Man Stands on 7 Hour Flight Because of Obese Passenger
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 พ.ย. 2011
- --A passenger is forced to stand during a seven hour flight on a US Airways flight from Anchorage, Alaska.
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Whilst the overweight customer is a paying customer, so is the one who had to stand. No one should have their seat taken because someone else doesn't fit in their seat. That's just absurd. If he paid for that seat, he paid for that seat. He's not the one who doesn't fit.
Brianna Gordy I'm a fat girl and I agree with you 100% it is a business.
Natalie McGovern I thought that too but then I thought maybe he was squished during take off and stood later..
Yeah but I bet he can pay for two meals-- NO PROBLEM!!
if a fat ass like that wants to take up two seats buy 2 tickets for each of your ass cheeks
He should get a refund :/
I believe overweight people who are taking up two seats should pay for 2 tickets.
They do
I 100% agree
Lucas Yes! Agreed! Sorry you're obese, but just like when paying extra for those Xx and Xxx shirts, you pay extra for that second sest.
Noel Mulcahy Funny. You're saying that to someone who was obese. I was *over* 200 pounds. You have the weight, you pay for it. I did.
Lucas Most airlines have you buy two seats, and then refund your second seat if the flight's not fully booked. Thank God. Because for people like me, when flying costs $2,000 one way, it's just not affordable to buy two seats.
I was an obese person and avoided airplanes. Once needing to fly, I wanted to avoid the embarrassment for myself and other passengers, so I purchased two seats. Well when I boarded my two seats were joined by an arm rest that could not be raised! I quietly told the stewardess of the problem . She made a big deal of it, said there was nothing she could do and ask me to take my seat. All at the top of her voice! I am normally a passive person and would have just tried to sit down. But instead I stood my ground and at the top of my voice I yelled back at her! “I paid for two seats so that the people around me could be comfortable” A few moments later, A man from first class came back and asked what was wrong. He was told. Then he leaned to the man in the seat on the other side of me ( where the arms moved) said something, and that man got up and moved to fist class, I was able to lift the arm rest and sit in his seat. The first class man sat beside me where the armrest did not move. He then apologized , told me he was an off duty pilot and we got first class service all the way. I have since lost 150 lbs and no long have to buy two seats.
W
That's amazing
That was brave of you to argue your case to her, in her language of being unreasonably loud. And congratulations on the weight loss. I bet it feels good to be able to do certain things without being out of breath.
You were very courteous to purchase two seats.
150lb jesus good for you
Absolutely nuts. He paid for a seat! I hope he sued big time!
Because now the Obese person is given more consideration than the guy standing up would have been given😦😦😦
This is 5 years old why is TH-cam recommending me this
Superblobby exactly! I thought this was recent until I saw your comment...
six years old
same
no, five.
Superblobby now it's six
Folks who are big know when they need two seats. I'm sorry I don't care if you're fat due to metabolism, glandular issues or because you just like to eat. The bottom line is that you're being inconsiderate. I'm not a small woman. I would purchase 2 seats before I would go through the embarrassment of spilling over on a stranger or making someone stand because I'm being an asshole. No one cares why you're fat. What matters is why you didn't buy that second seat.
Chama B. You know how much that would cost???
Tiana Philips You know how much i costs the passenger who paid for their seat,but never get the chance to actually sit in it? Then not being able to get a full refund for it? A lot
(shrugs) sorry to say...not my problem. You know what your situation is. Save the extra money to buy two seats. Folks being big is not the fault of the person that had the bad luck to get placed next to them.
Exactly, and a lot of people have mentioned that there are airlines that will refund you for the second seat you bought as long as the plane is not fully seated. People shouldnt have to suffer during a flight they paid for just because others wont admit that they need an extra seat physically
Well put. I appreciate how you view this issue. If more folks had your mindset and took responsibility for themselves, things like this video would never exist.
I use to be morbidly obese and flew. I realized that I was filling up more space than I should. I apologized to the person next to me and bought him drinks. Afterwards I decided that until I lost weight I was going to have to purchase 2 seats. It’s just not fair to other passengers. Thankfully I lost 200 lbs and I’m half my previous size and I fit nicely in one seat. Perhaps an alternative plan for the airlines is to have 1 or 2 “bariatric” seats per flight and charge a bit more for those
Honestly, you seem like a nice person. I wouldn't have minded you sitting next to me, if you offered some drinks. The only thing that no one should tolerate on a plane is a child under the age of 6. They scream, yell, and annoy the rest of us. It's actual torture.
Congratulations on your weight loss! It must have been such a great feeling that the first time you took a flight and fit comfortably. I understand the feeling as I lost 160 lbs myself. Gained a bit back after a car accident, but I am now ~20 pounds away from my goal weight again :) I remember not even being comfortable behind the wheel in my car and having to push the seat back despite having short legs. I couldn't fit the old-fashioned desks in university classes or put the desk down in the old lecture hall row seating as I carried all my weight abdominally. I felt horrible everywhere and always stood out. Luckily, I never took up more than a seat and never had trouble using the seatbelts while flying, but I am sure I would have gotten there had I continued down the road I was on. So glad I am far away from that nightmare, and I'm so happy that you are as well. Sounds like both of us understood the detrimental effects of our size-- I am grateful that I didn't convince myself I was healthy and cringe at the thought of how I would be today if I had deluded myself.
You didn't realize you were morbidly obese prior to boarding that plane??? How did you not realize you would be taking someone else's seat?! Drinks doesn't make up for making someone else very uncomfortable.
@@AtillatheFun I would rather have a young child or baby sitting beside me than an obese person. I have experienced this on a couple of flights. Yes they did cry a little, but at least I had a comfortable seat without someone squashing the life out of me.
@@franceskronenwett3539 Yeah nah. Two different types of stress. A fatty is physical stress, while a child is mental stress. Your preference depends on what kind of pain you can deal with.
He absolutely should have been refunded and anyone that obese should have to buy 2 seats that is completely unacceptable to squish anyone because you have chosen to be obese and don’t meet the standard. By forcing someone who paid for a seat not overflowing and making it unsafe and uncomfortable is 100% the responsibility of the airline. Period how awful for a person to have to stand unsafely for 7 hours when they paid for a seat.
