats with larger seats to accommodate larger people. Unfortunate reality is that there are a lot of really big people, and they need to travel too, and we can't expect them to pay double for everything because of it. I don't think its that much safer to have them span 2 small seats designed for 2 separate people.
 
So they have a container at check-in for the luggage why can't they have a mock airplane seat (economy) to say that if you can't fit in the seat you gotta get another ticket?
 
Perknose said:
Link or shens.
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It's not hard to believe something like that would happen, even without a link. Given two seats and two passengers requiring a total of three seats of course you bump the skinny, 1-seat pasenger. 2-seat fatty is legally "disabled" and thus a protected class; you bump him/her and you'll face a discrmiination lawsuit. 1-seat skinny is "normal" and legally "normal" people aren't protected and thus subservient to everyone else. You bump him/her and you get a bit od bad publicity but no legal action.
 
Just create a section on the plane with wider seating for fat people that costs more. So if a 400lb person wants to board they get priority seating to those sections. Once all the fat people are all onboard, it's open to all passengers at normal pricing.
 
Should the pricing be the same if I've had some cosmetic additions to my ass to make it bigger? Specifically, injections of cement and super glue?
 
SagaLore said:
Airlines are going to have to start replacing a small set of seats with larger seats to accommodate larger people. Unfortunate reality is that there are a lot of really big people, and they need to travel too, and we can't expect them to pay double for everything because of it. I don't think its that much safer to have them span 2 small seats designed for 2 separate people.
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It's a persons choice to get that fat. I know it's a terrible cycle once you reach a certain size and you have a hard time helping it, but it's still their choice. Very few people don't choose to be that fat. To many people are mentally weak and can't stop themselves. I have a friend who gave up and went and had the lap band surgery. No will power to stop himself from eating. He's still having to fight it now even with the lap band.
 
I really hope I'm not faced with a similar situation as I have no idea how I would actually react. A 7 hour flight sucks as it is, much less when you're forced to either stand or sit in half of your seat, cheek to cheek, with another passenger.
 
oldsmoboat said:
Recently there was a story about a woman that was seated. A fat person came on and sat next to her. She needed two seats too. The lady that needed one seat, that was there first, was kicked off the plane.
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I remember that story. It's insane that political correctness has gone so far that they would rather kick an innocent person off the plane then kick the fatty off. If you are 400lbs you should really be too ashamed of yourself to go out in public.
 
dbk said:
Just create a section on the plane with wider seating for fat people that costs more. So if a 400lb person wants to board they get priority seating to those sections. Once all the fat people are all onboard, it's open to all passengers at normal pricing.
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They have a priority seating area with wider seats. It's called first class. The fatties just don't want to fork over the $$ to sit there.
 
I have been asked off a flight because some fat slob had to take up to seats. I got a 500 dollar voucher out of the deal.

The worst part about it, his fat wife picked the row in front of him knowing they could not both fit in seats next to each other.

Airplane seats might be small and not nice to sit in, but if you are a normal size human being you can fit into it with out much fuss, it sucks, but its part of flying.

I am in full support of airplane ticket pricing being dictated by how much you weigh. If it hurts your feelings, you should probably stand to drop some lbs.
 
SagaLore said:
Airlines are going to have to start replacing a small set of seats with larger seats to accommodate larger people. Unfortunate reality is that there are a lot of really big people, and they need to travel too, and we can't expect them to pay double for everything because of it. I don't think its that much safer to have them span 2 small seats designed for 2 separate people.
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The hell we can't. If they are obese enough to require two seats, they are paying for two seats. If they didn't buy two seats and there's not another unpurchased seat on the plane, they aren't going to fly on that plane. An airline that actually did this would gain some great PR too.
 
Looks like the skinny woman was kicked off so the kid could reach their destination as scheduled. The fact that she was overweight is secondary. Yet, it's what is being focused on.
 
Bateluer said:
The hell we can't. If they are obese enough to require two seats, they are paying for two seats. If they didn't buy two seats and there's not another unpurchased seat on the plane, they aren't going to fly on that plane. An airline that actually did this would gain some great PR too.
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I used to agree with you.

