Obese Petitioner Wants Wide Airline Seats

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Jae’lynn Chaney from Vancouver, Washington, has initiated a petition on Change.org demanding that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) implement regulations to accommodate plus-sized passengers better. Her campaign highlights the reduction in airplane seat sizes over the years, which she claims now average around 16 inches in width.

It would be great to have larger seats, but airlines reduced the size due to financial difficulties.

Some say most obese people are obese through their own fault, and they should pay for two seats when they travel.

I have traveled with obese passengers when seats were wide, and they still overlapped. I’m not sure this would solve their problem. Many need two seats.

What do you think? Is the airline to blame, or the obese people?


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Peter B. Prange
Peter B. Prange
5 months ago

Of course the airlines are to blame for obese. It is those large rich expensive meals they serve to all their customers on each flight… .

ThinkAboutIt
ThinkAboutIt
5 months ago

I’m all for a big and tall airline rate. For sake of argument why should the majority subsidize the needs of the minority? If I mail a card or letter I use one stamp up to 1oz. If I mail a card or letter that’s 1.5oz I pay for the extra weight. Otherwise it won’t be long before people demand… Read more »

Mark
Mark
5 months ago

Just offer to slice the fat off her gigantic @$$ when she boards the plane. Oh yeah, better put some extra air in the plane’s tires too.

Forearmed
Forearmed
5 months ago

It is discrimination because airlines are not responsible for your fat @ss and bad eating habits. If you need more than one seat take a buss and sit in the bench seat in the back of the bus. Airlines need to make a profit to stay in business and they’re not going to throw that profit out the window just… Read more »

Dr. Van Nostrand
Dr. Van Nostrand
5 months ago

Imagine being stuck in the seat next to that fat bastard and there is nowhere else to move to. We should put warning labels on forks and spoons now?

Mark
Mark
5 months ago

And what if she farts? It could prove to be deadly!

Canadian Friend
Canadian Friend
5 months ago

Only a tiny fraction of obese people have a medical condition that causes them to be obese.

Most obese people are simply addicted to food exactly like an alcoholic or a drug addict is addicted.

Tommy Payne
Tommy Payne
5 months ago

Let them pay for their needs, just like everyone else. Just because you’re FAT doesn’t mean you’re special.