I am obese. when I fly I buy two tickets and call ahead to make sure I get them beside each other and preassigned. I understand what a burden I would be if someone was forced to be pressed up against my lard for the entirety of a flight. it's absolutely unfair to the other passenger. I'll either buy two tickets or one first class ticket. I'm glad these guys aren't going so far as to attack fat people because most people do. this is a problem that will only get worse over time, not just because people are getting fatter, but also because the airlines have been making their seats smaller
Help me understand please. Is it difficult to eat in a way where you lose all the weight like avoid fattening foods or skip some meals. If so, why?
Sir Smiles eating is barely half the job to losing weight you have to exercise lolz. there is no magic good it just helps. and once you start to become overweight your flexibility goes your energy goes your balance strength etc. it's not easy to start to come back.
thank you for being so considerate.
efrain martinez that's not even remotely true. If your obese then your bmr should be at least 3000 calories. If you just eat less than 3000 calories then you will loose weight. Eating less than that is extremely easy unless you have a serious addiction to food
jsunh98 Orrrrrrr just buy first class, I think it's cheaper.
If you take up two seats you should have to pay two prices.
Jason C. if you take up only half a seat, is it half off?
+Haosheng Xu youd have to share the other half then
Haosheng Xu, he was forced to stand so he got less than even half a seat.
Jason C.
If you take up two seats you should be classed as luggage.
you hilarious
MY question is why didn't the obese man have to be the one to stand?
Why should the obese man get to sit instead of the man who actually fits into his seat he paid for?
I would insist on getting a full refund if I were the man who had to stand.
Or, they could have taken turns, every hour or so. Still bad, but at least some acknowledgement of unfairness of situation.
@@joshm3342
If a jumbo sized person were to stand, chances are, they'd block the aisle, inconveniencing everyone, including FAs.
@@kiwisweetheart71
@@Brian-uy2tj Agreed. If they can't fit in the seats, expect to sit in the cargo hold.
Delta tried to seat a huge woman next to me in First class (domestic) and they knew I am severely arthritic. They had put my walker in the luggage area. I refused. They sat her next to another person, who had to be miserable. Punch line is, when they offered to adjust her seat belt, she told them she had brought her own rxtender. She knew she would not fit in one seat.
The guy standing should have gotten a free flight
JaredYT Silent Voice ?
Nifty obviously
Jasper Van Nieuwkerke "there is no other seat"
There were probably some open seats in first class.
PNWresistance probably, and if there is then he should be given that seat
"It's not somebody's decision to be overweight" it very often is.
***** There are thousands of not millions of people with hypometabolic issues that manage to stay at a healthy weight. I'm sorry, there just aren't many excuses.
Lily Cakes1 if that were true wouldn't there be a lot of fat cavemen no because they didn't have seats and had to hunt
wow such a great arguement obviously every fat person just says to themselves "im going to be fat bc its so fun!!!". fuck you.
***** That may be true but it still isn't a valid excuse.
Right all you have to do is look back 30 years and see that people were far far skinnier than they are today. Did their genes evolve to make them become obese? I think not.obviously it all comes down the calorie intake: fast food places offering much larger portions, and the advent of the internet to complete the lazy cycle must have had an impact because nothing else changed much
The obese person must reserve 2 seats, end of the story, this is NOT discrimination, is not anybody's fault, and no stranger should pay physically or mentally for your obese condition.
It definitely is discrimination xD self reporting your ignorance. Not every situation is binary chum, learn how to count past 2 and you'll know what i mean
How can that be discriminating? It's like sending a package in the mail, the bigger the package, the more it costs, that does not mean bigger packages are beein discriminated, it simple means it's bigger!! People nowadays see discrimination everywhere 🤦♂️
@@philosopher9672 Someone who is obese has the God given right to overlap on the passenger sitting next to them. Feel better now?
@@melanier7309 LOL id feel better if you'd learn how to read, I guess you think it's your God given right to overlap your stupidity on me?
Ha, no. I said the situation isn't binary, as in, there aren't just two options, as in, instead of discriminating against either party intentionally or not, we should focus our energy on finding better solutions that can accommodate both. We're still flying in planes from the 90s, but we d@mn sure aren't paying 90s prices, why don't you complain about airlines pocketing your money instead of using their ever growing profit margins to pay for "better" planes or accommodations or what have you
@@philosopher9672 shut up, if you don’t wanna fly on planes then don’t, instead of complaining because you’re too broke to afford it.
Here's what you do.... you have a gate that the customer has to pass through to get to the ticket desk. The gate is exactly as wide as a seat with it's armrests down. If the customer cannot pass through the gate, they have to go around and pay for 2 seats.
No fuss, no muss. No call-outs about being judgemental. It's as blatant, and arbitrary, as stating a maximum weight allowance for an elevator. You don't argue with the elevator. If you overload it, bad things happen.
1. Seats should be bigger
2. U take up 2 seats u pay for 2 seats
3. Don’t intake a surplus of calories or go on a walk everyday.
4. Don’t eat 20 meals a day that consist of sugar and fat. Also exercise fat fuck
@@LightningsGames yo i eat shit food all day everyday , a bit of man boobs sure but im not obese . You know how? I walk alot, its easy and refreshing . Doesnt matter what you eat as long as you burn it off . Simple
@@coreyaherne5052 its eazy because you have motivation or you probably like walking, but what if excercicing is a pain in the ass for someone, than it became extremely harder, and for the ppl that are already fat its even harder, because they just go up the stairs and they are already exhausted.
@@coreyaherne5052 also eating is a coping mechanism and it become an addiction. When some ppls are anxious, they eat, and they start to really like eating, it makes them feel better, like some ppls like alcohol, and then it became a dangerous addiction and its really hard.
WHY IS THIS IN MY RECOMMENDED AFTER 8 FREAKING YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!
excuse me did you just say frea*ing
Wtf same
yup
Same brah
This is my theory: TH-cam notices people don’t like a lot of the channels nowadays so they keep us nostalgic with old school, lowres videos. I’m not complaining about it though, have had some nice recommendations lately!
