"Customers of Size"

Originally posted by ktsnake
To be fair though, if they buy two seats, they definitely should get two bags of peanuts.

Isn't that just perpetuating the problem?

Kitso
KS 361

[PM_Mama00]

Wow some of you really are a bunch of jackasses.

And as a bigger person with a health problem rather than an eating problem, I kinda agree with Rudey.

[G8Ralphaxi]

HAHAHA at all the "2 bags of peanuts" comments!

And regarding the wheelchair thing, correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding was that they take the person out of the wheelchair, put them in the airplane seat, buckle them in, and fold up the wheelchair and store it. They're not just rolling around the aisles in their wheelchair - the safest spot for everyone is in the airplane seats. So, no, they don't automatically get first class.

Admittedly, I haven't flown very much, but I've never seen anywhere they could buckle down a wheelchair safely (you know, like the brackets they have on buses).

[Rudey]

Originally posted by Hootie
A sin tax huh? Well then we'd all better be taxed because I don't know a single person that hasn't sinned...

No that's what they're called - taxes on gambling, liquor, tobacco, etc. are considered sin taxes.

-Rudey

[Hootie]

Originally posted by Rudey
No that's what they're called - taxes on gambling, liquor, tobacco, etc. are considered sin taxes.

-Rudey

I understand that they're called that for a reason...
Maybe we should tax condoms or birth control for single people cuz that's a sin. You know what I mean?

[krazy]

Originally posted by Hootie
I understand that they're called that for a reason...
Maybe we should tax condoms or birth control for single people cuz that's a sin. You know what I mean?

They heavily tax those things already...

[DGqueen17]

Originally posted by Hootie
I understand that they're called that for a reason...
Maybe we should tax condoms or birth control for single people cuz that's a sin. You know what I mean?

Some people are on birth control to regulate their periods so I guess that wouldn't be considered a sin.

Of course sometimes I wonder if thoese people are lying.

[honeychile]

Originally posted by G8Ralphaxi
HAHAHA at all the "2 bags of peanuts" comments!

And regarding the wheelchair thing, correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding was that they take the person out of the wheelchair, put them in the airplane seat, buckle them in, and fold up the wheelchair and store it. They're not just rolling around the aisles in their wheelchair - the safest spot for everyone is in the airplane seats. So, no, they don't automatically get first class.

Admittedly, I haven't flown very much, but I've never seen anywhere they could buckle down a wheelchair safely (you know, like the brackets they have on buses).

Yes, that's how wheelchair bound are handled. I once brought a great aunt into town that way.

[GeekyPenguin]

Rudith, I like your idea of a sin tax. I truthfully don't know why some airlines don't just have another range of seats - there could be first class, middle class, and coach, or something.

My very favorite place to sit on a plane is in the last row - you get a little bit more room and get to board first.

[Rudey]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
Rudith, I like your idea of a sin tax. I truthfully don't know why some airlines don't just have another range of seats - there could be first class, middle class, and coach, or something.

My very favorite place to sit on a plane is in the last row - you get a little bit more room and get to board first.

EWWWW that's gross. You're in the back with the gross people, the bathrooms, the area where they have all the flight attendant crap.

I choose emergency aisle seats or front row. I don't care about boarding. I always walk right up even when they don't call my row. If they say anything about not calling my row, I come up with some BS like how I have asthma and need more time to walk on, etc.

I also try and convince anyone sitting next to me to move if I see another open seat - unless I find them amusing. Also, any shared property, like arm rests, is mine.

-Rudey
--Really, I'm fun to fly with.

[mu_agd]

Originally posted by Rudey
I choose emergency aisle seats or front row.

that's exactly how i am. although i do prefer seats towards the front of the plane since that means i can get off the plane that much faster.

[Rudey]

Originally posted by mu_agd
that's exactly how i am. although i do prefer seats towards the front of the plane since that means i can get off the plane that much faster.

Exactly. Tell them you've sprained your ankle and walk on first. Then just walk normally out the door since the first row leaves before the others.

-Rudey
--Oh and always ask for drinks after they've been served during the flight, just to get your money's worth.

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
Rudith, I like your idea of a sin tax. I truthfully don't know why some airlines don't just have another range of seats - there could be first class, middle class, and coach, or something.

My very favorite place to sit on a plane is in the last row - you get a little bit more room and get to board first.

I dunno,

i prefer to be anywhere not directly next to the turbines. In my warped sense of thinking i figure that increases my chance of survival should the turbine explode or something.

Seriously, i never used to be nervous about flying until my trip to State College last fall.

That being said, i'm a window guy, with no row preference.

Kitso
KS 361

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by AggieSigmaNu361
I dunno,

i prefer to be anywhere not directly next to the turbines. In my warped sense of thinking i figure that increases my chance of survival should the turbine explode or something.

Seriously, i never used to be nervous about flying until my trip to State College last fall.

That being said, i'm a window guy, with no row preference.

Kitso
KS 361

I have GOT to have a window. This summer when I flew down South I picked a flight that left early in the morning and gave me a looong layover just because it was the only one with window seats left.

[polarpi]

Originally posted by krazy
Hey,

How do you all feel about airlines making "customers of size" buy 2 seats on an airplane? Do you think they should provide a few larger seats in the back for these people? Or is it fair that they have to buy 2?

Speaking as a *former* "customer of size", I can see both points of view, but how do you determine whether or not that person will *need* two seats (especially if they book their ticket online, as more and more people are doing)? At my heaviest, I was over three hundred pounds, yet I still was able to fit just fine in one seat with the armrests down. Most people that book their ticket online aren't required to check something about needing extra room, so it wouldn't be determined that this is someone who needs *2 seats* until they check in before the flight, and by that time usually the entire flight is full and there'd be no 2nd seat for the person.

Just my personal .02