Too big to fit in an Airplane seat!

*hijack* where you been girl???? 

Hey MM, I have been here, mainly on the band board, trying to work these last few pounds off, I see you have a new do! Looking good, I see you are holding down the fort, I don't see James on the board anymore, I miss his posts too.

Girl - I just switched to different hair Monday!!!  You know I have hairstyle ADD!!  LMAO - I need to take and post new pics.......

yea - James is MIA totally - I miss my homie !  LOL  dats aiight - I still got ALL my notes......

since fat people are one of the last groups of people you can still openly hate on, i doubt anything will be done to change this. i predict all airlines will all eventually adopt this policy.

openly hate on?

as opposed to closet hating - as in.....???

c'mon now, you know the deal. it was once acceptable to use racial epithets to degrade people.  society evolved and that racial hostility went underground.

but fat people? sh*t, you can openly talk bad about fat people to this day and nobody will say anything.

racial jokes are told in whispers while fat jokes are broadcasted loudly & clearly.

I understand about trying to make all customers happy and comfortable .....but.......I think they should discretly tell the person before they get on the plane.....also if the plane has some empty seats why not let a heavy person have those seats ???..........Why not have a sign at the ticket counter that states if you are over X amount of lbs you may be subject to additional fees or flight change plans........that way when the steward taps you on the shoulder you know what time it is.....

Like on a rollercoaster ride when the signs say this ride may not be able to accomodate larger passengers.
I agree that you should have to pay more money if you need two seats but two full price tickets Lawd! that's alot of $$$!
I know when I heard this on the news I got nervous and then I look down at my gut and It was gone!
Thank God for RNY!
But I do feel bad for people who cant afford RNY or are too unhealthy to have it done!

This is about dollars and cents period. Trust me its not about passenger comfort because if it was they would make a little more room between the seats so you are not so cramped. I only stand 5 feet tall and the last time I flew I paid the extra 30 dollars for extra leg room. The airline knows that most of the U.S is overweight and if they can find a way to double their income by making the larger population pay for an extra seat than trust they will. Thank god I never needed a seat extender or have been asked to pay for an extra seat but I would have been mortified if they had of asked. They would have lost a customer forreal. I travel a lot. I use the bathroom before I get on the plane so I won't have to go during the flight and I get a window seat. I keep my arm rest down so there are no complaints. I put my seatbelt on and I keep it on the whole flight because I do not want to have to try to refasten in the middle of a flight. I say while they are charging for inconviences can they do something about the crying babies and kids that always seem to have to sit behind me. OMG!!! Now that is an annoyance I think they should make people pay for.

Here's my take...

I've had to ask for a seat extender - it was my 1st flight since I was 5 and right after I moved to Atlanta.  I was @ my heaviest ever - 293lbs give or take... I had to ask for a seat extender - 3xs. I think that skinny hoebag did it on purpose.  Oh, the last time was a charm - she yelled out "I need an extender on A33!". I wanted to slump in my seat!!!

Now, Airtran - they have more butt room, but the leg room sucks. Delta's seats make some skinny heifers feel fat, but they have good legroom.  Only flew Continential once - can't remember complaining.  Southwest? butt and leg room.

My side gig is a travel agent... Hell, with all the fees airlines charge now... sigh...

I think there should be seats to the back or front of coach - maybe 6 total, that are bigger to accomodate the big folks I think they should be more, but not the price of two tickets.  Or, have a discreet place where there's a mockup of the seat.  U fit, u fly, you don't... just like they have the luggage thingy- it fits, it goes with you.  If not, down to the belly.


What happens if you're flying for an emergency and you're fat? Some loved one is dying/died and you missed them b/c you were bumped?? WTF???

But, hell, imagine if you had to take an island hop - they weigh your luggage and you.  If you're the big one and the plane is almost @ max weight and you put it over, guess what?  (I've never experienced it, but a client told me they couldn't board - those planes can only take a set weight - or they're supposed to. I mean small planes like Cessnas - the plane Aaliyah perished in).