Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 14:12     Subject: I don't get how this is possible (a little bit of a sensitive topic so trigger warning!)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Maybe we can ban the obese from flying soon.


Next time you fly, I hope you are forced to sit in the middle seat between two very large and smelly men.


I feel for the people I sit next I’m just a big guy not fat. 6’4”
250 lbs and don’t smell.


I didn't actually mean to disparage you. I know it came off that way. I think the attitude that the pp has towards bigger and overweight people is terrible.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 14:08     Subject: Re:I don't get how this is possible (a little bit of a sensitive topic so trigger warning!)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:oh my gosh, i read that article yesterday and that sounded terrible. and i can't believe that's standard procedure! I would think they could at least put the body in a flight attendant jump seat in the back and the flight attendant could sit in the passenger seats in this rare instance.


She was too big/heavy for the flight attendants to move far.


Fat shaming. Her body, her choice.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 14:07     Subject: I don't get how this is possible (a little bit of a sensitive topic so trigger warning!)
Anonymous wrote:Maybe they could have dropped the body over the ocean or something?


Can't open the doors in flight (among other reasons this idea won't work), due to air pressure.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 14:03     Subject: Re:I don't get how this is possible (a little bit of a sensitive topic so trigger warning!)
Anonymous wrote:oh my gosh, i read that article yesterday and that sounded terrible. and i can't believe that's standard procedure! I would think they could at least put the body in a flight attendant jump seat in the back and the flight attendant could sit in the passenger seats in this rare instance.


She was too big/heavy for the flight attendants to move far.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 13:56     Subject: I don't get how this is possible (a little bit of a sensitive topic so trigger warning!)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Maybe we can ban the obese from flying soon.


Next time you fly, I hope you are forced to sit in the middle seat between two very large and smelly men.


I feel for the people I sit next I’m just a big guy not fat. 6’4”
250 lbs and don’t smell.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 13:53     Subject: I don't get how this is possible (a little bit of a sensitive topic so trigger warning!)
Maybe they could have dropped the body over the ocean or something?
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 13:37     Subject: Re:I don't get how this is possible (a little bit of a sensitive topic so trigger warning!)
Exactly my thought when I was reading the article.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 13:37     Subject: I don't get how this is possible (a little bit of a sensitive topic so trigger warning!)
Anonymous wrote:My goodness people are such ridiculous wimps about death these days. Once upon a time we washed and dressed our loved ones dead bodies and laid them out in the parlor for days while we waked them and celebrated them prior to burying them in the family plot. Now people don't even want to know about death, not even for a few hours when somebody dies unexpectedly on a flight. So much anguish for the poor travelers who choose to see a ruined trip instead of choosing to see how LUCKY THEY ARE TO BE ALIVE. I'm almost at the end of a decade doing hospice work and I'm still not done being horrified by the navel gazing some people bring to the deaths of other people. So sorry to inconvenience you! Definitely horrible that you had to sit beside the equivalent of a deeply sleeping person instead of the air crew trying to maneuver that body into a body bag and then what - drag it down the center aisle of the entire flight and leave it on the floor of the galley? Unbelievable self-centeredness that some folks exhibit.


Thank you!!! Agree a 100%.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 13:35     Subject: I don't get how this is possible (a little bit of a sensitive topic so trigger warning!)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My heart goes out to the woman and her family, but honestly, if someone is that large and heavy that multiple flight attendants can’t move her when she literally dies on the flight then they wouldn’t be able to move her either if there was an emergency where all the passengers needed to disembark quickly. This is a major safety issue. People so big and heavy should not be allowed to fly on regular planes. It’s is a hazard to everyone else. If there is enough demand (sadly they probably is) then they can make special planes with wider seats, wider aisles, and perhaps special equipment to help move passengers if need be.


And ... here comes the fat phobia...

DP
Sorry, not sorry. I HATE fat people. They’re disgusting.


They are human beings just like you and they deserve respect. You are a stunted human being and should be ashamed.


We can have respect for people but still not want to need to squash into our own seat in order to accommodate them. Or pay a lot more per ticket to have bigger seats and aisles in order to accommodate them. Or accept a much higher risk of death in the event of a crash because we can’t get over/past them and they’re blocking the exit.


