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(Elliott.org)		Man forced to stand for the entire duration of his 7 hour US Airways flight because the 400 pound man in the middle seat took up his seat too (elliott.org)		453
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Walker

2011-11-22 02:10:38 PM

"There will be no food or beverage service on this 6-hour flight, as we can't get the cart down the aisle"
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the_rev

2011-11-22 02:13:28 PM

Walker: "There will be no food or beverage service on this 6-hour flight, as we can't get the cart down the aisle"
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Give that guy credit... at least he's trying to go be fat somewhere else.

nopokerface

2011-11-22 02:15:02 PM

Suing the airline is fine, but I'd also sue that fat f*ck for trespassing.

timujin

2011-11-22 02:15:16 PM

Walker: "There will be no food or beverage service on this 6-hour flight, as we can't get the cart down the aisle"
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Aren't there two empty seats right behind him?

Sleeping Monkey

2011-11-22 02:20:28 PM

Walker: "There will be no food or beverage service on this 6-hour flight, as we can't get the cart down the aisle"

Flying is enough of a PITA that they even shouldn't let people like that on a plane. If you are that fat then go on a train, or a diet.

FishyFred

2011-11-22 02:24:44 PM

Big asinine. Huge asinine. Fat asinine.

Guy paid for a seat that he couldn't use. Refund him in full. Update your gate and ticket agent training.

Walker

2011-11-22 02:28:59 PM

timujin: Walker: "There will be no food or beverage service on this 6-hour flight, as we can't get the cart down the aisle"
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Aren't there two empty seats right behind him?

They did have people in them until he reclined his seat, it collapsed, and he squished them both.

PainInTheASP

2011-11-22 02:31:25 PM

Walker: timujin: Walker: "There will be no food or beverage service on this 6-hour flight, as we can't get the cart down the aisle"
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Aren't there two empty seats right behind him?

They did have people in them until he reclined his seat, it collapsed, and he squished them both.

..then saw the bodies and said "Mmmmmmm-snacks!"

Trucker

2011-11-22 02:56:57 PM

Meanwhile, airlines looking into "Standing Fee" charges.

PunchDrunkPanda

2011-11-22 02:57:19 PM

If my bag has to fit in a measured compartment, people's asses should be subjected to the same check.

Amdam

2011-11-22 02:58:27 PM

Time for the airlines to start charging for tickets by the pound

Mad Scientist

2011-11-22 02:58:35 PM

Why doesn't the fatass have to stand?

ukexpat

2011-11-22 02:59:14 PM

Is that even legal?

cgraves67

2011-11-22 02:59:22 PM

And the pilot's arm was sore from having to keep the plane from banking to the right for the whole flight.

Mr Puggles

2011-11-22 03:00:18 PM

PunchDrunkPanda: If my bag has to fit in a measured compartment, people's asses should be subjected to the same check.

They should put ass measurement seats next to those little boxes that you have to measure your carry on in.

TimeWaste

2011-11-22 03:00:42 PM

Sure, everyone hates the morbidly obese guy on the plane. Until it crashes into the Andes. Then you'll love him.

www.smh.com.au

Carousel Beast

2011-11-22 03:00:43 PM

Sleeping Monkey: Walker: "There will be no food or beverage service on this 6-hour flight, as we can't get the cart down the aisle"

Flying is enough of a PITA that they even shouldn't let people like that on a plane. If you are that fat then go on a train, or a diet.

How much did you have to lie to get the political graph result in your profile?

CAADbury

2011-11-22 03:00:43 PM

Amdam: Time for the airlines to start charging for tickets by the pound

and I'll bet you'd be first in line to biatch about too many kids on the plane.

PJ-

2011-11-22 03:01:13 PM

I don't know why this guy didn't fall down during takeoff or landing, and ended up being hurt during it.

Dude would have had it made in the sun.

Sapper_Topo

2011-11-22 03:01:18 PM

Oh goody another thing I can add to my list of reasons why I dont fly. Which might I add is quite extensive. #1 of course being I am scared shiatless of flying...

/Ground transport FTW

myinternetname

2011-11-22 03:01:19 PM

Meanwhile,

the heads of the airline industry who are only worried about cramming as many farking seats into those death traps as possible, get no blame at all.

/yes serious

Cat Food Sandwiches

2011-11-22 03:01:35 PM

s1ugg0

2011-11-22 03:01:56 PM

Doesn't it make more sense to make the fat guy stand? He's the cause of the problem and needs to lose weight. Standing in the corner sounds like a good shame based motivator.

joninaz

2011-11-22 03:02:03 PM

A 7 hour USAirways flight? It must have been Los Angeles to Phoenix.

tricycleracer

2011-11-22 03:02:23 PM

"It did not allow me to use my seatbelt during takeoff and landing as well as required me to stand in the aisle and galley area for most of the seven-hour plus flight," he says.

This must be against several FAA regulations. They should have let him deboard before they closed the door and comped him.

Bill_Wick's_Friend

2011-11-22 03:03:48 PM

"It did not allow me to use my seatbelt during takeoff and landing

FAA regulations aren't there just for show. Passenger doesn't have his seat belt fastened during take off / landing AND the flight attendants and crew are aware of that situation? Boom. Headshot.

ProfessorOhki

2011-11-22 03:03:52 PM

Amdam: Time for the airlines to start charging for tickets by the pound

This. Normalize ticket price to average passenger weight, pro-rate up and down as needed (obviously some minimum due to little kids). It'd also encourage people to hit up the restroom BEFORE getting on the plane.

Mr. Parker

2011-11-22 03:03:56 PM

cgraves67: And the pilot's arm was sore from having to keep the plane from banking to the right for the whole flight.

