This woman seated between two obese people is awful but so are they for not buying the extra seat.

[Anonymous]

I sat in the middle seat on a recent overbooked flight between Miami and DC. A very similar couple as the video occupied both sides of the aisle in my row. Another wide-body dude had the window. Both armrests were up . When I sat first sat down (in the last boarding group) both arm rests were up and they were overflowing into my seat. I had to lean forward in the seat because there was no room for my shoulders. Over the lenght of the flight, when either of them adjusted themselves, I slowly reclaimed more and more real estate in my own seat. I was eventually "comfortable", as long as I didn't mind full body contact on both sides. Ugh.

[Anonymous]

Can you insist on the arm rests being down if you are assigned a middle seat like this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d love to see a picture of the two people who didn’t buy the extra seats to see just how big they really are.

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Oh my. I can't believe this couple didn't buy an extra seat. Wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d love to see a picture of the two people who didn’t buy the extra seats to see just how big they really are.

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Oh my. I can't believe this couple didn't buy an extra seat. Wow.

+1

That is what it comes down to. Their attitude is what turned it for me.

[Anonymous]

Complete body contact is not appropriate. Airlines need to have some method for accommodating these passengers by charging them more if they can't use a regular seat belt. It's disgusting and unhealthy to promote this level of contact between strangers. The Health Department or FAA should take action.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you insist on the arm rests being down if you are assigned a middle seat like this?

Armrests are supposed to be down during all take-offs and landings. It's actually a rule.

[Anonymous]

I wonder what everyone would have done if the blonde person or middle seat person was just as large as the other two. She clearly wouldn't have been able to even get in her seat. Would airlines make her get off plane? Make all 3 of them? How to fairly handle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I sat in the middle seat on a recent overbooked flight between Miami and DC. A very similar couple as the video occupied both sides of the aisle in my row. Another wide-body dude had the window. Both armrests were up . When I sat first sat down (in the last boarding group) both arm rests were up and they were overflowing into my seat. I had to lean forward in the seat because there was no room for my shoulders. Over the lenght of the flight, when either of them adjusted themselves, I slowly reclaimed more and more real estate in my own seat. I was eventually "comfortable", as long as I didn't mind full body contact on both sides. Ugh.

So? Put the arm rests down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what everyone would have done if the blonde person or middle seat person was just as large as the other two. She clearly wouldn't have been able to even get in her seat. Would airlines make her get off plane? Make all 3 of them? How to fairly handle?

The white woman looks fat herself, so that was probably an issue, as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what everyone would have done if the blonde person or middle seat person was just as large as the other two. She clearly wouldn't have been able to even get in her seat. Would airlines make her get off plane? Make all 3 of them? How to fairly handle?

The white woman looks fat herself, so that was probably an issue, as well.

Not really. She’s not small, but the other two are walking whales. They are in a different category. The blonde can obviously use her seatbelt without an extender and lower the arm rests.

[Anonymous]

Can't believe this thread is still going. Basically it comes down to denial of overweight people. If your body can't fit in standard sized seats, there should be a thought process that goes something like "This is embarrassing. I really need to eat healthy foods and exercise ASAP so I can get to a reasonable size before I die an early death." Instead we have entitlement and blaming other people for the consequences of their own actions of overeating, and refusal to admit to themselves they need to buy 2 seats.

[Anonymous]

I had been avoiding watching the video - but just did. First of all, it doesn't appear as if the man on the end is even encroaching into her space. Yes, he is big -- but you can see the side of his chair and he doesn't appear to be using more than his allotted space. She doesn't even appear to be that "smushed"....

The middle woman was incredibly rude - and not sure how she could even say those things and expect to sit next to these people for a couple hours on a flight. Wouldn't that have been extremely uncomfortable (and I don't mean spacewise)? I guess some people just don't care.

[Anonymous]

It's irresponsible to get that unhealthy and irresponsible to not realize the effect your size has on others in close quarters. If they can't take care of themselves and want to pretend they fit in the chair, unfortunately someone else has to point out the problem to them. They could have saved everyone the awkwardness by admitting to themselves they have a problem. They aren't fooling anyone. Own your own issues people.

[Anonymous]

If I were the woman in the middle, I would have said excuse me, and go tell the flight attendant I felt claustrophobic between the two people and could they please find me another seat. She didn't have to be rude, but if you are polite, chances are your request will be declined. You're expected to suck it up and deal with it. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Rude people are rude because it works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had been avoiding watching the video - but just did. First of all, it doesn't appear as if the man on the end is even encroaching into her space. Yes, he is big -- but you can see the side of his chair and he doesn't appear to be using more than his allotted space. She doesn't even appear to be that "smushed"....

The middle woman was incredibly rude - and not sure how she could even say those things and expect to sit next to these people for a couple hours on a flight. Wouldn't that have been extremely uncomfortable (and I don't mean spacewise)? I guess some people just don't care.

Are you kidding? The large woman is clearly spilling into the middle woman's seat, you can see that from the start of the video. And the man is pretty much folded up onto himself as much as possible, which you know he isn't going to stay like for the entire 4+ hour flight.

I actually don't find the woman rude because the large people were rude to her first. If they'd been respectful to fellow passengers (including buying extra seats for themselves) and a passenger was pointing and commenting when it really didn't concern them, then yeah, that would be rude and unacceptable. But when you essentially try to sit on someone else for several hours when they've paid hundreds of dollars for their seat then I think that's pretty rude and all bets are off.