Large people on planes.

[flip_flop]

I popped over to Budapest at the weekend to see a friend who is working there, and on the flight I sat next to a lady who must have been at least 20 stone - she was huge.

In addition to taking up her own space, her size meant she was taking up probably about a third of my space as well, which made for an extremely uncomfortable flight.

This isn't the first time this has happened to me.

Should there be a booking condition whereby if you are over a certain weight you have to purchase 2 tickets - and if you don't, you don't fly?

The current situation is not fair on those of us within a 'normal' weight band who are made to suffer because some people can't control their eating.

[ichkeria]

When we are on a flight we need, difficult though it might be, to be tolerant towards the people next to us and near us, provided the irritation they cause us is through no fault of their own.
While I am all in favour of encouraging people to look after their weight, I am mildly staggered by the level of intolerance people are willing to afford to others.
The "solutions" propunded here sound like acts of revengeful spite, rather than a constructive idea. Airline seats are too small, but on the other hand if they were bigger few of us could fly, as I hinted at before.

[bondgirl007]

yes i did, go sit in business class if u dont wan people on top of u

[B00]

Agree with flip flop, and everyone else who agreed with the OP too.

I've paid for a seat, I expect to be able to use it, I'd be mightily dischuffed if the person next to me, who, for whatever reason was using some of my seat too!

[flip_flop]

Yep, thought not.

[B00]

Ooooo, you can pay for people to be on top of you? What airline is that with? Sounds intriguing!

[snags]

Virgin.

[B00]

hahaha, excellent snaggles, i'm impressed, lol.

[snags]

Just to throw another spanner in the works, flip's original question also applies to buses, coaches and trains...

...and cinemas :-)

[B00]

Yep it does, and in those places i'd also be annoyed if the person took up some of my seat.

[Rodge2]

Not everyone who is overweight is like that through overeating. Some people have medical conditions that mean they are unable to control their weight. Just thank your lucky stars that it's not you...well not so far anyway.

[flip_flop]

I'm amazed at how people have gone all swivel-eyed over this.

For the people that have got upset, let's say, for the sake of the argument, that you were sitting next to somebody who was 6' 8" and the only way he could sit in his seat was by angling his legs so that his legs took up a lot of your legroom.

Would you be happy with this, or would you expect him to purchase a seat which had extra legroom?

[snags]

''The annoying twart that keeps banging the back of your seat is more frustrating''

I see you as always loitering on the back row (waiting for someone to come along and play the popcorn game) so I presume you mean the Projectionist ;-p

[flip_flop]

Rodge2 - So?

What's that got to do with anything?

[flip_flop]

So presumably you would also expect somebody who was 20+ stone to have booked two seats?

[ummmm]

Can I play the popcorn game?

[ChuckFickens]

"I'd expect someone who was 6'8'' to have the intelligence to have booked a legroom seat to begin with."

I do. (although not quite 6'8, but close)

I'm tall through no fault of my own and I'm required to pay extra so I fit on a plane, why shouldn't obese people also have to pay extra regardless of it's by their own doing or not.