But then I got older and more mature and knew more people and some of those people are big.

The point is, they're people.

The ticket is for 1 person to fly. The point of flying is to get a person from point A to point B, faster than by car, bus, or train. Its not to get a seat from A to B, and we just so happen to occupy said seat. The focus is people.

If people are generally bigger, then make the seats bigger. Yes obesity is an epidemic. Yes they have less will power than the person that exercises and diets religiously. That healthier person's reward is personally being healthy. Not that they are better than everyone else and infrastructure design should focus on them.
 
Bateluer said:
The hell we can't. If they are obese enough to require two seats, they are paying for two seats. If they didn't buy two seats and there's not another unpurchased seat on the plane, they aren't going to fly on that plane. An airline that actually did this would gain some great PR too.
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While I think this catering to fat people is BS, I also think it's BS that an airline would get better PR by kicking off the fatties. Then they're the airline that's "skinny people only".
 
SagaLore said:
I used to agree with you.

But then I got older and more mature and knew more people and some of those people are big.

The point is, they're people.

The ticket is for 1 person to fly. The point of flying is to get a person from point A to point B, faster than by car, bus, or train. Its not to get a seat from A to B, and we just so happen to occupy said seat. The focus is people.

If people are generally bigger, then make the seats bigger. Yes obesity is an epidemic. Yes they have less will power than the person that exercises and diets religiously. That healthier person's reward is personally being healthy. Not that they are better than everyone else and infrastructure design should focus on them.
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Well, they generally make you purchase two seats if you need two seats, then refund you if there was an empty seat. So, you only pay for two seats if they could have sold two seats. An empty seat means the person could have used that as a second seat, so they get a refund.
 
SagaLore said:
I used to agree with you.

But then I got older and more mature and knew more people and some of those people are big.

The point is, they're people.

The ticket is for 1 person to fly. The point of flying is to get a person from point A to point B, faster than by car, bus, or train. Its not to get a seat from A to B, and we just so happen to occupy said seat. The focus is people.

If people are generally bigger, then make the seats bigger. Yes obesity is an epidemic. Yes they have less will power than the person that exercises and diets religiously. That healthier person's reward is personally being healthy. Not that they are better than everyone else and infrastructure design should focus on them.
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i know a few "big" people myself. odd part? they all know they are fat.a buddy of mine fly's a lot. he buys 2 seats. why? he wants to be relaxed in his seat too. he knows that he can't fit in 1 so he gets 2 and sits with room on each side of him.

why should I as a skinny person have to be crowded by someone who is fat? it's not my problem. i purchased a full seat not 3/4th of one.

Yes they are people. But they need to accept that they are fat and take up more room then they paid for so they should buy 2 seats.
 
SagaLore said:
I used to agree with you.

But then I got older and more mature and knew more people and some of those people are big.

The point is, they're people.

The ticket is for 1 person to fly. The point of flying is to get a person from point A to point B, faster than by car, bus, or train. Its not to get a seat from A to B, and we just so happen to occupy said seat. The focus is people.

If people are generally bigger, then make the seats bigger. Yes obesity is an epidemic. Yes they have less will power than the person that exercises and diets religiously. That healthier person's reward is personally being healthy. Not that they are better than everyone else and infrastructure design should focus on them.
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I respectfully disagree with you. You're correct, however, in that the focus is people... but what happens when some people start to cause trouble for other people? Do you focus on one group more than the other?
 
SagaLore said:
Airlines are going to have to start replacing a small set of seats with larger seats to accommodate larger people. Unfortunate reality is that there are a lot of really big people, and they need to travel too, and we can't expect them to pay double for everything because of it. I don't think its that much safer to have them span 2 small seats designed for 2 separate people.
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Why not? They use twice as much space, why shouldn't they have to pay for it?

While some people are naturally heavier or have some condition that causes them to carry more weight they are not the ones we're talking about. The people that are carrying a few extra pounds may weigh 200+, but they aren't the 300+ or 400+ people that spill over into your seat. Someone that large has made themselves that way, through their own actions (or inactions). If they don't like the consequences of their choices they need to change it.
 
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