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A 37 stone man was told he had to pay for two seats for an airline journey. Because of his size, he was told it was airline policy.
Fair enough you might think.
When he was allocated his seat(s) at the airport, he was put in a row of three. But he was give the aisle seat and the window seat.
On his return journey, his seat(s) were two rows apart.
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Not really a question, but I thought it might amuse you.
Fair enough you might think.
When he was allocated his seat(s) at the airport, he was put in a row of three. But he was give the aisle seat and the window seat.
On his return journey, his seat(s) were two rows apart.
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Not really a question, but I thought it might amuse you.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I am by no means a Slim Jim but I had the unfortunate experience of having to sit next to a very large woman, on a flight back from Boston a few years ago. It was terrible, for her and me. The plane was full, so I wasn't able to move to another seat. I spent about 3 hours standing at the back of the plane, near to the toilet, just to be able to breath properly.
Large people have my every sympathy but when you are that size everybody else seems to suffer.
Large people have my every sympathy but when you are that size everybody else seems to suffer.
Some airlines boast about their roomy fore and aft seat pitch interval, but don't tell you what their seat widths are. I've been on a BA flight lasting over 9 hours, Heathrow to the Caribbean, with a 16½" seat width, yet their Aberdeen to Heathrow connecting flight had 18" wide seats. That extra 1½" made for quite a difference!
this incident http:// en.wiki pedia.o rg/wiki /Air_Mi dwest_F light_5 481 was a wake-up call for the airline industry, which had always previously estimated human weight based on a figure that was woefully inadequate for today's demographic.
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The crash Mushroom's link is about, I have seen a programme on Air crash investigation about that.
I can't say anything for this poor passenger but once (long time ago) I was travelling on a local transport in my birth city (Lahore, Pakistan). We were two friends. My friend was very big and I used to be very skinny. Ticket man asked us to pay for two tickets for my friend. I shut him up by saying that if he were to charge like that then what about me? He should let me travel for free as I was very skinny. And he agreed.
I can't say anything for this poor passenger but once (long time ago) I was travelling on a local transport in my birth city (Lahore, Pakistan). We were two friends. My friend was very big and I used to be very skinny. Ticket man asked us to pay for two tickets for my friend. I shut him up by saying that if he were to charge like that then what about me? He should let me travel for free as I was very skinny. And he agreed.