Should obese airplane passengers be required to pay for two seats if they take up two?

**The Lawspeaker** · 05-05-2012, 12:47 AM

Originally Posted by Lagergeld

You didn't like the barking dog sound?

No I didn't like the cramped aisle and the cramped seating.

**~~Meerkat.86~~** · 05-05-2012, 12:52 AM

Obese people have wasted their lives eating like a pig, I don't know why they should enjoy privileges.

**rashka** · 05-05-2012, 12:55 AM

I think it is disgusting of airlines to request a double payment for obese people. It's just another tactic to make money off of people. All costs should be built into the price of one regular airfare. Obese people should be accomodated, perhaps a little away from other passengers...
How many obese flyers are there anyway? I never saw an obese person on an airflight.

Any airline that would dare to humiliate a person would not get my business. Obese people are already feeling depressed because of their
illness.

Also, we should not be so narrowminded and stubborn about such a situation.

**Rødskjegg** · 05-05-2012, 12:58 AM

If they take up two seats, they should pay for those two seats, if not, the airline would be one customer less.

**~Elizabeth~** · 05-05-2012, 01:04 AM

This reminds me of the time I saw a bus driver refuse to let a handicapped person on the bus, even though the bus was equipped for it. The driver was in a hurry and told the person to wait for the next bus. Next bus was in another hour.

**iNird** · 05-05-2012, 01:09 AM

Quite frankly it's not any of my (or any of your) business to tell airline companies what they should charge for their tickets.

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**Rødskjegg** · 05-05-2012, 01:09 AM

Originally Posted by ~Elizabeth~

This reminds me of the time I saw a bus driver refuse to let a handicapped person on the bus, even though the bus was equipped for it. The driver was in a hurry and told the person to wait for the next bus. Next bus was in another hour.

Are you suggesting a compartment for the obese? Hehe.

**Supreme American** · 05-05-2012, 01:18 AM

Originally Posted by rashka

How many obese flyers are there anyway? I never saw an obese person on an airflight.

I remember seeing one in 2009 on a United Airlines A320 coming back from Florida. She was sitting in the very back row of the plane, tightly sandwiched in her seat, with her arms stuck folded across her chest trying to not smash people. She stayed that way like a statue the whole time I saw her.

**Supreme American** · 05-05-2012, 01:19 AM

Originally Posted by ~Elizabeth~

This reminds me of the time I saw a bus driver refuse to let a handicapped person on the bus, even though the bus was equipped for it. The driver was in a hurry and told the person to wait for the next bus. Next bus was in another hour.

That's ridiculous.

**rashka** · 05-05-2012, 01:47 AM

Originally Posted by Lagergeld

I remember seeing one in 2009 on a United Airlines A320 coming back from Florida. She was sitting in the very back row of the plane, tightly sandwiched in her seat, with her arms stuck folded across her chest trying to not smash people. She stayed that way like a statue the whole time I saw her.

That could be very dangerous for her. She could get a blood clot in her leg or something.