I'm an obese person who always buys two seats or flies first class. The thing that drives me CRAZY is how hard the airlines make it to do so! None of the online ordering sites have an option to buy two seats for a single person... you just have to order two seats and then put the same name for the second seat or "My Name Seat #2" or something... and every. single. time. I've done this, even times that I've called to talk to a human being to make sure I did it right, everyone involved at the airline was totally confused about why my name was on two seats or why I had two tickets but only one person showed up. One particular time that still rankles me to think about it: I was doing a manual check-in. I made it clear that I had two seats because I was clearly fat and needed extra space... and yet when I got to my seat, they had not properly logged my extra seat, so there was already someone sitting in the middle seat when I arrived. I got it resolved, but the whole point of paying extra is so that I don't have to face those "OMG, no!" looks I got that day, and it seems like the system refuses to give me a way to do that with any security that I won't pay the extra money and still have a humiliating, terrible experience.
See this. This is an actual problem. If you need 2, you should be forced to use 2. But god fuckin damn booking already sucks dont make a system set up to shame people, for litterally being considerate. Its 100% easier to not do anything, but because you are. You get punished. Shits wild.
That's very considerate of you. What concerns me is how obese this country is on general that we'd need a system in place to accommodate. I think we need to look into why this is and why it's so common for Americans to reach such deadly weights. Addiction is a real thing, be it drugs or....food.
This isnt an issue if you just lose weight. You are here complaining when you could solve this problem.
@@zoggrog8823 your a legend
Should be a couple of fat man's seats.
There is a simple solution to this problem:
Pull aside obese passengers to see if they reasonably fit into a test seat similar to rollercoasters and let the staff make the judgment. They already do this with seeing if your carryon can fit in the overhead bin. Sensitivity towards obesity acceptance punishes other passengers.
Like the dummy thing for luggage. LOL good idea
This should not just be restricted to planes. Travellers on trains and buses are also affected by obese passengers who spill over into the neighbouring seat.
I have always thought it strange that airline passengers have to pay extra for excess luggage, but not for excess body size and weight.
@@franceskronenwett3539Apparently politics matter more than common sense.
you need to pay for the seat your taking up, period.
Syntax! yes! and same as they do with luggage, they should make with dimensions/space available per passenger per seat otherwise pay the extra they will be using. Should be not only about service but safety for all.
Annabelle H I like the way u spell "syntax"
Anna Starr she didn't spell it dumbass.
Anna Starr uhh what? :p
***** Syntax is a word with a different meaning from sin tax. Syntax is a noun meaning the order and choice of words. For example you could discuss the effect of the syntax used in a book.
Sin tax is a tax on items such as alcohol - ones that people could argue are sinful.
Annabelle was using the word because it's the username of the person she was responding to.
If he payed 800 dollars for a seat but only got half a seat then they should've at LEAST given him half his money back
Should have gotten all of his fucking money back
xD
He couldn't sit in his seat at all, so they should pay all his money back. Plus, it's them not fufilling their service agreements by not providing a full seat.
Try reading the service contract that the airlines have and you'll see that they don't even guarantee that they will take you to your destination.
At best, you're paying to get yourself and your baggage to a destination, not how comfortable you might be in the process. Because of fuel costs and such, the profit margin for airlines can be rather minimal. They probably have a formula for calculating how much delayed luggage is worth to you, how much half a seat is worth, etc. The fact is, flying *cargo* could probably be more comfortable. I was going to say that they pack us in like sardines in a can, but that's not accurate since at least sardines get to lay out straight and not in contortions. :)
Vomitiing Dragon but he didn't use the seat. $800 back plus a free flight in the future
On a full flight from Dallas to Seattle, I was seated (isle) next to a 6'7 400 lb (estimates) young man. The first thing he said to me, (older than his mom) as his body suffocated mine was-
"I'm attracted to older women".
My thought for the 5 hour flight was.....this will be in my book one day...oh yes.
I almost had to sit next to 2 obese people on a flight from NC to CA… nearly 6 hours. A nice man gave up his whole row just so he could sit with his wife, and I could sit alone. I will never forget him
*opens video*
*Immediately goes to comments before watching video*
Same. It's why people should read, more. You get so much more information from the time you dedicate to it, as opposed to videos. I don't really bother watching documentaries, I just read and learn ten times as much.
Innit lol
I expected fat acceptance down here.
Thank god I haven’t found it.
@@yoshikagekira5880 Same
That is legit what I am doing I just paused the video to look at the comments
They should have deals, where the fat person pays 50% of the second seat, and anyone brave enough to sit there gets that 50% off.
No... They should pay for 2 seats, if they take up more than one seat. That is totally unacceptable. How can one be expected to stand for 7 hours? What if the person next to the obese person is elderly? Or pregnant? The airline should have offered him a first class seat on the next flight free of charge.
Ryan Tariq im 190,but when I start taking up 2 seats I'll go on a diet!
Ryan Tariq I think what keeps me from expanding is that I still cycle to and from work and let my gf take the car,half hour to work,half hour home, and I don't eat after 9 at night and have one chocolate bar a day. Because I've been the same weight sine I was 18 I just try to enforce those rules,but not with an iron fist you know.
Octavian Caesar Hourigan 190 isn't bad depending on height. I'm 6'3 and 196lbs it fits me well even though I'm trying to get down to 185
+Boobalopbop ... No decent human being is going to sit there and watch an elderly or pregnant woman stand. Society hasn't completely gone to shit.
About 15 years ago, I got stuck in the middle seat between 2 morbidly obese people for a 7 hour flight. Their fat spilled into my space and rested on my thighs. I was packed in so tight that I couldn’t move my arms.
I was so crippled that the stewardess had to help me off the flight. It took 3 visits to the chiropractor before I could walk normally again.
Holy shit
This was very unfair to you. If one is that heavy they must pay for two seats there’s no way around it. And I am probably 60 or 70 pounds overweight… But I do not fly anymore at my age and weight. The airlines should have refunded your money plus giving you some extra for your very very inconvenience. I’m sorry about your horrible flight that day.
Nicolas, I hope you have a wonderful fun filled weekend. ☺😉🦋🌷🌝🌈
Drama much?
I was squashed between two lage passengers a few years ago. It made breathing difficult. After an hour I couldn`t stand it anymore and asked the hostess if there was another seat. She found one for me. It was wonderful!
