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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Sadly, I think this is correct. The airline obviously didn't care about the big people spilling into other seats (or enforcing their own policies), because they let them board and sit where they were sitting knowing that there was someone else assigned a seat between them.

So I don't think we should expect the middle woman to believe that they'd fix it right up when it was brought to their attention - they were already aware of it.

[Anonymous]

Isn't the airline supposed to enforce the fact they would need to purchase a second seat or, at least the seat between them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If those two people were flying together, my money says they bought the aisle and window in hopes that the middle seat would be unused and then they get a free extra seat to spread.

I know so many people who do this and take this gamble. The other woman was super rude though, it was not the way to handle it.

You hit the nail on the head. Maybe there should be some way for airlines to ask for the weight and dimensions of passengers like they do for suitcases. Or even have plexiglass sides that can be pulled up on the side of each seat. That way the grossly overweight people can sqiush themselves up in their sardine cans.

I'm fat and I think that this is really fair!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If those two people were flying together, my money says they bought the aisle and window in hopes that the middle seat would be unused and then they get a free extra seat to spread.

I know so many people who do this and take this gamble. The other woman was super rude though, it was not the way to handle it.

You hit the nail on the head. Maybe there should be some way for airlines to ask for the weight and dimensions of passengers like they do for suitcases. Or even have plexiglass sides that can be pulled up on the side of each seat. That way the grossly overweight people can sqiush themselves up in their sardine cans.

I'm fat and I think that this is really fair!

even better would be to have some dedicate fat rows with wider seats and more room. People would pay more to sit there but less than first class. Americans are getting bigger, not smaller, time to wake up to that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If those two people were flying together, my money says they bought the aisle and window in hopes that the middle seat would be unused and then they get a free extra seat to spread.

I know so many people who do this and take this gamble. The other woman was super rude though, it was not the way to handle it.

You hit the nail on the head. Maybe there should be some way for airlines to ask for the weight and dimensions of passengers like they do for suitcases. Or even have plexiglass sides that can be pulled up on the side of each seat. That way the grossly overweight people can sqiush themselves up in their sardine cans.

I'm fat and I think that this is really fair!

even better would be to have some dedicate fat rows with wider seats and more room. People would pay more to sit there but less than first class. Americans are getting bigger, not smaller, time to wake up to that.

And what's to stop someone who isn't fat wanting to sit in the "wider seats and more room but not expensive" seats? Keeping them out would be discrimination against healthy-sized people, wouldn't it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If those two people were flying together, my money says they bought the aisle and window in hopes that the middle seat would be unused and then they get a free extra seat to spread.

I know so many people who do this and take this gamble. The other woman was super rude though, it was not the way to handle it.

You hit the nail on the head. Maybe there should be some way for airlines to ask for the weight and dimensions of passengers like they do for suitcases. Or even have plexiglass sides that can be pulled up on the side of each seat. That way the grossly overweight people can sqiush themselves up in their sardine cans.

I'm fat and I think that this is really fair!

even better would be to have some dedicate fat rows with wider seats and more room. People would pay more to sit there but less than first class. Americans are getting bigger, not smaller, time to wake up to that.

And what's to stop someone who isn't fat wanting to sit in the "wider seats and more room but not expensive" seats? Keeping them out would be discrimination against healthy-sized people, wouldn't it?

Don’t airlines already have this? Economy plus. I also agree that it would be difficult to reserve these only for people who are heavy. Others want extra room and space too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If those two people were flying together, my money says they bought the aisle and window in hopes that the middle seat would be unused and then they get a free extra seat to spread.

I know so many people who do this and take this gamble. The other woman was super rude though, it was not the way to handle it.

You hit the nail on the head. Maybe there should be some way for airlines to ask for the weight and dimensions of passengers like they do for suitcases. Or even have plexiglass sides that can be pulled up on the side of each seat. That way the grossly overweight people can sqiush themselves up in their sardine cans.

I'm fat and I think that this is really fair!

even better would be to have some dedicate fat rows with wider seats and more room. People would pay more to sit there but less than first class. Americans are getting bigger, not smaller, time to wake up to that.

And what's to stop someone who isn't fat wanting to sit in the "wider seats and more room but not expensive" seats? Keeping them out would be discrimination against healthy-sized people, wouldn't it?

Don’t airlines already have this? Economy plus. I also agree that it would be difficult to reserve these only for people who are heavy. Others want extra room and space too.

People who require a larger seat should make it a point to book one of those wider seats early OR they should be required to purchase two seats in coach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If those two people were flying together, my money says they bought the aisle and window in hopes that the middle seat would be unused and then they get a free extra seat to spread.

I know so many people who do this and take this gamble. The other woman was super rude though, it was not the way to handle it.

You hit the nail on the head. Maybe there should be some way for airlines to ask for the weight and dimensions of passengers like they do for suitcases. Or even have plexiglass sides that can be pulled up on the side of each seat. That way the grossly overweight people can sqiush themselves up in their sardine cans.

