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Fat ass passengers.

Question:

A big guy like me can appreciate this story. The most uncomfortable flight I ever had was on an UA 757 Y SEA-IAD nonstop with someone in the middle seat. (I always want a window seat so I can look out.) That’s coming from someone who has flown commuter quite a few times.

Response:

>"I loved reading your article on airline-seat widths. It’s about time Americans >wake up and realize that it’s not the seats shrinking but their (backsides) >getting fatter. I think before we decide to widen the seats and change the >width of the plane, Americans should get off their butts and get some >old-fashioned exercise. – Tom Butts (Yes, this is really my last name.)"

Given standard-sized people in today’s airline seats, what happens is that womens’ butts get stuck and men rub shoulders. Wouldn’t it help if the default seat assignment order was boy-girl-boy-girl?   Alan Gore         |  is like giving whiskey and car keys   Software For PC’s |  to teenaged boys" – P. J. O’Rourke http://www.alangore.com

Response:

> Now, if there were only an airline that catered to fat drunk > smokers with > babies :-)

Who want to recline ;-) Best Greg – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Copyright

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