This dude could’ve faked falling down when the plane took off, and he could’ve sued the SHIT out of the airline.
They said he stood *most* of the flight. I'm sure he was seated during take-off and landing or they wouldn't have taken off.
It’s not the airlines fault tho, he should sue the fat guy lol
all jokes aside You seem to think you’re funny! Who is laughing?
TindraBeam who pissed in your coffee?
katymvt He can fall while turbulence happened and still sued them
I don't care why someone is fat. If you don't fit in one seat, pay for two.
Agreed 👏👏
@Steph's life that went from 0 to 100 very fast.
Anyway, 99.9% of the time, there's only one reason you're overweight: you eat more than u should. That's settled science
Steph's life So he should kill himself because he thinks that somebody doesn't have the right to knowledgeably steal someone's seat? It's perfectly reasonable to say if you take up two seats you need two seats. It's kind of common sense.
Lol
I would have taken a seat in the bathroom. I mean it's better than standing for 7 hours...
I once saw a TV show where the staff at Southwest airways would use an airplane seat in a private room to discreetly determine whether a person could occupy a seat without compromising the adjacent seat(s). This avoided the embarrassment for all involved while actually onboard the aircraft and it gave the person in question the opportunity to travel on a less crowded flight or to pay for an additional seat.
you paid for one seat. you can't spill into another.
Punk senpai I dont think you can do that unless they cut the fat off which would nit be good.
C. Moore That is the point. You can not pay fot one seat and take two. If you are going to need two seats you have to pay for two seats. They know they are overwieght and need more then one seat.
I doubt the airlines will change anything, but they definitely should not allow someone to stand for a flight. That's dangerous.
Punk senpai You're absolutely right
don't they have to pay more for themselves? me and all the bags i can bring to the airport will still weigh less that just a fat fuck
The airline cabin crew should have offered the standing passenger one of their jump seat if that's the case.
I was just going to make the same comment you did until I red yours, That's right let standing passenger use one of the cabin crews seat I would of gladly excepted one of those seats and not ask for my money back
Yeah, there's more to this story I'm sure.
DIONNE FRANCIS-BROWN only crews can sit on jump seats. They are part of the safety equipment and they need to be used by those rated to. Ideally those who don't sit well into 1 seat should buy an other 1, I am aware it's not always possible.
Hotel Bravo But how is letting a passenger stand for all those ours safer than letting them use one of their seat? he paid for a seat he didn't pay to get in the plane and stand for hours
NO, they should not. That would be putting them in more risk.
The amazing thing to me is that both the obese passenger and the guy inconvenienced were amicable about it. In 2022, this would have been a full-blown onboard brawl.
For people with healthy emotional and mental balance, that doesn't happen because they don't want to get thrown off the flight.
It's not glandular, it's self loathing and laziness.
People who spill over into another passenger's seat should be made to pay for two seats. Having to stand for seven hours on a flight is totally unacceptable.
That guy didn’t have to stand. Bet he wouldn’t have put up such a bitch with a sumo wrestler sitting beside him.
Actually, we are which is why I was so surprised.
Actually, airlines now require "persons of size"; yes, that's a real identifier; to PURCHASE THE SEAT NEXT TO THEM. The guideline is both armrests must be able to be lowered into place. ***30 yr. Flight attendant
Making people pay for 2 seats for something they cant control is kinda discriminatory.
@@midjelly8837 yeah, but unfortunately, the FAA makes the rules. It's about access to an exit in an evacuation emergency. That's why seatbelt extensions (which an airline will provide) are NOT allowed in emergency exit rows. This is for U.
S. airlines. In Europe, I've seen some scary & questionable practices. BTW, the coach seat size of 20 inches hasn't been changed since 1977! My ass has gotten considerably BIGGER since then...LOL
I've got nothing against obese people but if you happen to be obese you should know better, you know you're not gunna fit into a teeny weeny seat and you need to do something about it
Buy two seats
ur 10? Get off youtube
Iman Ahmud Kirmani why start shit if ur 10. dumbass kid
As someone who's fat, I pay more for a seat where I'm not fucking over someone's day.
Iman Ahmud Kirmani youre actually an idiot.
Just found this video and 11 years later it is still an issue. This happened to me on a flight from PA to CA. When I notified the flight attendant that I couldn't get the armrest down, she forced it down, and I still had to lean out into the aisle. When I asked for gin and tonics, they were given to me free of charge.
I have had this issue before. The obese passenger was issued a extra extension for their seat belt. They could only walk sideways down the aisle. I was on a six hour flight from Orlando to LA. Delta had oversold the flight. This is horrendous for the passenger who booked a seat and could only physically access half of it as the other passenger was too large. The flight crew knew at checkin/boarding this was an issue!!!
If you don't fit in a seat with both armrests down you should have to buy two seats period.
Corey Schmidt three, because if he spills into half of each seat on either side, it's three in total.
Mark Carter you're argument is absurd. yes extremely fat people should have to buy 2 seats if they don't fit in one. it's not discrimination, it's paying for services rendered. by your logic it should cost the same to ups a couch and a chair. charging more for the couch is unfair since they're both pieces of furniture. take a step back and listen to how dumb you sound.
Mark Carter it was a basic size comparison but you are too stupid to get it. there is a clearly defined volume of space for every seat on an airplane, if you exceed it you pay for 2. and to address your earlier moronic statement about airlines adding more seats. maybe you forgot that over a decade ago southwest and several other airlines removed seats to replace and provide passengers with more leg room. but no you're right, someone who fits in a seat should be put out, or forced to be extremely uncomfortable so some tub of lard doesn't feel fat shamed for being forced to buy two seats. and just so you know, I weigh over 300 pounds and fit in a single seat just fine. so take your politically correct safe space loving socialist mentality and shove it up your ass! idiots like you are why the United States is failing.
You shouldn't be allowed on a fucking aircraft, period.
Yh
The big guy should have bought two seats. Period. I say that as a big guy that has done that.
Big Nasty username checks out
"Because the way one was born" doesn't really make sense, sure you can be tall, but that won't make you spill over into the other persons seat. If someone is morbidly obese they weren't "born that way", they ate their way to that state.
