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Post by Wycco on Jun 21, 2002 12:48:44 GMT -5
South West airlines have announced that people that are too wide to fit in one seat have to buy two tickets.
People are claiming this is discriminatory against horizontally enhanced people.
However, SW airlines claims that over 90% of complaints they receive are from customers who are placed next to wide bodied passengers and are thus made uncomfortable.
Personally I think SW airlines are perfectly within their rights- If someone doesn't fit in his seat and makes his neighbours uncomfortable by laying his gut on them- HE SHOULD BUY 2 seats...
Do you agree? Or should airlines be forced to make larger seats for their super-sized riders?
(damn I was doing well at coming up with silly PC names till that last sentence!)
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Post by RacerX on Jun 21, 2002 14:59:20 GMT -5
ROFLMAO....I can see it now, the cute little girl behind the counter selling tickets to passengers & upselling the "larger" ones via: Excuse me sir, that's one round trip to Charleston, via D/FW, Departing on the 19th and returning on the 22...by the way, would you like to Super-Size that ticket for only a $100.00 dollars more?"  LOL! How about some fries to go with that shake, RacerX |
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Post by pabs on Jun 21, 2002 15:16:51 GMT -5
I think they have the right to do it. You see, when you buy a ticket you are buying the right to fly in the seat provided by the company. If you are too big, then you should buy the extra space you need. I don't see how that's discriminatory. It makes sense...
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Post by glendo on Jun 21, 2002 16:53:56 GMT -5
how about one step further and have the "fat sections", and the " skinny" seating sections on the aircraft? the fat section will have to be in the middle, for balance purposes ;D   |
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Post by JWK on Jun 22, 2002 1:02:42 GMT -5
ROFL at the PC names comment- too funny!
But seriously, the Airline is in the right here i think- if the fat people(i dont see how calling them fat people can be classed as an insult or politically uncorrect when it is the truth- if you are fat you should be able to see that) are taking up more space then they payed for and making people around them uneasy/comfortable then they should have to pay for the excess room they require.
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Post by greg99 on Jun 22, 2002 6:35:25 GMT -5
Well, I agree that the airline is within their rights. I remember travelling to a GP with 50kgs of excess baggage - mostly office stuff - and I had to pay a fee which was higher than my original ticket.
Also, the brother of a close friend is obese. He was furious that the airline wouldn't sell him a ticket in economy because of his size, they suggested business class for 3-4 times the price. I had a conversation with him about it. I pointed out that HE was being very unsensitive when ignoring other passengers comfort and rights (his brother flew with him once and could only use 1/3 of his seat).
A blind person will never be able to get a licence to fly a plane: is this discriminatory? Of course not.
It's common sense
But one question though: what happens when ordering a ticket via internet or by phone? How does the airline know the passenger is overweight?? ?? How do they manage that?
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Post by beefburger on Jul 4, 2002 19:46:26 GMT -5
they should just charge you based exactly proportionately on the space you take up.
Take a measure of your person, and bingo, a baby will cost $10, a normal person $250 and MS's chin $3500
easy
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Post by RacerX on Jul 10, 2002 15:23:42 GMT -5
Good God Beef, imagine if M$ and DC boarded the same plane to the next GP??? They'd be the only two allowed on board & the fees would be astrinomical, no?
LOL,
RacerX
Oh yeah, Wyc...I don't think I actually answered, but I too would have to say it's fair. If they take up more space, they should pay more. Make it a proportionate thing, or size category thing.
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I wish I could fly