Next you're going to say, that blind people who need to be accompanied by a service dog, have no right to fly either. Reason being, the service dog might take up too much extra space, or the dog making too much noise, which might disturb the other passengers.
If you watch some Ozempic videos on you tube, a lot of weight loss Doctors are now saying, that some fat people are genetically pre-disposed to not being able to lose weight through diet and exercise alone. That's where Ozempic and Wegovy, come in. A fat person should just have to pay for one seat like everyone else.
In order for "a fat person should just have to pay for one seat like everyone else" to ring true, said fat person would need to remain in their assigned seat and not take up the space for their neighbors. Perhaps this is an airline issue in not designing their seats/spacing better. But when said fat person encroaches on the space of others, it's going to be problematic for a lot of people. I don't think those that paid for a full seat to end up with 3/4 of a seat or, in some cases 1/2, is anything close to fair.
I think that is defined as......can't afford it. Go business class, or stay home. There is no "right" to fly. Poor people can't fly. Whatever their size.
The airlines should start realizing that at least 50% of US citizens are considered obese. Airlines should stop trying to cut costs to please their shareholders, and instead re-adjust their airplane configurations, in order to accommodate fat people. The obesity problem is only going to get worse.
Only if it doesn't mean more expensive prices. I'm not paying more for a seat because fatso decides he wants to go on a plane. With ozempic and similar drugs now available, the obese have less and less excuses not to trim down. Sometimes a little fat shaming is all that is needed to spark meaningful change.
The problem is being on Ozempic is more expensive then paying for a flight. Would you shame a blind person flying with a service dog? According to your logic, why should blind people be allowed to fly, as they can't see anyway.
OK.....I'm quite indifferent to this post. There is plenty of help and its essentially a solvable problem for the vast majority.
Then they don't fly on that airline and look for a cheaper alternative.
Modern large commercial airliners can carry a lot of weight. So someone being overweight isn't going to be as much of an issue as it would if it were a small turboprop plane.
So then every passenger, fat or skinny, should be required to pay for two seats.
The people who open the window to look outside during day time when the entire cabin is dark. That one especially gets me. Sigh.
My point is that a blind person flying with a service dog, is causing disruption to passengers, as well.
Why? It isn't fair to the skinny person to be inconvenienced with half a seat when they paid for a full seat.