Only the fittest survive, right? You're a horrible human.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 13:33     Subject: I don't get how this is possible (a little bit of a sensitive topic so trigger warning!)
My goodness people are such ridiculous wimps about death these days. Once upon a time we washed and dressed our loved ones dead bodies and laid them out in the parlor for days while we waked them and celebrated them prior to burying them in the family plot. Now people don't even want to know about death, not even for a few hours when somebody dies unexpectedly on a flight. So much anguish for the poor travelers who choose to see a ruined trip instead of choosing to see how LUCKY THEY ARE TO BE ALIVE. I'm almost at the end of a decade doing hospice work and I'm still not done being horrified by the navel gazing some people bring to the deaths of other people. So sorry to inconvenience you! Definitely horrible that you had to sit beside the equivalent of a deeply sleeping person instead of the air crew trying to maneuver that body into a body bag and then what - drag it down the center aisle of the entire flight and leave it on the floor of the galley? Unbelievable self-centeredness that some folks exhibit.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 13:32     Subject: I don't get how this is possible (a little bit of a sensitive topic so trigger warning!)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My heart goes out to the woman and her family, but honestly, if someone is that large and heavy that multiple flight attendants can’t move her when she literally dies on the flight then they wouldn’t be able to move her either if there was an emergency where all the passengers needed to disembark quickly. This is a major safety issue. People so big and heavy should not be allowed to fly on regular planes. It’s is a hazard to everyone else. If there is enough demand (sadly they probably is) then they can make special planes with wider seats, wider aisles, and perhaps special equipment to help move passengers if need be.


And ... here comes the fat phobia...

DP
Sorry, not sorry. I HATE fat people. They’re disgusting.


They are human beings just like you and they deserve respect. You are a stunted human being and should be ashamed.


We can have respect for people but still not want to need to squash into our own seat in order to accommodate them. Or pay a lot more per ticket to have bigger seats and aisles in order to accommodate them. Or accept a much higher risk of death in the event of a crash because we can’t get over/past them and they’re blocking the exit.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 13:30     Subject: I don't get how this is possible (a little bit of a sensitive topic so trigger warning!)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My heart goes out to the woman and her family, but honestly, if someone is that large and heavy that multiple flight attendants can’t move her when she literally dies on the flight then they wouldn’t be able to move her either if there was an emergency where all the passengers needed to disembark quickly. This is a major safety issue. People so big and heavy should not be allowed to fly on regular planes. It’s is a hazard to everyone else. If there is enough demand (sadly they probably is) then they can make special planes with wider seats, wider aisles, and perhaps special equipment to help move passengers if need be.


I saw this as a woman who is 4.11 and not overweight at all. Maybe they just need to make ALL airplanes big enough to accommodate all of their passengers.


That's not true according to this direct quote from one of the people who had to sit next to her body:

"[It] was pretty heartbreaking to watch,” Ring said on A Current Affair. “They went to try and move her, they brought this chair down ... and tried to wheel her up towards business class, but she was quite a large lady and they couldn't get her through the aisle.”
https://people.com/couple-were-made-beside-corpse-plane-after-woman-dies-midway-through-flight-11685853

Every other article I've seen has repeated that she was obese and hard to move.


It’s a typo (saw should be say in the first sentence). PP is saying they themselves are 4’11” and not overweight, then giving their opinion.


Nothing is free. If they make the seats and aisles bigger to accommodate the few bigger passengers who can’t fit safely into seats and down the aisles in an emergency then that would mean fewer seats total on the plane, which means the airline would increase prices significantly for each of those seats. I know that DC is full of wealthy people who think this is fine, but the rest of the country already struggles to afford flight tickets and couldn’t easily afford to pay significantly more the way that you guys can.


It's the rest of the country that is significantly overweight and having to buy two seats already. Wouldn't it be nice to again have to only buy one seat?

Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 13:28     Subject: I don't get how this is possible (a little bit of a sensitive topic so trigger warning!)
Anonymous wrote:Maybe we can ban the obese from flying soon.


Next time you fly, I hope you are forced to sit in the middle seat between two very large and smelly men.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 13:26     Subject: I don't get how this is possible (a little bit of a sensitive topic so trigger warning!)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My heart goes out to the woman and her family, but honestly, if someone is that large and heavy that multiple flight attendants can’t move her when she literally dies on the flight then they wouldn’t be able to move her either if there was an emergency where all the passengers needed to disembark quickly. This is a major safety issue. People so big and heavy should not be allowed to fly on regular planes. It’s is a hazard to everyone else. If there is enough demand (sadly they probably is) then they can make special planes with wider seats, wider aisles, and perhaps special equipment to help move passengers if need be.


And ... here comes the fat phobia...

DP
Sorry, not sorry. I HATE fat people. They’re disgusting.


Are you looking in the mirror? I can't think of anyone more disgusting than you. NOT FAT BTW
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 13:20     Subject: Re:I don't get how this is possible (a little bit of a sensitive topic so trigger warning!)
oh my gosh, i read that article yesterday and that sounded terrible. and i can't believe that's standard procedure! I would think they could at least put the body in a flight attendant jump seat in the back and the flight attendant could sit in the passenger seats in this rare instance.