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

Unit 5302 · 06-19-2002, 06:14 PM

Absolutely. If they are taking up 2 seats of space, they should have to pay for two tickets. I don't understand the concerns here. Why should the majority have to pay for the minority? If the flight is booked and you have some 400lb beach ball next to you taking up his/her seat, and yours, what are you going to do?

Air freight companies charge by weight, this can simply be a surcharge. Is it discriminatory to charge more for a heavy package? LOL. If airlines flew a whole flight of 400lbers they'd be seriously heavy, and it would cost them more money.

If they're too weak to control their own eating habits, it's not my fault. I don't wanna pay for it, and they should be forced to purchase 1st class tickets where the room is sufficient.

Not only are they an annoyance, they are a danger. A 400lb person who's physically incapable of properly navagating an aircraft appropriately is a life threatening danger in the event of a crash. I'm sorry, I just don't go for all the politically correctness here.

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06-19-2002, 06:14 PM	#1
Unit 5302 Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 5,246	Absolutely. If they are taking up 2 seats of space, they should have to pay for two tickets. I don't understand the concerns here. Why should the majority have to pay for the minority? If the flight is booked and you have some 400lb beach ball next to you taking up his/her seat, and yours, what are you going to do? Air freight companies charge by weight, this can simply be a surcharge. Is it discriminatory to charge more for a heavy package? LOL. If airlines flew a whole flight of 400lbers they'd be seriously heavy, and it would cost them more money. If they're too weak to control their own eating habits, it's not my fault. I don't wanna pay for it, and they should be forced to purchase 1st class tickets where the room is sufficient. Not only are they an annoyance, they are a danger. A 400lb person who's physically incapable of properly navagating an aircraft appropriately is a life threatening danger in the event of a crash. I'm sorry, I just don't go for all the politically correctness here.