I just saw this-
basically if you’re too fat, you have to buy another seat.
awesome.
Not quite.
A lot of people will NOT give United credit for this, but they said that IF the flight attendant can find two seats together that are NOT occupied, the obese passenger can have both AT NO CHARGE.
The passenger also has the option of rebooking the flight in hopes of landing a flight where two empty, unused seats are together.
I think that’s perfectly fair.
I enjoy the word portly.
As much as I am for this move…what if the person is “portly” because of a medical condition?
^^I can’t imagine a medical condition that would result in such ‘portliness’.
Usually, it would be controlled by medication.
They would probably need a doctor’s note, but I am willing to bet that MORE obese people would abuse this option and try to get doctor’s notes, than people who actually DO have a legit medical condition.
Hence, I do not see the airlines honoring a note without making the passenger jump through so many hoops that he gives up on the option.
I don’t blame them, I just flew to texas from florida, it was 2 planes, but a total of like 5 flights from the layovers, and it was ridiculous. I luckily tucked myself in a window seat but watched helplessly as I saw some skinny kid get stuck inbetween two fatasses, who has mcdonalds bags in their hand.
2 and a half hours of touching fat sweaty arms? No thanks.
[quote]Tyrant wrote:
I don’t blame them, I just flew to texas from florida, it was 2 planes, but a total of like 5 flights from the layovers, and it was ridiculous. I luckily tucked myself in a window seat but watched helplessly as I saw some skinny kid get stuck inbetween two fatasses, who has mcdonalds bags in their hand.
2 and a half hours of touching fat sweaty arms? No thanks.[/quote]
I had some whale spilling onto me on a flight to Vegas and my shoulder was digging into it. I had to sit slightly crooked the whole time. It fucking sucked. Make them buy two seats. good
[quote]jchenky wrote:
I enjoy the word portly.
As much as I am for this move…what if the person is “portly” because of a medical condition?[/quote]
their insurance companies would cover it if that were the case.
[quote]Evil1 wrote:
^^I can’t imagine a medical condition that would result in such ‘portliness’.
Usually, it would be controlled by medication.[/quote]
a lot of anti-depressants and anti-psychotics result in weight gain, ive seen kids get HUGE out of nowhere after taking new meds. wish i remembered what they were cause im looking to bulk.
Now, just for the sake of discussion, what if some huge pre-contest Dorian Yates type tries to board? I wonder if they’d enforce the rule in that case?
Our society is way too PC for this but they really should weigh every passenger and their baggage and charge accordingly. At the end of the day, air travel is just freight. Sending a heavier package costs more than a lighter one.
[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
Now, just for the sake of discussion, what if some huge pre-contest Dorian Yates type tries to board? I wonder if they’d enforce the rule in that case?
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No…
This applies only if the seat belt cannot fit around you and/or the seat arms cannot rest in the down position.
I travel almost every other week for business. Sitting next to an obese passenger is just plain awful. Watching them try to get down the aisle is a fucking horror show. Everyone is just praying they don’t sit next to them. It’s like some sick lottery game, only the winner gets to have a bad back when he or she arrives at their final destination due to contorting themselves in their seat to accommodate the lardass next to them.
They should have to buy 2 seats. If they don’t like it they can squeeze their fat asses into their car and drive themselves where they need to go.
I feel no pity for them.
[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
Now, just for the sake of discussion, what if some huge pre-contest Dorian Yates type tries to board? I wonder if they’d enforce the rule in that case?
Our society is way too PC for this but they really should weigh every passenger and their baggage and charge accordingly. At the end of the day, air travel is just freight. Sending a heavier package costs more than a lighter one. [/quote]
thats not about being PC thats retarded.
im not sure whether youve ever flown or not but it takes enough time to process the luggage and even get into the boarding terminals especially with all the heighted security, you honestly think people are going to stand around and get weighed? really?
you also think people are going to allow themselves to be charged on weight alone? one guy weighs 5 pounds more or less than me so now he has to pay 10 dollars more or less than me? that makes no sense.
and you get charged for being occupying more than 1 seat, regardless is your mass is muscle, fat, or silly putty. getting charged less for being a bodybuilder is like saying we’re going to charge all people the same rate to see a movie but we’re gonna let white people see it for free because theyre white.
I think they should charge by weight. Although that obviously would disadvantage me, which I would not like much.
And it would be great if you could buy an extra seat or half seat. And if seats had a sliding size.
Note that it really isn’t a problem at the moment for me but I don’t like a small seat especially for a 25hr flight (10+15 longhaul) but these days, the airbus is pretty roomy, and if you know your seat layouts it is not a problem.
AND if you fly at an unpopular time, I have had the entire row, and the row in front of me and behind me, on longhauls. Luxury!
But really, relly fat people, it is not fair for a non-obese person to have to sit next to them and suffer.
If I ran an airline I’d make a fatty expressline where I’d offer a % of extrawide seats and a promise of no stigma or funny looks. All the obese unhappy people would ride my airline thinking “that airline cares about me and my needs”. I’d charge extra of course since it’s a specialized service, but I’d make a bundle.
That is the solution, find a way to get your customers to hand over money, putting restrictions just pisses off customers.
I think they should charge by weight. Although that obviously would disadvantage me, which I would not like much.
And it would be great if you could buy an extra seat or half seat. And if seats had a sliding size.
Note that it really isn’t a problem at the moment for me but I don’t like a small seat especially for a 25hr flight (10+15 longhaul) but these days, the airbus is pretty roomy, and if you know your seat layouts it is not a problem.
AND if you fly at an unpopular time, I have had the entire row, and the row in front of me and behind me, on longhauls. Luxury!
But really, relly fat people, it is not fair for a non-obese person to have to sit next to them and suffer.
[quote]chrisb71 wrote:
If I ran an airline I’d make a fatty expressline where I’d offer a % of extrawide seats and a promise of no stigma or funny looks. All the obese unhappy people would ride my airline thinking “that airline cares about me and my needs”. I’d charge extra of course since it’s a specialized service, but I’d make a bundle.
That is the solution, find a way to get your customers to hand over money, putting restrictions just pisses off customers.[/quote]
I think I love you.
No Homo.
[quote]chrisb71 wrote:
If I ran an airline I’d make a fatty expressline where I’d offer a % of extrawide seats and a promise of no stigma or funny looks. All the obese unhappy people would ride my airline thinking “that airline cares about me and my needs”. I’d charge extra of course since it’s a specialized service, but I’d make a bundle.
That is the solution, find a way to get your customers to hand over money, putting restrictions just pisses off customers.[/quote]
would it have pizza night, a candy bowl, and a lunk alarm?
i don’t mind it that much, their fat rolls keep me warm :))))
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
thats not about being PC thats retarded.
im not sure whether youve ever flown or not but it takes enough time to process the luggage and even get into the boarding terminals especially with all the heighted security, you honestly think people are going to stand around and get weighed? really?
you also think people are going to allow themselves to be charged on weight alone? one guy weighs 5 pounds more or less than me so now he has to pay 10 dollars more or less than me? that makes no sense.
and you get charged for being occupying more than 1 seat, regardless is your mass is muscle, fat, or silly putty. getting charged less for being a bodybuilder is like saying we’re going to charge all people the same rate to see a movie but we’re gonna let white people see it for free because theyre white. [/quote]
No it isn’t.
Weighing the passengers would take less time than having everyone take off their shoes, or whatever other “security theater” TSA has in mind. Hell, you could do it while the passengers are putting their shoes back on.
If you weigh 5 pounds more than someone, that’s 5 more pounds the airplane has to haul on your account. Why shouldn’t you pay for it?
Can two skinny people share a seat?