Anonymous wrote:Did anyone of the passengers giving it back to the rude woman offer to take her seat? Seems like they were all talk and no action.

Why should they help this rude woman?

Anonymous wrote:Almost every flight has non paying passengers who are family to airline employees or off duty airline employees. They are supposed to wait until all paying customers have been seated but they don't. In fact they often take the best seats and any leftovers in first class.
I was assigned a seat between two obese passengers and refused. I told flight attendants to move a non rev. passenger and they did. She opted to wait for another flight.

How big are you?

They should have sat next to each other and let her have the aisle or window. And the rude center seat lady obviously should have handled it better.

As a frequent flier I will say that airlines really need to have policies around this. It’s not fair to anyone now. I have to admit I’m tired of having my limited space taken up by seat mates. There have been times I can’t get my work done because I don’t have room to move my arms enough to type on my laptop.

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.

It wouldn't solve everything, but in this case, why not have the aisle partner move into the middle seat? Then the non-partnered middle person would at least only be dealing with being squished from one side.

The woman in the middle isn't exactly thin herself. They paid for their tickets, the woman in the middle used miles. You get what you get and you don't get upset.

Anonymous wrote:LOL "I eat salad". What a nutcase.

+1 I'm glad the woman in the window seat called her out.

Almost every flight has non paying passengers who are family to airline employees or off duty airline employees. They are supposed to wait until all paying customers have been seated but they don't. In fact they often take the best seats and any leftovers in first class.
I was assigned a seat between two obese passengers and refused. I told flight attendants to move a non rev. passenger and they did. She opted to wait for another flight.

Did anyone of the passengers giving it back to the rude woman offer to take her seat? Seems like they were all talk and no action.

Crazy...

Why do I feel like having a turkey sandwich with whole wheat bread today?

She's nuts, but this couple sucks too. They purposely booked the aisle and window seats, hoping someone would not be placed in the middle. Oh, guess what happened...

They really need to purchase three seats if they each cannot fit in a single seat.

I saw this recently on a flight where an older couple had a huge "therapy dog" on the flight. They purchased the window and aisle seat. Meanwhile a poor guy was stuck in the middle seat with their huge dog sitting on his feet on the floor across the floor. The flight attendants were less than helpful.

It's awful and rude.

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.

LOL "I eat salad". What a nutcase.

Plane seats are getting smaller. People are getting bigger. Something’s got to give.

Wow, I feel badly siding with such a horrible woman but this is too too much!!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6642561/Rude-flyer-meltdown-United-Airlines-flight-sitting-middle-seat-big-passengers.html