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[quote=Anonymous]NP. The two obese people very clearly KNEW they were too big to fit into the seats and so that's why they put the empty seat between them. They are outrageous to expect a paying customer to squash between them.

People that obese also often have trouble wiping their anal area after bowel movements, etc, and so it's also likely that there was a smell involved. Even more reason to not want to be practically sitting under them the whole flight.

Outrageous.

The airlines are likely bound by anti-discrimination laws, so I think what they need to do is:

1) Start charging by the pound for both luggage and people. Then at least they could 'automatically' allocate people a seat size based on their pounds. Since the weight on board has a direct impact on the costs for the airline, they should be legally allowed to do this.

2) Have a rule whereby if someone is too wide to walk comfortably (e.g. within x seconds) in a narrow tunnel then they either cannot fly or they need to pay some sort of surcharge to be accommodated (e.g. in special rows with more space around and in front of each seat and an exit nearby). They could say that it's for safety reasons, because all passengers need to be able to move down the aisle freely and easily if a quick exit is required in an emergency. It could be a tunnel (without roof) that you need to walk through at the gate before you present your ticket. Kind of like at a cattle ranch. And if you don't fit that day, you can't board.

I think both of those ideas, especially implemented simultaneously, should be PC enough to be legally allowed, and they would improve flight comfort dramatically.[/quote]

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