Overweight passengers having to purchase 2 seats, fair or not fair

[srv1]

Originally posted by Hammer


Srv,
The last thing I would want to do is discriminate against someone, but you also have to see it from the company's point of view. If I were a stockholder and someone told me that I should support seats that would make 100% of the people who could possibly fly comfortable, put them all throughout coach, and not raise the ticket prices to astronomical levels, I would tell you to go blow it out your ear.

If I can make 90% of the people who fly "somewhat" comfortable in coach, and make the other 10% buy first class or other "special" accomodations, considering I might lose a certain percentage of customers, I might still make a decent profit and still have a high customer approval level. It's all about money man, and as long as we live in a free market economy, its not going to change.

i agree on the second part. that is what i was trying to say. but again i do not stick up for big corporations nor do i invest in them(stocks). my preference of course. i see where you are coming from, but just think about it if you were obese. i think we(Americans) tend to care more about money (generally speaking!) than the quality of life. just how i see it. damn if you do, damn if you dont