urgent! ryanair seatbelts

Everyone talking about waist measurement being wrong. I’m now a size 16/18 and have loss 2 stone and my waist is 40, I have only lost 2 inches from my waist.
I’m now a fat apple especially since the menopause!

The OP has since clarified that her actual waist measurement is 35.5" and that she was rounding up to 40" to be on the safe side. However, even if her waist measurement was 40" she would still be a size 20-22 at most and would absolutely not need a seatbelt extender. Don't be absurd.

@ThisVividGreenEagle I thought the belts were more ‘lap’ belts so they don’t actually fit around one’s waist. Have a great holiday!

I am an apple shaped (big tummy) 16 and fly regularly with Ryanair, no problems

This ^

All the seatbelt needs to do is to go across your lap - it doesn't go around your waist.

(Check your car seatbelt. The bit that goes across your lap is nowhere near as long as your waist circumference)

You would have to be a lot bigger than a 16 to need a seatbelt extender! You'll be fine. They mean the belt itself is 30 inches end to end; a plane belt only goes across your waist, not around it. If they meant it was to fit someone with a maximum 30" total waist measurement, at least half the adults on the plane would need an extender!

At size 16 you should be fine, I was around a 22 last year and the belt fit in one seat but not another on a Ryan Air flight, so random! Never had any issues on any other flights. No one battered an eye lid though when I asked for an extender. No bellowing and no fuse.

Yeah, it's about average for men in their mid 40s-50s in the UK, and it increases with age.

No problem at all. I have been bigger and fitted fine.

It's not that large if you take men into account, and the seatbelts obviously do.

I’m a 20/22 and Ryanair seatbelts fit fine.

This won't be allowed by the Airline....

OP says she has a 40 inch waist. That's pretty large and not an average size.

I dont say it was unlikely you read about it, I say its unlikely it happened. I have spent over 40 years morbidly obese before losing all my weight, my experiences of being treated differently due to my weight were around visiting the GP because everything is put down to weight. I dont buy into the narrative that seems common now that fat people are treated badly and somehow discriminated against, I think that is wanting to portray yourself as some sort of victim.

Really?? I assume you're teeny tiny then and only smell food and never eat it? Nothing wrong with being a size 16.

Op the belts will fit fine.

Aah bless you. You’ll be fine. The seatbelts can be quite baggy so you’ll probs have to tighten across your lap. Enjoy your trip xx

When I was a size 16 I never needed an extender, my weight did go up and after a couple of flights where i forced myself into the seatbelt I learnt from my seat neighbour that extenders were readily available and it changed my flying experience.

I have never had the request shouted down the plane, and I stopped being embarrassed about needing it quite quickly. Usually I ask as I get on and then if I am not handed it there and then I remind the cabin crew as they walk up and down closing the bins and checking you are sitting properly.

I am slimming down again now so now I go to my seat first to see if the belt fits, it is worth pointing out that not all seat belts are the same length, not even on the same plane, there have been instances when my seat had a shorter belt than my travelling partner and the easiest solution was to swap seats.

They have extensions if they don't fit. Like the ones you use for babies. Don't worry about it.

Remember the seatbelts are not only catering for women....40 inches is really not that much for a man. It's round about the average for men over 45. I hover round there myself and have never been on any plane where I am anywhere even close to needing an extender.

I’m a size 18 and have never had an issue before but last year I flew to Krakow and was done on tne way there but needed an extender on tne way back. Earlier this year went to Portugal, needed an extender on tne way there but not the way back- it makes no sense!
But I will say the airline staff are fantastic and so discreet and it wasn’t an issue at all, apart from a little bit of a red face from me!

40" waist would make you a size 22 at least. Are you sure you didn't measure around hips?

Dress size varies a lot. I'm usually a 12 but can comfortably wear a 14 or a 10 depending how stretchy the fabric is, the cut etc. I have wide hips so usually wear a 14 in jeans then take the waist in.

Try measuring waist at smallest part

I'm a uk 20, we flew ryanair last year and I fit in the belt without an extender. If you do find you need one tell them when you enter the plane and they will give you one (they did me but I didn't need it).

I think if the worst is having to wear an extension then you’ll be fine. Thousands of people do it every day.