Hurt by overweight passenger

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It is a simple principle: you pay for the seats you occupy. I've heard
that some airlines have a special seat that a 'customer of size' can test
before boarding. Too big means paying for an additional seat.

Sounds logical to me.

It is "ballast" that probably helps keep the plane on an even keel and
more resistant to turbulence. Some of the hairy flights I've had have been
ones where the plane was half empty and felt much less stable.

If the plane is overweight, you may not reach your destination.

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I agree with you. I do understand that some people are overweight due
to medical
conditions,

Of course, even if you have a medical condition, this doesn't entitled
you to more airline space any more than it would require GM give you a
Cadillac at the price of a Metro (or whatever their smallest car is
now). If you had a medical condition requiring you to lie down in a
group of 3, 4, or 5 seats, then you wouldn't be entitled to those seats
for the price of a single seat. If you are 7'6", you wouldn't be
entitled to a first class seat at the price of economy, so why would an
extra wide person feel entitled to more than the width of one economy
seat if they only paid for one?

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I agree with you. I do understand that some people are overweight due
to medical conditions, but many are just down right fat, as they eat too much.

Virtually no one is overweight due to any medical condition.
Overeating causes obesity.


How wrong you are -- I have an aunt who basically can't keep anything
down, yet she still puts on weight due to her medication.


It is interesting that the medication has so many calories.

Weight gain is caused by taking in more calories than you use.

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How wrong you are -- I have an aunt who basically can't keep anything
down, yet she still puts on weight due to her medication.


It is interesting that the medication has so many calories.

Weight gain is caused by taking in more calories than you use.


Steroids can cause HUGE weight gain in very short amounts of time. I
believe it is an issue of water retention.

Tracey writes:

Steroids can cause HUGE weight gain in very short amounts of time. I
believe it is an issue of water retention.

Water isn't fat.

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Tracey writes:

Steroids can cause HUGE weight gain in very short amounts of time. I
believe it is an issue of water retention.

Water isn't fat.

True -- But she got wider, and heavier. That meets the definition of
"overweight" even if the level of fat in her body isn't especially high.

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DevilsPGD wrote:
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I agree with you. I do understand that some people are overweight due
to medical conditions, but many are just down right fat, as they eat too much.

Virtually no one is overweight due to any medical condition.
Overeating causes obesity.


How wrong you are -- I have an aunt who basically can't keep anything
down, yet she still puts on weight due to her medication.


It is interesting that the medication has so many calories.

Weight gain is caused by taking in more calories than you use.

Medications that screw with your metabolism can do very interesting
things to you.

She's on a huge number of medications (most of which only treat
symptoms, but do make life livable for her), including those that toy
with her metabolism, and steroids (which causes water retention -- It
may not be fat, but it has definitely caused her to be overweight)

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"Casual Observer" writes:

... which can't be lifted in an exit row on this plane (MD-80), such
that he intruded into that part of my seating area, too.

Why was such a lardball in the exit row to begin with?

I'm 6'4 and 350lbs myself, and I not only don't have mobility problems,
I could not only lift the door, I could probably life and maneuver two
of them at once without any difficulty should the need arise.

One thing you may be forgetting, until a lard ball hits the point where
his body can't handle it, unless you work out a ton, he's probably a lot
stronger then you.

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I agree with you. I do understand that some people are overweight due
to medical conditions, but many are just down right fat, as they eat too much.

Virtually no one is overweight due to any medical condition.
Overeating causes obesity.


How wrong you are -- I have an aunt who basically can't keep anything
down, yet she still puts on weight due to her medication.


It is interesting that the medication has so many calories.

Weight gain is caused by taking in more calories than you use.


Medications that screw with your metabolism can do very interesting
things to you.

Great, but this doesn't entitle a person to more room than paid for.
If more room is needed, forever the reason, be prepared to pay for it.

DevilsPGD writes:

Medications that screw with your metabolism can do very interesting
things to you.

They can't make you fat, unless you also overeat.

She's on a huge number of medications (most of which only treat
symptoms, but do make life livable for her), including those that toy
with her metabolism, and steroids (which causes water retention -- It
may not be fat, but it has definitely caused her to be overweight)

Her excess weight may simply be water. Water is weight but it can be
gained and lost very quickly indeed, so it doesn't count for obesity.
And anyone carrying hundreds of pounds of excess weight entirely in
the form of water has a serious and acute health problem.

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