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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The issue I have with this is: if you KNOW ahead of time that you are going to be in situation where you are likely to inconvenience other passengers, why not do EVERYthing you can to be proactive AHEAD of time?? Most flights these days are full or nearly so. I don’t see this as much different from the threads about parents/children being separated. We’ve booked flights on shorter notice and had trouble getting seats together based on the seat map a few times- so I call the airline ahead of time and explain the situation and ask to at least get 2 seats together so one of us can sit with our youngest at least. They usually
Keep the back 2 rows blocked off for things like this. Has worked the few times I’ve needed to do it. Otherwise, arrive early and proactively speak to the gate agent and explain the problem. Rather than just boarding the plane and hoping for the best ...which will often not turn out well, and ends up inconveniencing other passengers. I get that obese people may feel embarrassed etc but wouldn’t it be better to call ahead, check in early etc and explain the problem- and at least TRY to get ahead of the problem!? There isn’t much the flight crew can do after everyone had boarded, in many cases. Why not give them a chance to help find a solution!?
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The problem in this case is that the obese people didn't feel that there was a "problem" remaining that they had to find a "solution" for. They had solved their problem, or so they thought - they squeezed into the chairs while putting another seat between them where they betted that someone a lot thinner would end up being assigned to sit. So they made their size someone else's problem, and that was absolutely fine with them.

So that's what happened - someone else was assigned to sit there. That was fine with the obese people. They had no problem whatsoever with the lady being forced to squeeze in there. It was only the woman herself who had a problem with it, that's why she was so frustrated.[/quote]

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