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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe you could look up the measurement of the seat and see if it would be comfortable for you and the person sitting next to you?

I hadn't heard that airlines are asking people who are obese not to fly. Does it have to do with seat size? Is because the planes are all completely booked and they factored in a lower average weight per person so its a safety problem for the plane?[/quote]

I haven't heard of them asking obese people not to fly, but I have heard of them requiring they purchase an additional seat.   If someone in extremely large, they will "spill over" into the seat(s) next to them, which is not fair to those passengers.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2065094/Passenger-forced-stand-flight-seven-hours-400-POUND-man.html[/quote]

Kevin Smith (of Clerks, Dogma fame) was not allowed to fly on Southwest one time. He usually purchases two seats per their "customer of size" policy but once for some reason was unable to get more than one seat. They didn't allow him to board. We recently bought tickets for a very overweight relative to fly to a city served by Southwest (and Southwest had the better fare). Because of the Kevin Smith situation and because we didnt want to tell our beloved relative that we were buying two seats for her, we just bought one seat on US Airways. I hope it goes well!

OP, I don't think you're too fat to fly, and I think it's wonderful that you've made so much progress!  [/quote]

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