Feeling uncomfortable after sharing a seat with a very obese passenger

Yes, I think I said earlier, some weight issues can be dealt with but you can't cure stupid.

I think you are the insane one.

How can you not see that airlines need to meet basic health and safety regulations?

Would you expect a large male teacher to sit in a seat that only one of his arse cheeks fits into - for four hours?

It would give him back pain

I'm really starting to see that many thin people have very little empathy or understanding of what overweight people go through.

"Just stop eating"!

What about the woman who is comfort eating after her rape.
What about the man who is comfort eating after his childs death. I used to work with a man who became very overweight after his ten year old daughter died.
What about the disabled person who can't exercise to get the weight off?
What about the person with arthritis in her knee who can't exercise a lot?

It’s honestly insane that you think airlines should be obligated to provide larger seats, taking up more space on the plane and charge the same amount for it.

Because you can't discriminate by people's weight. People could be overweight for all manner of reasons. My disabled aunt is overweight because she struggles to walk, for example

I disagree that it would become loss making.

Slightly less profit. But they should suck that up to provide better health and safety conditions for passengers

Why should the be the same price though? You pay more to take luggage that weighs a larger amount.

But then some flights wouldn't be profitable if passengers wouldn't pay more for bigger seats so people wouldn't find a flight to travel on. Of course, low supply/high demand would mean prices would rise due to basic economics, so even the fewer flights would be more expensive.

You simply can't have fewer passengers (due to bigger seats) without passengers paying more for their seats. It's basic Maths.

I love this post. It used to crop up regularly on the thorn tree forum on lonely planet website.

fat people take up too much space, ain’t it the truth.

Which can't happen because fewer passengers means the flights would become loss making. So you'd not have a flight at all if you didn't want to pay more for your wider seat.

It's not the only alternative

The other alternative is that health and safety regulations regulate airplanes better, and tell them that they need to have seats that people can actually fit into

@Badbadbunny Just checked and its definitely a rule

Some sites suggest that youd need an extender and wouldn't be able to sit there if you are more than a size 22

Some seatbelts are wider but youd need to be confident that you could fit to rely on it for the room

We need to not make up quotes. This is absolutely absurd

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No I wouldn't. I couldn't afford it. I fly regularly to see family in another country.

I would be happy to pay the same price for a larger chair that actually fits my body.

I've seen LOADS of English people living in Spain, who can't speak a word of Spanish

This I can believe!

lol this…prepare for an absolute shredding of OP and rightly so.

headline news: thin person wonders why fat person doesn’t want to be thin.

ill give you a clue…they probably do 🤦‍♀️

Yes, but back to my point. Would you be happy to pay 50% more? Which is the only alternative if you want a bigger seat on a plane. The prices/costings are based on the current seat size and number of passengers.

Agreed...

On something like a 737/A320 family aircraft going 2/3 would remove maybe 25'ish seats, 2/2 takes out 50, plus or minus, depends on the exact variant.

Even if you only took, say, the first three rows of 3/3 out and converted to two rows of 2/2 (so potentially more width and legroom) that's taken ten seats off the aircraft.

With margins as they are somebody has to pay.

I can't think of anywhere else where overweight people are expected to sit in a chair that is clearly too small for them.

“I’m in disbelief people being that big are happy? Why wouldn’t you want to loose some weight for a healthier lifestyle”

I’m in disbelief that people who can’t spell or use question marks properly are happy. Why wouldn't you want to spell properly to improve your communication?

See, not nice is it? YABU.

Why on earth would you be amazed. For a start, English is not the first language of many people on here.

And before anyone writes "if you live in England - you should speak perfect English".

I've seen LOADS of English people living in Spain, who can't speak a word of Spanish

You can't book the emergency exit seats over a certain size
I was told you cant have a seat belt extender in those exit seats (which is where a lot of the extra leg room seats are)

I'm sure if people were willing to pay 50% extra for their tickets, the airlines would convert their planes from 3-3 to 2-2 configuration! How else do you think they could recoup the lost revenue. Flights run on tiny margins anyway, so carrying fewer passengers would increase fares by at least 50%.