IQderAdel You do realize being that overweight is extremely unhealthy right? If you know you won’t fit in one seat you should buy two. It was the obese persons fault the other passenger had to stand. Grow up being overweight is a death sentence.
IQderAdel you’re trying so hard to be an SJW arent you? Have you listened in class in middle school? You have a lack of understanding of obesity and you think people are born with Obesity? You really need to educate yourself on the human body. Have a nice day :v)
Marcelo 747 well if they can’t afford 2 seats then maybe he shouldn’t spend so much money on food lmao
I have addressed this before take off. I told the flight attendant, "I can't put the arm rest down. The arm rest must be down." They moved me to another seat. This has to be handled BEFORE take off. Moving me may have forced them to reschedule another passenger. They did not ask the obese man to get off the flight so, I assume they had enough seats. Nevertheless, we all know the rules. Makes sure they enforce them before it's too late.
Pesky algorithm...as a American average sized woman myself in the past 20 years airline seats have gotten A LOT smaller. My 5'5 120 lb daughter just fits into a seat. This is the airline designating seats smaller so more people can be packed in like cattle and then they raise the price of flights. Its basically fitting all of you into a metal folding chair and about as comfortable for hours and expecting no part of you to go across that edge line. With grown kids now, my next vacation is taking the AMTRAK, might take me a bit longer but the comfort can't be beat and cheaper than flying and be able to pack whatever luggage I want.
The wrong gentleman got 7 hours of exercise.
Chris Tamblyn that's not exercise though
Chris Tamblyn What do you mean wrong
Sarcasm much?
If the obese man was standing that would be an even bigger safety hazard
Clorox Bleach
I could have had a V8. Smack!
they need to refund that guy in full and offer him a free flight.
84neilbone and send an a few escorts over to his room
He needs to pay for two seats...
why not charge by the pound and accomodate the general public and not yur gd stockholders? because you cannot in current capitalist economic system.
what thos video shows is capitalist systemic failure. such maladaptive problems are shot through our entire society, every social interaction is invariably off, unnatural, skewed, inefficient, wasteful and opportunity expensive. humanity better do better quick. it aint about me.
jeff walther I don't think it should be by weight, because people who only take up one seat shouldn't have different prices if one person is like 110lbs and another person is 150lbs. I think if you're obese you need to pay for 2 seats because that's what they take up. 🤔
Samantha G. i understand your good, but difficult to state point! that is, that occupation of available space is the problem, weight being, unusual in aviation, irrelevent. ne cest pas?
there are competitive, adversarial, mutually-exclusive interests competing vitally for that available space, its definition, etc. e.g., legal, humane, security, economic, personal, etc.
Okay, I've been following you for nearly six years now, David - and this video only came up in my recommendations TODAY. I was BEYOND CONFUSED for quite a few seconds - "Is THAT David? He looks like he's fresh out of college! Did I/he time-travel - what the heck's going on?" Good to see you were still informative and balanced, even back then!
The solution when an airline over books a flight by giving a morbidly obese passenger a row seat is to give that obese passenger the flight attendant's seat where thy can spill out over the sides of the seat without effecting anyone and seat the flight attendant in the row seat on the aisle.
Forcing a paying passenger to stand for a seven hour flight is absolutely absurd
Nigga those fat asses gotta buy there own row
I sat next to a *morbidly obese* woman recently, who kind of realized she was squashing the shit out of me. I kept polite though and didn't say anything. After 30 minutes when the drinks trolley came, she bought me 10 mini bottles of vodka and a bottle of coke! Literally out of nowhere. Long story short, I got nicely tipsy and fell asleep. Moral of the story: *be polite* and *get drunk*.
lol hell yeah!
She wanted to get you drunk then play with your ding dong
And someone will say "you're not being body positive." Dying young is not body positive.
"You're being mean."
Tell that to the man standing 7hrs
Lan Feng well said! They want us to sugarcoat evetything. That is just twisted leftist brainwashing. We should encourage heathy lifestyle, not just blindly praise anything.
Camille B I agree because right now it's basically switching the ideal body from skinny to curvy. Instead of promoting anorexia where they are not eating or just throwing it up to alot of girls forcing themselves to eat more and more past what they CAN physically eat because curvy is attractive. Skinny shaming is also a thing, but we have double standards it's like how people view rape with a women is more serious than with a man despite both being rape. It's the same thing. Fat shaming and skinny shaming are just equally as harmful, or possibly more so because more people are more blindly sympathetic to fat or obese people. They are both unhealthy.
BIG BOY ROY because of shitheads with no brain Japan and South Korea - even more developed than US - hate on Americans. Japan deduced their immigration to nearly zero. You can continue your low life without knowing anything, hating on everyone. Good luck with that.
You’re very beautiful and I am very happy that you are not giving into the pressure of being curvy. I personally find skinny and fit girls to be very attractive especially Asian.
BIG BOY ROY you actually insut me with no reason whatsoever. Could you please calm down? What makes you think that you know about me and my opinions on imigration? I actually know about what you wrote, I respect them for their decision. Calling me naughty names is just showing me that you are incapable of normal discussion. As a matter of fact, I have always been interested in history and I have studied international relationships, which included wast years of studies of culture, history, political phylosophy, law and economy. I am not naive. I just don’t get your rant in here. Who do you reffer to as a mud? You just hode behind annonymity of youtube but if you met me in real life, you would be actually forced to have normal conversation or if not and would decide to verbally attack me, you would only proove yourself a fool. So again: you didn’t give me any info I didn’t know, you verbally attacked me knowing a shit about me or my background and bonus fact - you are mixing some relevant facts with nonsence rambling. Btw I agree on Japanese policy since their birth ratio is very low. If you don’t have anything polite or factual thing to say, please don’t reply. Thank you.
This is the most popular David Pakman show video of all time. We need to study this.
I got stuck between 2 HUGE guys who were obviously traveling together, as they both brought 2 sacks of fast food. I thought it was a hidden camera prank but no such luck.
I would sit on the toilet
Unknown I was thinking that too👍😂
Lol, I thought about that.
i would sit in the attendants jump seat... actually i would make fatty sit there
could you possibly sit on a stewardess' face for the entirety of the flight?
