I believe most airlines have a policy of fitting between the arm rests which are 17 inch apart. I thought at one time the airlines had a weight restriction of 180 pounds a second ticket had to be bought.
So how big is too big? I'm 6' 4" 250lbs and can fit between the arm rest but my shoulders will be in the isle or if I'm in a window seat leaning on the person next to me.
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12-03-2009 11:59 AMRun until it sounds expensive
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12-03-2009 12:41 PM
Problem with that is that you are essentially rewarding obesity by giving them more room and not cramming them in like sardines like normal sized people have to do.
And then to charge more to a normal sized person almost seems like you are descriminating against normal sized people by making them pay more to be comfortable.....
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12-03-2009 12:52 PM
I would HATE to be the guy beside him.
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12-03-2009 12:57 PM
so just how does the stewardess get the cart down that isle??
P-4077 "The Swamp" S.B.Y.C. and Michigan medboat mothership
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12-03-2009 04:33 PM
They can't get it past me if I am on the aisle.
I can't fly coach.
It's the leg length. The length from my hip to my kneecap exceeds the distance between the back of my seat and the bar in the top of the seat-back pouch in front of me by more than two inches. I fly first class whenever I can. If I can't fly FC, I fly emergency row. If I can't do that... I have to drive or not go.Warning: This post may contain language unsuitable for minors or math not suitable for liberal-arts majors.
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12-03-2009 01:01 PM
personally I think that in a situation like a plane...your basically buying/renting the space for one person, if your twice the size of the normal person and your taking the space of two people you should pay twice as much.
P-4077 "The Swamp" S.B.Y.C. and Michigan medboat mothership
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12-03-2009 01:13 PM
They should FORCE fat people to sit beside one another.
A "normal" sized person should not be forced to suffer.
Let the fatties fight over the space and the arm rest and peanuts...Treat every situation like a dog, if you can't eat it or hump it, piss on it and walk away.
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12-03-2009 01:22 PM
The airlines should not let that guy on the plane. Insane!
If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!
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12-03-2009 03:09 PMWhen I see a kid, skinny guy or little old lady heading for the seat next to me, I want to hug them. In the last month I got a guy that made me look like a small child (not fat but big) an 350lb teenager with a newborn and vicious body odor and a woman significantly larger than me- to the point that I checked for an adam's apple.
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12-03-2009 04:07 PM
A couple years ago, my wife was dropping me off at Newark Airport for a business trip. While we were at the curb out in front of the terminal, this wack job with a 5 foot tall bird puppet goes walking by...walking his puppet the whole time and talking to it.
I bet my wife 20 bucks that he'd not only be on my flight, but be sitting near me. I won the bet - he had the seat right next to me.
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12-03-2009 03:33 PMThey have larger seats at the front of the plane it is called first class. If they don't fit then I want them at the back of the plane next to the ****ter so that I do not have to climb over them them when we crash! Since over 50% of americans are now "obese" then they would have to dedicate about 70% of the plane to these seats.
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12-03-2009 04:17 PM
charge by the pound just like all other freight.
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12-03-2009 04:30 PM
Didn't a Canadian Airline just put some new rules in place for overweight people?
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12-03-2009 04:34 PM
Ok, I am a big guy. I do fit between the arm rests! That being said, there aren't too many guys I met at the SOS party in Key West who comfortably fit in a 17" wide seat. The airlines are really squeezing in as many people as they can and not considering people's comfort. I would pay more for a bigger seat and don't see anything wrong with offering it. Flight to Miami:
Coach: $300
First class: $1200
Why shouldn't there be a comfortable coach seat option for $450 ($450 x 4 = $300 x 6) Cost per row would remain the same!