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I think its perfectly reasonable to charge for 2 seats if the people are so large that they spill over into the next seat. Like the article said, should stores be forced to sell suits for a large person at the same price as one for an 'average' sized person?
If I'm sitting to an obese person who's body overflows into my seat, will I get charged half price because I am only getting a portion of my seat? Probably not.
As far as I know, the ADA classifies a disability as a mental or physical condition which cannot be cured or reversed. Obesity has many "cures." Therefore, it is not a disability.
I'm so sick of people in this world wanting everyone to feel sorry for them for some reason or another.
I guess one way to work around this situation is to offer a handful of "oversized" seats on each flight, available at an increased fare. However, this would probably result in another discrimination lawsuit - a claim that they were being unfairly separated or segregated from the other passengers.
While you wouldn't have a scale at an airport, it is reasonable to say that seats have height/weight limitations. I'm sure this is true of all sorts of chairs, beds, etc. Its just something that these people will have to deal with. If they know they weigh 400 lbs and the seat can only fit someone weighing 300 or less, they will just have to deal.
The fact is, we are all different, and have different problems, features, abilities, disabilities, etc. This world would be a lot better if people just learned to deal with their own disabilities rather than wanting the world to compensate.
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