Obese have right to 2 airline seats..in Canada

dmg24

lonestar1 wrote: »

I recently flew and would probably be termed as a fatty by some of the posters on this thread

I bought a plane ticket

Its hardly my fault if the seat they give me is too small I mean its not like they give you details of the seat size when you book is it ?

I'm a big girl, but I certainly don't need two seats (unless they keep putting Wispa's on special offer! ), and I would know that without having to step on a plane and check. Surely it is common sense whether you would fit in the seat or not, unless you've never seen the inside of a plane before, either in real life or through the media?

ahrimaniac

'If you want to comment in my thread at least have a modicum of sense'

Let's not be precious about it. I raised perfectly valid points in my posts on here (and resurrected the thread after it had disappeared), and ended with a joke. No need for the hoity-toity approach.

ahrimaniac

dmg24 wrote: »

I'm a big girl, but I certainly don't need two seats (unless they keep putting Wispa's on special offer! ), and I would know that without having to step on a plane and check. Surely it is common sense whether you would fit in the seat or not, unless you've never seen the inside of a plane before, either in real life or through the media?

You'd think that they would put a seat in the airport for people to try, like they do in theme parks?

In fact, that is exactly what they should do. Have a discreet room and a chair, and if you don't fit, you pay for another seat.

Problem solved. Man, I'm good.

lonestar1

Not that simple Im afraid, as I do fit in a single seat. Put walls all the way up where the arms are though and I may struggle!
Also differenta irlines have different size seats in fact some have different size seats on the same aircraft as well

dmg24

lonestar1 wrote: »

Not that simple Im afraid, as I do fit in a single seat. Put walls all the way up where the arms are though and I may struggle!
Also differenta irlines have different size seats in fact some have different size seats on the same aircraft as well

I think you are being pedantic now. The difference between different economy seats is negligible. Also, unless you are travelling in a first suite, the seats do not have walls all the way up?

It is up to the individual to find out if they can sit in the seat. Would you blame a clothing retailer if a top didn't fit you because you hadn't checked the sizing?

Tojo_Ralph

lonestar1 wrote: »

I recently flew and would probably be termed as a fatty by some of the posters on this thread..... Its hardly my fault if the seat they give me is too small.

Assuming that the economy seat you were given was not a bulkhead or exit row seat, I can pretty much guarantee that the seat was no narrower than 17.00" ..... And in my book if a person cannot get their butt into a seat that wide, there is going to be no probably about it.

lonestar1 wrote: »

Different aiirlines have different size seats in fact some have different size seats on the same aircraft as well

Again, the slightly narrower bulkhead and exit row seats aside, the narrowest seat you are ever likely to encounter in economy would be 17.00" ... and knowing that a couple of outsize colleagues have no issues with that seat width, I know it is room for a whole lot of rrrrrse.

lonestar1 wrote: »

Not that simple Im afraid, as I do fit in a single seat. Put walls all the way up where the arms are though and I may struggle!

I will conceed that there are some window seats that can be restrictive, but they again are the narrower exit row/bulkhead seats and being few and far between they can be avoided.

lonestar1

dmg24 wrote: »

I think you are being pedantic now. The difference between different economy seats is negligible. Also, unless you are travelling in a first suite, the seats do not have walls all the way up?

It is up to the individual to find out if they can sit in the seat. Would you blame a clothing retailer if a top didn't fit you because you hadn't checked the sizing?

Ah so the issue is if they can fit in a seat not if they take up a bit of another passengers arm space

I mentioned the walls as to fit that criterea you would need a test seat where your arms were confined to within the corridor of space occupied by the seat. Seeing as that was not your definition of sitting in a seat I agree its not a consideration

Tojo_Ralph

lonestar1 wrote: »

Ah so the issue is if they can fit in a seat not if they take up a bit of another passengers arm space.

And the worst offenders for taking all the arm rest are the short rrrrrses.

However in their defence, because they sit so low in the seat, their elbows go below the armrest and between their body and the armrest. Thus if they place their arms on the armrest, they don't so much hand down onto it as poke out at 45 degrees over the top of it, kinda like a penguin.

dmg24

Tojo_Ralph wrote: »

And the worst offenders for taking all the arm rest are the short rrrrrses.

However in their defence, because they sit so low in the seat, their elbows go below the armrest and between their body and the armrest. Thus if they place their arms on the armrest, they don't so much hand down onto it as poke out at 45 degrees over the top of it, kinda like a penguin.

At 5 ft 4in, I wholly agree with the above (and am quite concerned that I have been compared to a penguin twice in the space of a day*)!

* Although certainly better than being called a weeble!

(It seems that burgers are taking over from pizzas. )

Tojo_Ralph

dmg24 wrote: »

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