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Old 01-29-2019, 07:58 PM
 
Location: Texas
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I'm kind of surprised the airline didn't kick anyone off in this scenario. Usually they'll have security escort people off the plane.
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Old 01-29-2019, 08:20 PM
 
Location: In the Redwoods
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Since most airline seats are in sets of three, those two heavyweights could have split the cost of the middle seat. The airline should have a "girth limit". No excuses. If you weigh "XX" number of pounds you either pay for two seats, share the cost of a middle seat with another heavyweight or stay the hell off the plane.
No need to be so hostile, but I thought most airlines already do this... has that changed recently?

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Somebody's disgusting habit of overeating beyond commonsense doesn't trump our right to the seat/space we've paid for.
I love how you just assume it's their "disgusting habit of overeating," without even knowing these people. They are still humans, regardless of how or why they got that large; and your complete disregard for that is more offensive than a dozen "heavyweights" crammed into coach seating. Learn some empathy and compassion, ffs.
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Old 01-29-2019, 08:23 PM
 
Location: In the Redwoods
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Btw, I can't watch the video with sound right now (due to settings on my device) - but from the video alone, I can see she isn't exactly svelte herself.
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Old 01-29-2019, 08:32 PM
 
Location: Top of the South, NZ
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If there's one situation that can test my usual live and let live approach to people of size, it's on a flippin airplane.
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Old 01-29-2019, 08:58 PM
 
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No need to be so hostile, but I thought most airlines already do this... has that changed recently?



I love how you just assume it's their "disgusting habit of overeating," without even knowing these people. They are still humans, regardless of how or why they got that large; and your complete disregard for that is more offensive than a dozen "heavyweights" crammed into coach seating. Learn some empathy and compassion, ffs.
I'm not hostile, I'm a realist. They are fat. They didn't get that way by pushing away from the dinner table and engaging in a suitable, healthy amount of exercise. That's their right and their business.

My empathy and compassion end when they demand the rest of us bend over for them... by calling us rude when we refuse to be "PC Silent" while they squeeze us out of our airline seats.

That poor passenger had sweaty blubber coming at her from both sides. Anybody who would sit there for an entire flight and not ask for another seat is a fool.
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Old 01-29-2019, 09:04 PM
 
Location: Texas
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This has happened with such insane frequency that it is unconscionable that there hasn't been regulation or industry change on the approach to the seating.

How about the fact that it's unsafe to be sandwiched in by people who don't fit in their seats? How about the back/neck/joint pain you get from contorting yourself away the entire flight?

I mean, come on.
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Old 01-29-2019, 09:16 PM
 
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Having been stuck in that situation, I agree that oversize should buy two seats. It's now fun having someone basically sitting on your lap for several hours.
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Old 01-29-2019, 09:32 PM
 
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I don't blame the woman one bit for wanting a different seat. I would never tolerate being sandwiched between two people so large that I did not have access to the full space of my own seat. That is not right. People that take up more than a single seat, should be required to pay for two.

That said, the lady behaved poorly, and was rude. There was no call for that.
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Old 01-29-2019, 09:37 PM
 
Location: Texas
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She did not call them pigs in the video. Where does that come from? All she said was that she was being squished. Her seat mate then called her the B word.

I'm just going by what I saw and heard in the video.
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Old 01-29-2019, 09:56 PM
 
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She did not call them pigs in the video. Where does that come from? All she said was that she was being squished. Her seat mate then called her the B word.

I'm just going by what I saw and heard in the video.
You need to listen closer. After she gets up and is being sent to a new seat, several passengers are reprimanding her for being rude, and she looked at one and said "why don't you go sit between those two big pigs". At that point the black woman said "***** kiss my fat ass".
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