Man has to stand for 7 hour flight due to fatty next to him.

moe.ron · #1 11-23-2011, 08:07 PM

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At nearly seven hours, US Airways flight 901 is one of the longest domestic nonstop airline flights. And Arthur Berkowitz knows how long it takes to get from Anchorage to Philadelphia down to the minute. That’s because he says he had to stand for most of the flight when he returned to Philly last July.

Why would anyone stand for that long? Because he says a morbidly obese passenger seated next to him was spilling into his personal space, making it impossibly to sit in his assigned seat, and the flight was completely full.

http://boston.barstoolsports.com/aro...s-in-his-seat/

christiangirl · #2 11-23-2011, 08:31 PM

I highly doubt they allowed this man to stand in the aisle during takeoff and landing. I get the feeling it did not exactly happen like this. People have been kicked off of planes for being smaller.

ETA: And where did you get the quote? That section (and its blaring typo) are not in the article.

ThetaPrincess24 · #3 11-23-2011, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by christiangirl

I highly doubt they allowed this man to stand in the aisle during takeoff and landing. I get the feeling it did not exactly happen like this.

I agree. I dont buy it.

DrPhil · #4 11-23-2011, 08:45 PM

His account of what happened sounds like bullshit, however something like this has happened before but due to height and not weight:

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/tall-pa...ry?id=12499695

This is a better article than the one in the OP:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/passenger-f...ry?id=15017545

KKGCaroline · #5 11-24-2011, 05:58 AM

Absolute Rubbish.

If the fatty was so fat the airline would have asked im to purchase two seats to allow for his size.

There is also no way that the airline would have taken off/landed with one of its passengers standing up!

DubaiSis · #6 11-24-2011, 08:49 AM

If it was that bad and the plane was all the way full AND none of the flight attendants had the nerve to tell the fatty he needed to pay for a second seat, they would have given the victim a jump seat. If you've tried to linger around the bathrooms on a long flight for 5 minutes to keep from getting DVT (not allowed) you would know this is utterly not possibly true.

IrishLake · #7 11-24-2011, 09:23 AM

The article I read, and I can't find it now, said he squeezed himself into his seat during takeoff and landing, but was unable to buckle his seat belt due to the neighbor.

PM_Mama00 · #8 11-24-2011, 01:51 PM

Usage of the word "fatty". Your organizations must be proud.

knight_shadow · #9 11-24-2011, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

Usage of the word "fatty". Your organizations must be proud.

preciousjeni · #10 11-24-2011, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by IrishLake

The article I read, and I can't find it now, said he squeezed himself into his seat during takeoff and landing, but was unable to buckle his seat belt due to the neighbor.

That's what seat belt extenders are for.

DGTess · #11 11-24-2011, 03:45 PM

This guy was apparently willing to sit through take-off without saying anything, but he gets a news cycle by publicizing it later.

Sounds like enough stupid to go around to everyone, rather thick.

IrishLake · #12 11-24-2011, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by preciousjeni

That's what seat belt extenders are for.

No no, the guy who claimed he had to stand the entire time. He couldn't buckle his because the overweight neighbor was covering part of the buckle. So while he managed to squeeze into the seat to sit during take off and landing, he couldn't use the seat belt.

ggforever · #13 11-24-2011, 07:18 PM

Other passengers need to start standing up for their rights. My husband has a VERY firm "arm rest down" policy. If someone says they are not comfortable with it down, he just tells them he is not comfortable with it up. Being obese is not a disability and should not make you eligible for preference, including taking up the seat space of others. NO ONE wants to have someone encroaching upon their personal space.

BTW, jumpseats are not for passengers. The gate agent should not have shut the door until everyone was in a seat and buckled in; ditto for the pilot pushing back from the gate. If there was not "room" for the obese passenger, he should have been asked to deplane.

ElieM · #14 11-24-2011, 08:06 PM

that's the trouble though, isn't it. There was room for the obese passenger - just not for the guy who had to sit next to him.

ggforever · #15 11-24-2011, 08:14 PM

Because the other passenger allowed himself to be victimized. Had the passenger not allowed the arm rest up, there would have been no place for the obese man to sit and he would have had to go on another flight. If everyone would keep arm rests down and not allow them to be raised so someone can "fit" into the next seat then this would stop. We are all so PC that we do not want to hurt the feelings of an obese person. Believe me, the obese passenger knows they are large. There should be a rule that if a seat belt extension is needed then an extra seat should be purchased. If you have a large couple, they could buy three seats for the two of them.

The airlines are pushing their customer relations nightmare into our laps and we are allowing it.