Ronald Pagan • _that_ sounds like a good idea.
It's no secret how big the seats are on a plane. Obese passengers should pay for two seats if they're going to use two seats. Problem solved, end of story.
Rs Rt thats what we hope they would do, but they dont obviously! problem not solved
that's the stupidest response I thought
Rs Rt it was what it was. The flight attendants could have given him one their seats or had the obese person get off the plane and wait for the next one. Or offered the inconvenience passenger the next flight w a first class upgrade.
Oh yeah they're tiny. I'm a regular sized person and I nearly fill the seat.
vixenmrb the flight attendants can't give up their seats for safety and regulation reasons. it's illegal to do and they would be put in danger. contrary to popular belief, their job isn't too serve you food. it's to keep everyone safe
Absolutely not. They should have made the obese man stand. If you cause the problem, you have to provide the solution. He should have bought two seats.
Couldn’t airplanes have a few “American” sized seats that costs more?
He should not stand for that.
Timothy Bauer I feel like that was a pun...
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No just just no
Timothy Bauer 😂😂😂
King Potatus You think that fat ass can fit through a plane window?
Fuck fat people
why wasn't the fat guy required to buy two seats?
nya cuz it doesn't ask for ur weight on the website duh
nya cuz he was faced with a. Choice of buying the 2nd seat or food and we’ll obviously the fat guy went with the food so....
Berk West that was funny don't listen to that killjoy👆 phahahaha🤣
most of the time they do buy two seats (because imagine being super large and squished asf. itd suck.). however, when you buy two seats for one person, you are only buying the opportunity to buy two seats for one person due to the "as many people on the plane as possible" attitude that airlines have. this means that if u buy two seats for one person, the airline is still eligible to sell one of your seats so that another person can sit there. when this happens u dont get a refund either. it's a crock of shit
Gleeky Cheeze thats fucked up
Just here because of the 1Billion views story.
He realized *and still didn't care* or else *he would've gotten two seats.*
This is just _plane_ wrong.
PowahSlap Entertainmint god damnit
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Nnniiiiccccceeeee
I wouldn't _stand_ for that kind of service.
Take this like and get out
they need to make special seats for obese people. or obese need to be charged two seats. that guy paid for his seat and couldnt enjoy it, therefore, he should be refunded.
JohnDoe Kassem Airlines dont need to do anything but charge for 2 seats.
JohnDoe Kassem in europe this is the case and it is accepted. flight could not leave until everyone is seated correctly!
JohnDoe Kassem 'special seats'? unless the person can't possibly do anything loose weight, obese people should make some changes to themselves, those seats were specifically designed for average sized people, for everyone, if someone failed to stay healthy whether it was eating too much or not exercising that is no ones problem but theirs.
But the USA doesn't appear to be as flight safety conscious as other countries e.g. Australia.
Jp.Girl i dont think that its always the case that to be obese is a choice, but that is not really the point. I think its more about whats real and equitable. If two people visiting NYC want to buy a ticket to fly home, then the cost is not necessarily going to be the same, if one lives in washington DC and the other in paris. The circumstances are different. on the other hand if both passengers were flying from NYC to DC, but one has no luggage, whilst the other has 6 suit cases and a trunk, the cost will be vastly different. Its not logical as was mentioned on the report to say that its disciminatory, sometimes the factors involved prevent equal treatment to what appears to be a similar requirement. In europe, space/capacity requirement is the primary factor, therefore additional seats have to be purchased otherwise the plane does not fly! In the same token, a young baby eventhough the child is a human being requires very little space and takes up little capacity, but that baby is still recorded on the manifest.....long winded comment but I think it demonstrates logic and equitability over possible charges of discrinimation. Cheers!
I’m not a small person but occupy my personal airplane seat. I remember taking a LONG flight from
Anchorage with a 2 year-old on my lap (allowed then, not sure if OK now) SANDWICHED between two morbidly obese people. It was one HELL of a horrible flight. Hot, sweaty, uncomfortable, SQUEEZED. While I have compassion for others… NEVER AGAIN!
I can't _stand_ people like this.
Ew
Knorkrax
No stop
Well someone Can *stand* it. For seven ours. Poor guy.
Ayyy lmao
Honestly if you are so obese that it’s bothering other people you need to start going on a diet or working out. There’s not excuse for being obese
do they ever show any footage?? listening to them talk is pointless.
***** Sorry bud. Nothing they are talking about in this vid is interesting enough to listen to for this long . ^^
J. S. This guys voice is so monotone, I almost fell asleep.
I feel like the attitude that nothing is interesting enough to listen to for less than 5 minutes is why our world is so fucked up today.
***** i feel like taking things out of context is also why our world is so fucked up. ^^
***** I fixed my comment so nobody is confused again. ;)
My son stood 9 hours from Japan because of some glutton. The public should not be penalized because of someone's gluttony
I have a solution for both men: get a job as a postal carrier. If you're fat, you'll melt away all those unsightly and obtrusive pounds. If you're willing to stand for several hours to make a statement, I'm sure the USPS would love to have you at their next job fair. After all...they need the dudes.
Dear TH-cam algorithm,
Fuck off. You show me videos from 5 years ago, yet fail to show me videos uploaded 15 MINUTES ago.
Sincerely, Everyone Who's Reading This
Emma Robinson Pretty much, when I saw this in my recommended I was like "What the fuck?"
Emma Robinson so damn true
Jesus Christ same
Spot on Emma.
Emma Robinson Totally agree
How could another man make you stand for 7 hours? No way am I standing for more than 7 minutes I’d do something about that
Edit: wow over 4K people have seen what I’ve written this is the most recognition in ever going to get in my miserable life
Sit on his lap or soemtning if he’s an asshole
that fit Asian That guy's belly is probably touching the seat infront of him. I'm not going to sit on that lard for 7 fucking hours.
Imagine if he'd fart.
GoldMine Insanity Id be taking the parachute.
that fit Asian I'd beat his ass n get kicked out if he took my spot with fat, i wouldn't put up with that
It’s never happened to me, but this is one of my biggest nightmares about travelling. Although, most of my flights are short and within the EU.
