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Anonymous wrote:It's un-PC to say but as a 4'11, 115lb Asian female, I always grab an aisle seat and pray that some normal weight person sits next to me instead of some plus-sized person. I don't understand how people let themselves get to such a size but yes, I also think this lady shouldn't have made a scene.

You should not judge. You aren’t perfect.

I’ll take the two in this article over you.

Would you sit between the two in the article over her?

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Anonymous wrote: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.

I fly all the time for work too but yours isn't a compelling argument. All the airlines are required to do is get you there, safe and relatively on time, and without any physical harm. Not being able to use your laptop is inconvenient but not their problem.

Exactly. If YOU don't like it, you should buy first class. This is the reality in economy.

I’ve also paid for a seat and expect the use of the seat. Not 3/4th of a seat.

Do you expect that on a greyhound? Because thats all an airplane is, a bus in the sky.

If the rude woman had been an equally large obese person she would not have ever been able to cram herself into that middle seat. What then? Would she have been told too bad, too sad - get off!

Anonymous wrote:I feel like airlines could do this in a responsible way. Like have a weight limit. If you weigh over 225lbs, you have to buy the "hefty seats" or two seats.

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Anonymous wrote:It's un-PC to say but as a 4'11, 115lb Asian female, I always grab an aisle seat and pray that some normal weight person sits next to me instead of some plus-sized person. I don't understand how people let themselves get to such a size but yes, I also think this lady shouldn't have made a scene.

You should not judge. You aren’t perfect.

I’ll take the two in this article over you.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

I fly all the time for work too but yours isn't a compelling argument. All the airlines are required to do is get you there, safe and relatively on time, and without any physical harm. Not being able to use your laptop is inconvenient but not their problem.

Exactly. If YOU don't like it, you should buy first class. This is the reality in economy.

I’ve also paid for a seat and expect the use of the seat. Not 3/4th of a seat.

Do you expect that on a greyhound? Because thats all an airplane is, a bus in the sky.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m fat and almost always buy first class for that reason. Unless it’s a family flight where it’s just me an my littles in our row in which case we’re fine.

But, I don’t think it’s super easy (or even possible?) to just buy an empty seat? Don’t you have to give names and ID for each ticket? Also what are the odds that on an overbooked flight (all of them, now) they’re not going to “bump” your empty seat?

Bottom line: Americans are 2x the size they were in the 1950s and airlines have reduced seat size significantly since then. It sucks. Should we all lose weight? Obviously. But we won’t, and the airlines are uniquely unaccomodating about this point among other industries.

Well, same as airlines impose a size and weight limit for in-cabin luggage, they could do the same for in-one-seat passengers.

Anonymous wrote:I’m fat and almost always buy first class for that reason. Unless it’s a family flight where it’s just me an my littles in our row in which case we’re fine.

But, I don’t think it’s super easy (or even possible?) to just buy an empty seat? Don’t you have to give names and ID for each ticket? Also what are the odds that on an overbooked flight (all of them, now) they’re not going to “bump” your empty seat?

Bottom line: Americans are 2x the size they were in the 1950s and airlines have reduced seat size significantly since then. It sucks. Should we all lose weight? Obviously. But we won’t, and the airlines are uniquely unaccomodating about this point among other industries.

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I are slightly overweight and book two aisle seats. Then you can just lean into the aisle a bit. Then you just have to watch your elbow so mean flight attendants don’t hit you with the cart. I think they do it in purpose.

you are blocking the aisle, right? The cart doesn’t have that much space to go down the aisle.

I feel bad for the flight crew. Are you always looking to be offended?

FFS. Every flight I’ve been on, every adult in an aisle seat is leaning out and blocking the aisle. And I fly a lot, at least once a month

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Anonymous wrote:We need to stop all this petty infighting and force airlines to step up.

I fly often and don't have an issue. Hell I flew with a lap infant in a middle seat last week and never crossed the line. I did think that the person next to me should have given me the arm rest since I had a lap infant and was in the middle, but he didn't and I survived.

We need seats reserved for the obese. If you're over 225, you're required to reserve and pay for those (or first class).

Lap infants should not be allowed at all due to the safety issues.

They need to nurse on takeoff and landing so their ears don't hurt. Otherwise they'd scream.

. Express into a bottle. They should have the xtra seat.

Anonymous wrote:The nurse was the one calling the squished woman "b*tch". Nothing that the squished woman said had to be bleeped out.

I don't think that any of these three people handled the situation well. They were all three incredibly rude. But the rudeness was premeditated on the part of the obese passengers. Why didn't one of them offer to sit in the middle seat to spare the woman from being squished from both sides? They knew darned well that no one would want to sit there and they knew it before they boarded that plane. They suck. And the rude lady sucked for not politely asking an attendant to help find her another seat.

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Anonymous wrote:It's un-PC to say but as a 4'11, 115lb Asian female, I always grab an aisle seat and pray that some normal weight person sits next to me instead of some plus-sized person. I don't understand how people let themselves get to such a size but yes, I also think this lady shouldn't have made a scene.

Why did you feel compelled to share that you are Asian? Do you have a weight bias against non-Asians? Fat Asians do exist, pp.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

I fly all the time for work too but yours isn't a compelling argument. All the airlines are required to do is get you there, safe and relatively on time, and without any physical harm. Not being able to use your laptop is inconvenient but not their problem.

Exactly. If YOU don't like it, you should buy first class. This is the reality in economy.

I’ve also paid for a seat and expect the use of the seat. Not 3/4th of a seat.