I'm fat and I think that this is really fair!

even better would be to have some dedicate fat rows with wider seats and more room. People would pay more to sit there but less than first class. Americans are getting bigger, not smaller, time to wake up to that.

And what's to stop someone who isn't fat wanting to sit in the "wider seats and more room but not expensive" seats? Keeping them out would be discrimination against healthy-sized people, wouldn't it?

Don’t airlines already have this? Economy plus. I also agree that it would be difficult to reserve these only for people who are heavy. Others want extra room and space too.

People who require a larger seat should make it a point to book one of those wider seats early OR they should be required to purchase two seats in coach.

They are required to purchase two seats already. Not just by common sense and decency, but the airline they were flying had a specific policy about it that was not followed.

I think the airline needs to remove the potential for ambiguity, so we don’t leave it up to the passengers to decide for themselves whether the policy applies to them I.e. whether they want to buy an extra seat or not. Because clearly some people aren’t buying extra seats when they should be, and this thread has shown there are plenty of people who don’t care who they inconvenience.

So there needs to be a size measurement as people are boarding the aircraft... which people are going to argue is not being sensitive but it’s what is required, period. If people don’t want to be subjected to it then they can choose not to fly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If those two people were flying together, my money says they bought the aisle and window in hopes that the middle seat would be unused and then they get a free extra seat to spread.

I know so many people who do this and take this gamble. The other woman was super rude though, it was not the way to handle it.

You hit the nail on the head. Maybe there should be some way for airlines to ask for the weight and dimensions of passengers like they do for suitcases. Or even have plexiglass sides that can be pulled up on the side of each seat. That way the grossly overweight people can sqiush themselves up in their sardine cans.

I'm fat and I think that this is really fair!

even better would be to have some dedicate fat rows with wider seats and more room. People would pay more to sit there but less than first class. Americans are getting bigger, not smaller, time to wake up to that.

They have it, it's called business class.

[Anonymous]

These two were tremendously big. Was the middle seat passenger ride and highly innaproppriate? Absolutely.

I wouldn’t want to sit in between those two.

[Anonymous]

Both parties are so wrong in this case. It's hard for me to find sympathy for either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These two were tremendously big. Was the middle seat passenger ride and highly innaproppriate? Absolutely.

I wouldn’t want to sit in between those two.

The airlines need to be sued for not protecting passengers. Flying is no longer safe. No way is it safe to be stuck between two overweight passengers who should of bought 2 seats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These two were tremendously big. Was the middle seat passenger ride and highly innaproppriate? Absolutely.

I wouldn’t want to sit in between those two.

The airlines need to be sued for not protecting passengers. Flying is no longer safe. No way is it safe to be stuck between two overweight passengers who should of bought 2 seats.

+1

I agree. Even more than the discomfort of being squashed between these passengers, I would be genuinely concerned about being able to get out rapidly in case of an emergency. It's pretty obvious that being able to get out quickly is something that dramatically increases your chances of survival in an emergency situation - that's why the airlines put so much effort into educating passengers about it before each and every flight. I can't believe that they're allowed to do force certain passengers into a more unsafe situation like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These two were tremendously big. Was the middle seat passenger ride and highly innaproppriate? Absolutely.

I wouldn’t want to sit in between those two.

The airlines need to be sued for not protecting passengers. Flying is no longer safe. No way is it safe to be stuck between two overweight passengers who should of bought 2 seats.

+1

I agree. Even more than the discomfort of being squashed between these passengers, I would be genuinely concerned about being able to get out rapidly in case of an emergency. It's pretty obvious that being able to get out quickly is something that dramatically increases your chances of survival in an emergency situation - that's why the airlines put so much effort into educating passengers about it before each and every flight. I can't believe that they're allowed to do force certain passengers into a more unsafe situation like this.

And now that I think about it, it's an issue for almost all passengers on the plane, really. You just need one of those enormous people blocking the aisle and suddenly a whole bunch of passengers cannot escape unless they climb and claw over people, which just creates more injuries and is what they try to prevent by educating people about rapid and orderly emergency exit. Not acceptable.

There should be maximum width allowed for flying, period. It's a safety issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If those two people were flying together, my money says they bought the aisle and window in hopes that the middle seat would be unused and then they get a free extra seat to spread.

I know so many people who do this and take this gamble. The other woman was super rude though, it was not the way to handle it.

You hit the nail on the head. Maybe there should be some way for airlines to ask for the weight and dimensions of passengers like they do for suitcases. Or even have plexiglass sides that can be pulled up on the side of each seat. That way the grossly overweight people can sqiush themselves up in their sardine cans.

I'm fat and I think that this is really fair!

even better would be to have some dedicate fat rows with wider seats and more room. People would pay more to sit there but less than first class. Americans are getting bigger, not smaller, time to wake up to that.

Good idea. And the airlines HAVE to start enforcing their person of size policies.