Should Big Boned People Buy Two Seats

[youngmafbog]

or maybe airlines should have larger 'premium' seats ?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3802277/Lawyer-suing-Emirates-airline-enduring-nine-hour-flight-seated-obese-man.html

[TWR]

As said, these obese people should pay extra, on the same lines as the overweight Suitcases, why should a passenger have to be struggle in a already small area of the seat.

[tamborine]

Obese peeps have lots of crisps/biks/sweets to share.....theyre the best travel companions.

[snags]

''perhaps a refrigerated flight would be more suitable for you''

Absolutely... would keep the sliced meats, cheeses and doughnuts secreted about my creases cool during Long Haul...

[BRIGHT SPARK]

So...the airlines are making the spaces smaller.....the sheep are moaning about the porkers.....the airlines charge the porkers more for a few bigger seats...the sheeps seats get smaller to accommodate and we are all happy.I'm afraid as society demands lower prices for everything from milk to airline seats there will always be a loser ...and here its the poor sheep next to the porker :-)

[snags]

Mmmm... mutton and chops... that's my stomach rumbling not wing engine number 3 blowing out.

[New Judge]

Just remembered a sketch I once caught on the telly. Can’t remember what the programme was but it was David Walliams and his little fat bald mate (both playing women). They were working on an airline check-in. Walliams was teaching the other bloke the job. It went something like this:

Walliams: That customer looks very puzzled.

Little Fat Bald Bloke: He’s upset because I told him he’s fat and I made him pay for two seats.

Walliams: Quite right. That’s the company policy. So what seats did you allocate Him?

Little Fat Bald Bloke: 9A and 27E

:-) :-)

[douglas9401]

Could we not just have a sizing device like they use for carry-on cases?
A couple of lines added to the terms and conditions of travel to advise of the new regime and how a passenger may have to wait for a flight with available space may have the chubistas reaching for the lettuce and skipping ropes.

[ummmm]

It's not nice speaking about people like that!

[jourdain2]

I've also suffered from the 'overlap' of the passenger next door, but I also find that I struggle with leg-room in a standard seat. I would just like to a small caveat in that I once knew an almost globular bloke whose condition was medical and who had to take a lot of drugs. Forget exactly what it was, but it would be unfair to penalise him and people like him.

[Quizproquo]

I think you should check in your luggage on a scale and then stand on a scale. If you are over a size 16 female UK size, there should be a surcharge.
If obese people want more room for their bulk, then they should pay for it.
I think it's one of the few things I have a black and white stance on. Budget airlines stay cheap buy shipping in bulk. I don't want your double the size bulk next to me for the same price when I can't pack my hairdryer due to weight restrictions.

[Cloverjo]

New Judge, I'm sure I read in a paper fairly recently where that actually happened to someone.

[Mamyalynne]

I love the caring sharing side of AB.