That happened to me on a flight from San Francisco to Nagoya. He was not only very big, but he also decided to work on his laptop. 12 hours walking around the airplane!
the morbidly overfat person should have been forced to stand because he was the cause of the problem. that's the only fair solution.
they should ask and not book to many
L8bro no one should stand just for safety reasons. The airline should have been fined and the obese person ask to take the next flight or the other passenger w an upgrade.
or shouldn't be allowed to fly at all
that's an even worse health risk for everyone.
Or just make them buy two tickets. If you can't fit into one and need the arm rest lifted then you need to buy the next seat as well and do it in advance so you don't inconvenience other passengers.
Legend says he's still standing to this day
Some Dude Lol
Some Dude No, the title specifically said "He had to stand for 7 hours"
Dwl
Erm.. the title says the duration of him standing
Very funny!! Still cackling over the choice use of the phrase "Legend says".
I love finding your old videos, back when I didn't know you. So glad to have found you now 3 years ago. Keep on doin' your thing. Love it.
There should be oversized seats at a higher price for weight challenged passengers.
Weight challenged 😂 Didn't know this one.
Anyone who cannot fit into one seat with the arms down MUST be made to buy 2 seats, it's that simple.
Joe Bailey I’ve known people who did buy the extra seat and when they were checking in, the staff saw it was only one person and sold the 2nd seat again.
Joe Bailey No, they shouldn’t be allowed on a plane.
Helen R Yeah if the flight was overbooked the airline company will sell your second seat and not even refund you most of the time without a huge fight. I have seen it happen with second seats for infants and animals all the time. The flight attendants tell you to hold them because they overbooked the flight. Then they guilt trip you like it's entirely your fault someone won't be able to get home.
Dried Noodles that's kind of rude
iceswallowcome dave Its their fault of being so fat
Just make a seat replica outside the gate and if you can't fit you have to pay for an extra seat
Facts. It makes sense... it's sad people let themselves go so much
Hope For the Planet in general they could make the seats larger because there is no room to really spread your legs. They should make it 2 seats per row but they won't cause money.
Facts.
Facts. Exactly!!! Problem fixed. No offense, but that's none of our problems. Why should we be made to stand? It's not fair lol
+Facts. Damn best decision I've heard on this entire thread. 8D
If you're wealthy enough to afford being three times the size of a normal human then you're rich enough to afford paying two seats.
If you cannot sit in your seat safely and only your seat- you should be removed from the flight due to primarily it being a safety risk and for the comfort of all passengers
This is bullshit , the flight attendants have seats which they could have given to the passenger, as they are all taking turn serving there is always at least one seat available for flight attendants. So it only means that the flight attendants refused to give away one of their seats to the passenger , and forced him to stand for 7 hours. The passenger can sue the company for millions , not only for the inconvenience, but for the risk this represented for his life and the safety of other passengers because there had been turbulences he could have seriously injured himself / And the flight attendants know that , as they all have assigned seats in case of turbulences .
Tasha Sghost www.cnn.com/2011/11/25/travel/passenger-of-size/
true story
Morgan Olfursson actually in order to sit it a " jump seat" Wich is a flight attendants seat you have to have special training for safety reasons. I'd u see someone in that seat that doest look like an attendant, that are likely an off dutie Attendant.
Jessica Eiden exactly :)
FAA rules do not allow passengers to sit in jump seats. Do you really believe the passenger can sue the airline for millions? Get real.
if i was that guy, i'd have purposefully fell upon landing. right when you get the jolt of the back tires hitting the ground, make sure you tense your body up as much as possible and don't hold on to anything. fall backwards and complain of head and back injuries and request paramedics so that they can take you to the hospital. you'll have injury attorneys chomping at the bits trying to get you to hire them, because this is an easy fucking big payout.
KytoRS I would have done that too
Love the gnome child
You play osrs?
KytoRS I like how you think
Sad thing is,,,people that over eat and drive up our medical insurance premiums with their Health Issue get protected by the Gov't or some wacked out groups of Chubby Chasers. BUT, the people who stay a NORMAL SIZE get screwed because no one cares about NORMAL PEOPLE anymore. NOT equal treatment...is it...Disturbing.
The larger man should have to inform the airline of his condition and be forced to purchase 2 tickets
I'm curious what would happen if they seated two large people next to each other. How would the flight crew decide who gets to sit in that situation?
Or one in window seat and one in aisle seat. What happens to middle person?
Actually, I think they’d have to put them on opposite sides of the aisle. They need to balance the weight of the plane.
did the man whom had to stand get a full refund yet?
steve b but, he had to stand. and he had to pay for his seat. and had to pay for the ride. he should have gotten a refund if he were to report/ask for it.
(airports wouldnt want a bad record like this going around)
steve b seriously? please tell me you're not really that ignorant
steve b yes they did. the moment they realized fat boy was taking up 2 seats (which was way before take off) he should of been pulled from that flight and told he could purchase another seat on another flight and take another flight! or offer the man stuck standing a 1st class ticket on a next flight out if it's convenient for him.. an over weight person knows they will not fit in a regular plain seat.
steve b You do realise it's also a safety violation to have passengers standing upon take off and landing?
Nonetheless, the guy paid for a seat. One whole seat. He should have received one whole seat. He didn't get the services he paid for. He deserves, and under Australian Consumer Law, is entitled to a full refund. I'm sure America would have a similar consumer law too, but I'm just going on my local knowledge.
steve b You do realise it's also a safety violation to have passengers standing upon take off and landing?
Nonetheless, the guy paid for a seat. One whole seat. He should have received one whole seat. He didn't get the services he paid for. He deserves, and under Australian Consumer Law, is entitled to a full refund. I'm sure America would have a similar consumer law too, but I'm just going on my local knowledge.
Wait a minute.... HE HAD TO BE STANDING UP?? Isn't that dangerous? Aren't they supposed to make him sit and put the belt on no matter what?? This is basically endagermant of a passenger!
+Kristin Ryan I wonder if it's isn't a health hazard as well. Standing up for 7 hours while this high in the air surely isn't good for your blood circulation.
Yes, it is actually a very serious FAA violation and the airline as well as the pilots would face very serious fines, the pilots would face revocation of their licenses, and there could even be criminal charges.
