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As much as I feel bad that some people are so obese that they have to pay for two seats. And, I understand that some people cannot control how much they weigh no matter how much dieting and exercise they may do but you can never understand pain, irritation, frustration, and uncomfortableness (is that a word?) unless you have sat next to a man who is over 400 pounds on a flight from San Francisco to Orlando. Lord, Lord, Lord....it had to be some of the worst couple of hours of my whole life. I couldn't move. I had homework I need to do and couldn't cause the tray in front of me would not go down! I couldn't put my left arm on the armrest because he had to lift it up to provide more room for himself. I was scrunched up against the corner of my seat and either time one of us would move we'd elbow each other in the face. He kept apologizing but no amount of apologizing would make me feel better. I was miserable. And, this would have been different had he explained to the airlines that he would need more than one seat. I can see both sides as to why it would be wrong or right to charge someone who is obese for two seats. It's wrong cause its dsicriminatory. The American public is getting bigger and airline companies should make their seats accordingly. But, at the same time, the airline is losing money when they give away the second seat for free.
Something needs to be done though. My father, who travels frequently, usually gets put in business class. Those seats are much larger. He told me a story about how a few months ago this woman who had to be over 500 pounds ended up next to him. Even in business class seats she was still pouring over onto his seat. It just makes other passengers so uncomfortable.
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