Comments on: Should Fat People Be Allowed to Fly?

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:37:01 +0000

Surely its about other passengers safety NOT the human rights of the obese person. As mentioned, he is blocking the aisle which in an emergency could mean life or death for the other passengers on the flight. And as also mentioned the guy who was near the emergency exit couldn’t even squeeze through it in an emergency.

By: Filmare nunta

Filmare nunta — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:06:03 +0000

Very Nice :) :) :)
I love it!

By: kushal Gunesh

kushal Gunesh — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:18:28 +0000

Wow that must be a hell of a lot of pain if you were at the window and have an obese people next to you. According to a travel and tourism teacher “BA” British Airline they are thinking on making the poeple weighting over a certain amount to pay for another seat.

By: malcolm johnston

malcolm johnston — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:31:20 +0000

I read article and wasn’t going to comment because other commenters have brought up some of the points that I was going to bring up already, but I had to laugh when my cursor did a flyover on the picture and it was captioned “fat guy on airplane”. No idea why I thought that was funny.

By: Ruben Abramov

Ruben Abramov — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:04:52 +0000

They should start selling 2 for 1 tickets to skinny people then

By: Guildford

Guildford — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:01:51 +0000

Charges are done for luggage and not for human. You are fat or slim, thats not a problem.

By: Lisa Marie Mary

Lisa Marie Mary — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:22:45 +0000

Ah Bonnie – ever the marketer! Heehee! I love it! ;)

By: A Noun

A Noun — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:20:19 +0000

That sounds like it would be popular with all travelers, regardless of body size.

More seat room? More leg room? Count me in.

By: A Noun

A Noun — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:19:18 +0000

The documentation to which you refer here, that is…

“This particular case is well documented and we know that on this flight the guy in the middle seat was �bought off� the plane for $250 in vouchers plus a first class seat on the next flight. The flight was 100% full, and the fat guy only paid for one seat.”

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:10:28 +0000

Sounds like a biz op to me. Isn’t there an airline now that specializes in transporting pets? Why not one specializing in transporting obese humans? ;-) Planes would have fewer but much bigger seats, wider ailes, etc. — everything designed for the comfort and convenience of supersized air travellers — at a premium price, of course!

By: blueboy

blueboy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:39:33 +0000

Looks like the 2 seats behind him are open.

By: A Noun

A Noun — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:43:20 +0000

And the link to that documentation is…?

By: John P.

John P. — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:02:28 +0000

Steve,

heheheh

Sorry, my previous comment was directed at”A Noun” not anyone else. I should have been more specific but my reply didn’t work properly… You are absolutely right about the safety issues! I just was deviating off that path onto the financial ones etc. because I figured the safety thing was so freaking obvious to people as to not require me to point out that I prefer not to be stuck in a burning oxygen filled flying aluminum cylinder behind anyone who can’t get out ahead of me! :-D

Cheers,

John P.

By: Lisa Marie Mary

Lisa Marie Mary — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:59:09 +0000

That is a perfect way to explain it, John – in the context of special needs like that. Just like the giant man I referred to http://www.thetallestman.com/sultankosen.htm – it just is what it is. I’m not even that big and I always feel bad for the person sitting next to me – and I fit in the seat! But geez! That guy is a very tall guy that got fat – he barely fits in the seat.

The picture reminds me of sitting at the back of the band bus on the way to a football game this year. A busload of rowdy teens on a Friday night take up aisle space in the same way that man is – they just hang out and there basically is no aisle! I got ‘carsick’ and knew the second that bus stopped I needed OFF!! But I looked up the ‘row’ – and didn’t see a row – how in the hell was I gonna make it outta there fast enough? It was crazy!

By: Lisa Marie Mary

Lisa Marie Mary — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:53:31 +0000

Seriously – that is scary to think about – an emergency event and people stuck on the plane and can’t get out. I was picturing it in my head as I read your comment.

By: Bitkisel Tedavi

Bitkisel Tedavi — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:39:34 +0000

This means that all of our food costs more than “normal” people. I understand the some people are just big, they just are. But at a certain point – we go beyond that. (I’ve personally gone beyond that from the get-go – I’m not ‘just big’.)

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:41:35 +0000

John, I agree with you but let’s not lose sight of the primary issue here and on any flight – safety. You absolutely must be able to evacuate the entire aircraft in a prescribed period of time, depending upon the number of seats in the aircraft. The flight crew’s primary responsibility is safety. My previous comment was written strictly in the context of safety. The picture that this AA F/A took represents a situation that will cost lives in the event of an accident where everyone survives the impact but a post-crash fire erupts. I can’t tell you how many passengers survive impact but die because they can’t get out of the aircraft. Can you imagine this guy on USAirways 1549? You might also check out Air Canada 797. I could care less if I sit next to an obese person but God help those who try to evacuate around him if something goes terribly wrong and he is one of those that does not survive the impact or is stuck trying to get the emergency door pulled or pushed out. Regarding the Pilotless comment – count me out. We have the technology today to actually make this work but I prefer to have some gray hair up front provided they stay awake. Glad to play………………..

By: José

José — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:28:57 +0000

Hi,

Maybe I’ll seem too harsh, but when a person says ” frankly I don’t want another person touching me for even a second”, it kind of makes me think in what kind of society you live.
Sorry for being so direct, but I prefer to say what I think.

Best regards,

José

By: John P.

John P. — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:38:13 +0000

This particular case is well documented and we know that on this flight the guy in the middle seat was “bought off” the plane for $250 in vouchers plus a first class seat on the next flight. The flight was 100% full, and the fat guy only paid for one seat.

What I expect of any person, “larger” or not, is that they do exactly what is fair. If a “larger” person is required to consume twice the food, they will pay for twice as much food. If making them clothes consumes twice the fabric, they will pay for double the fabric. If they can’t fit in a tiny sub-compact car, they will purchase a full sized vehicle at greater cost. This is NO different!

In our family we have to deal with a food allergy. This means that all of our food costs more than “normal” people. Some people have handicaps that drive up the cost of their goods and services. If fat people have special needs, they have to bear the burden of those costs just like the rest of us with special needs.

But thanks for playing…

John P.

By: Lisa Marie Mary

Lisa Marie Mary — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:31:22 +0000

I have to retract my statements – a little bit. I remembered watching one of the shows about a morbidly obese person and their mother talking about how the problem had affected the person since childhood. It wasn’t just the ‘my child’s a brat, give ‘em food so they’ll shut up’ syndrome. It was that the child could never get satisfied. It was backed up by the child’s (now man’s) doctor. That is the only time I’ve ever heard of that, though. So I guess the possibility is there for it to be an actual medical issue.

Still, though, something needs to change, for sure.

And I was thinking of that giant man – he’s HUGE, right? Certainly they make special arrangements for him on a plane. What is the difference if you grow ‘out’ instead of ‘up’? Right?