"Best offer $200 refund"
"Best offer $200 back"
Kristin Ryans exactly
Most obese people avoid flying for just this embarrassing reason.
It’s the airline’s responsibility to make their airplanes safe for everyone.
This is 2021…. Overweight passengers have to purchase two seats.
Thats how they handled it.
The airlines and the man need to pay for the other man's seat. That is ridiculous
Eat like two people, seat like two people
Amen
Probably more than 2 people
Should pay like two people aslo
Josh Mcgeough amen
Josh Mcgeough wise words
I was expecting to see footage instead it's just two guys talking for 4 minutes
YG MusicProductions thank you! saved me 4 minutes
YG MusicProductions yeah this is crap
Ricardo Zuniga I wanted to see. Thanks for letting me know prior to the end of this video.....bye, I'm out of here!
What do you expect? It's just going to be a guy stood up on a plane.
Yeah but we wanted to see the fat person
Overweight airline passengers on JetBlue are required to purchase an additional seat, without question. Overweight passengers who do not purchase a second seat will not be permitted to board their flight until they purchase one.
I can't believe they wouldn't refund the guy or give him a voucher for the cost of it at the very least. That's ridiculous.
why wasn't this man forced to pay for two seats? Instead another paying passenger is made to stand posing safety issues for everyone else?
Because the airline would be sued for discrimination, and the fat guy will probably win the case. This is a mad mad world charged with political correctness.
Wrong the precedent has already been established where the airlines can charge for 2 seats when warranted. In fact it's the policy of most airlines.
The airline can be charged for endangering that man life, failing to comply with safety proceeders, and that is before they are even sued for shitty service, standing for 7 hours when you paid for a seat?
They would lose both cases, only one of them could end up with a much larger fine, due to the safety issue
AND if they did have a seat someplace else, I.E First class, they would be hit even harder.
Cathay pacific make obese people pay for 3 seats which makes sense ..i have never seen a problem flying with them
ennea5 they should've given the man a year's worth of 70% off 1at class flying tickets and made the fat guy pay half an extra ticket
I weigh 350 so I always buy two tickets (2 seats). I don’t want to inconvenience others.
Kudos to you!
thank you for having common decency and respect for your fellow passengers👍
David Gantt God bless you big guy.
David Gantt that’s really nice.
Respect
The next time I am on a flight next to an obese person, I'm going to express his/her touching is offensive and unwanted and to stop touching my body at all while I sit without adjusting to their obesity.
The same will be addressed with the supervisor and pilot of the flight.
If not resolved immediately, I will get names and contact information from witnesses on the flight or from the subpoenaed flight manifest.
I will call the airline immediately, and file a verbal report.
Once off the plane, I will file a written report.
I will collect all names and titles in each reporting.
Let me be clear - I dont care about the CAUSATION of their obesity. I DON'T CARE about the obese persons costs to resolve it. Options are available to that person that will not cause harm and unwanted contact they forcefully inflict on me and/or others and their choice NOT to make another choice is NOT my problem, REGARDLESS of what they are required to do or pay so as to NOT INTENTIONALLY assault and/or batter me.
It is NOT my responsibility to leave tje plane, as I am NOT at fault by the sheer obvious fact that I am not causing the problem.
The airline is at fault and the obese person is at fault.
Period.
My lawyer WILL handle it, and the two that are accountable for my safety, the airline and the obese person will PAY ME when it surely would have cheaper to enforce resolution prior to actually being seated on the plane as BOTH would be aware of the assault ahead of boarding caused by doing nothing to protect me - whatever is required to prevent that person from illegal and intentionally assaulting me through unwanted, prolonged, and going physical contact with my body - usually from my shoulder to my ankle and even my feet.
I don't play when it comes to certain issues. I simply will never again tolerate ANY form of crossing ANY of my established and reasonable boundaries by ANYONE, ANYWHERE, FOR ANY REASON, AND BO JUSTIFICATION WILL EVER BE ACCEPTABLE.
Each of us has the reasonable expectation of protecting ourselves. In this day and age protections ARE AVAILABLE TO US. We just follow through to enforce same
I took my Mom and I to a Josh Groban Concert in Indianapolis. The floor seats were folding chairs and the seat next to my Mom was completely covered by an obese man spilling onto her chair. He was dripping sweat profusely and she had to sit on my lap. I was livid!!! These people are so inconsiderate of our right to our space!! Buy 2 seats. The Fieldhouse would not accommodate us in any way. He even used his stomach as a tray to hold all of his snacks! I was angry and disgusted. Why were we penalized for his size and choices? 😡
The 25k dislikes are from overweight triggered people
Exactly
Yup.
@Daniel Guardado Then the like to to dislike ratio would be filped. Ignorance knows no limit to belives.
Get rekt Libtards lmao
I m I N o r how edgy you must have been in 2002
They need to put a seat in beside the ticket line, so you can test to see if you'll fit in one seat BEFORE you get on. Like in amusement parks.
That would actually be one of the cheapest ways to determine such situation and would take the problem out of the aircraft.
But then that would require moving customers who might have prebooked selected seats and then have to be moved. Would cause more chaos
They charge for extra bags because they can't charge for weight so idk. Doubt they'll ever regulate this
Pootha is dark and a little hard stupidest shit I've heard.
Pootha is dark and a little hard very true
please tell me that man got a full refund and a free ticket to anywhere - i would sue that airline for 5 times the cost of my ticket - this is the most awful thing i ever heard of for someone to go thru - imagine standing for 7 hours when he payed for his seat and the other person was intruding on his rights
On the other side of the coin, I have a friend who's quite big, both tall and overweight. He paid for two seats together. He checked in, but they only gave him one boarding pass with one seat. He complained and was told that the plane was overbooked. 3 people were inconvenienced: him and his two passengers to his left and right. He called to get his money back and got the run around. I think he wound up getting something back, but it was in credit. He doesn't fly very often, so I believe it wound up expiring.
I would just sit in the aisle
PurpleWestlo I didn't say during takeoff and landing just during the middle part
Why can't you sit in the aisle? what do you mean the nack will snap off? lol :O
Seriously?!!?
Or is this some kind of joke?
I seriously don't get it? Can u at least explain how?!