I was going to post something about why I hate fat people, but I was laughing too hard aFter reading this and forgot.

That coward David Lopan

2011-11-22 03:03:56 PM

PunchDrunkPanda: If my bag has to fit in a measured compartment, people's asses should be subjected to the same check.

This. If you are really fat, you don't need to travel. Have the culture of other lands brought to you through a Google Image search on your computer.

kindms

2011-11-22 03:05:58 PM

How did the fat guy get in to the seat if this guy was sitting there first ?

so there were 3 seats. 2 occupied. and the fat guy rolls in. Did they make this guy get up to accommodate the fat guy and then tell him he was SOL ?

This story doesn't add up. Also what about the other passenger in the row ?

get real

2011-11-22 03:06:20 PM

fark the tiny pussy

SubBass49

2011-11-22 03:06:56 PM

PunchDrunkPanda: If my bag has to fit in a measured compartment, people's asses should be subjected to the same check.

Yes.

AbbeySomeone

2011-11-22 03:07:04 PM

Mad Scientist: Why doesn't the fatass have to stand?

He'd most likely block the aisle.
People that huge should be charged for 2 tickets, simple really.

StevetheSkull

2011-11-22 03:07:15 PM

I wouldn't stand for that.

Sczi

2011-11-22 03:07:16 PM

PJ-: I don't know why this guy didn't fall down during takeoff or landing, and ended up being hurt during it.

Dude would have had it made in the sun.

Yeah, I think a full scale flop and tumble the full length of the aisle would be in order. Even if you don't sue, let em sweat over it.

Contents Under Pressure

2011-11-22 03:07:33 PM

I had some enormous person grab the seatrest to bring it up, and I put it back down again. He said, "Can I lift the seatrest?" I said, "No, I paid for my entire seat and don't want to spend the whole flight with your elbow in my rib cage." So, he went along with it.

Joce678

2011-11-22 03:07:37 PM

Isn't there a regulation about all passengers having to be seated and buckled in before takeoff?

He should be mentioning it to a lawyer round about now. Let's see if they can "upgrade" his $200 coupon.

discgolfguru

2011-11-22 03:08:01 PM

Don't hate on the fat guy, he had a fark party to get to.

Martian_Astronomer

2011-11-22 03:08:35 PM

Last summer I was on a 3-hour flight from Denver to Atlanta, and I got stuck next to this really obese woman who was out of breath from the effort to get from the gate to her seat. The experience would have been a very mild and forgettable annoyance, except that she brought along a 20-piece box of chicken McNuggets to noisily scarf down half-way through the flight, after they were already cold, just so she wouldn't have to go 3 hours without eating something. I confess to feeling much more judgmental than I'd prefer to feel at that moment...

/CSB

louiedog

2011-11-22 03:09:13 PM

If you're so fat that you take up two seats you should probably walk or swim to your destination.

Sleeping Monkey

2011-11-22 03:10:08 PM

Carousel Beast: Sleeping Monkey: Walker: "There will be no food or beverage service on this 6-hour flight, as we can't get the cart down the aisle"

Flying is enough of a PITA that they even shouldn't let people like that on a plane. If you are that fat then go on a train, or a diet.

How much did you have to lie to get the political graph result in your profile?

What's authoritative or rightwing about that comment? You can be as fat as your want, but when you harm other people with your fatness it's time to go be fat somewhere else.

Teaser

2011-11-22 03:11:47 PM

timujin: Walker: "There will be no food or beverage service on this 6-hour flight, as we can't get the cart down the aisle"
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Aren't there two empty seats right behind him?

Ummmm...that pic is not from the flight in question...it's been around for a while.

ami5000

2011-11-22 03:12:23 PM

Fatass Fee

KeithLM

2011-11-22 03:12:31 PM

I thought everyone had to be seated prior to them closing the door and leaving the gate. Clearly this was a safety issue and the obese passenger should have been removed.

And frankly the way things have gone, I'm surprised the victim here wasn't arrested for refusing to comply with airplane regulations by remaining in his seat.

HotWingConspiracy

2011-11-22 03:12:39 PM

Fat people are evil, it's a fact.

Lone Stranger

2011-11-22 03:12:44 PM

timujin: Aren't there two empty seats right behind him?

Fatty ate the two people in those seats.

/Fatty, fatty, two by four,
can't get through the bathroom door.
So he did it on the floor,
licked it up and made some more.

Person

2011-11-22 03:12:45 PM

Mad Scientist: Why doesn't the fatass have to stand?

Do you really think he can? I'd be surprised if he wasn't loaded and unloaded with a Rascal.

Harry Freakstorm

2011-11-22 03:13:08 PM

TimeWaste
Sure, everyone hates the morbidly obese guy on the plane. Until it crashes into the Andes. Then you'll love him.

Naw. the morbidly obese have horrible marbling and they don't produce a consistent product. Their shanks are sinewy and the lion cuts are too soft. Even their organs are too stressed and diseased and should be discarded.

You could probably render their fat for oil or use it to cook the abdominal muscles of a better conditioned former passenger. I prefer a nice young thing that didn't survive the impact but doesn't show any obvious trauma. Start with the meat of the legs and use it as you would a nice steak. You'll find the best toned muscles to be the tastiest.

Dammit. Now you have me craving fava beans and a nice chianti.

CowboyUpCowgirlDown

2011-11-22 03:13:12 PM

ecor1

2011-11-22 03:13:13 PM

Oh look its this thread again. A story - my aunt is buy-another-ticket-fatass fat, and she she did go and buy another ticket...and the airline yanked it away from her and gave it to someone else because they were overbooked. She no longer buys a second ticket. (or flies much anymore) And the woman they gave it to complained the entire flight and I think they ended up comping her anyway. So no winners in that scenario.

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