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

Forum Index » Off-Topic

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

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think that you can expect airlines, buses, amusement parks, clothing, car and bike manufacturers, etc to accommodate the extreme.  In fact, I wouldn't want to drive a car that was designed to be driven by a 450 pound person.

I'm not skinny. In fact, there are chairs out there that I can't sit on for fear of breaking them (150 pound limit).  There are clothing brands that I can't fit into (size 14+).  There are bicycles that are designed for lighter weight people than me  that I can't ride (again 150 pound limit).  And I'm not huge although I could afford to lose some weight.

People way outside the norm are going to have less options and they are going to pay more for the options they do have.
They will special order clothes, they will have to buy bigger more expensive vehicles because they can't fit into a regular size car, they will pay more for sturdy furniture that won't break under their weight, they will pay more for food if they intend to maintain their weights (or gain even more weight).  A standard airline seat is not designed for them.  [b]If they want to fly they'll need to buy 2 or 3 seats.[/b]

[/quote]

but you saw the earlier comments from posters who said that when people buy the extra seat for space - the airline sometimes takes it away (with refund) because they overbooked the flight.  so not sure what the answer is[/quote]

The FAA issues regulations that DO NOT ALLOW airlines to take these empty seats from paying overweight customers. It's a super easy rulemaking.

But the airline lobbyists don't want that. WHY? Because the airline wants to resell the seat to a last minute, higher paying customer.

The problem is unregulated capitalism. It is a failure.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics