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AirTran To Begin Requiring Fat Customers To Buy 2nd Ticket
AirTran, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, will begin requiring customers that they deem are too big to fit into one seat to buy another ticket. AirTran was recently bought by Southwest Airlines which had had this policy for the last 30 years. (www.thefloridanewsjournal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The seats are smaller. And the pitch is also smaller, service included.....it is the real "Mass Transit". Cram as many people as you can into a flying tube...close the door and launch!
Nothing is worse than sitting next to someone who spills over into your seat, unless it is a smelly someone who spills over into your seat.
More reasons why I fly my own plane.
More reasons why I fly my own plane.
Maybe just sell tickets by the pound. That's what really matters when figuring weight and balance and fuel burn. That might start a new diet called the "airline deit".
I would agree, but girth definitely means a lot when you are stuck beside a passenger of size...well, it matters to the other passengers anyhow.
Let's don't just pick on large people. I am not sure what the policy on babies is anymore (because if i see a baby or toddler I keep moving down the isle)but persons with a baby should get extra seat also. Babies are always doing foul things and needing changing and room for diaper bags, etc. Some extra space would be a blessing for anyone stuck in that row. I had to put up with mine but I sure don't want to put up with anyone else's. I also didn't subject others to mine. Never took them on an airliner until they were old enough to behave.
Southwest has had the right idea. I like the that Air Tran is trying to make my trip more comfortable.
Ok, now that it has been brought up, I think there should be a regulation to having babies on board. Lets just say that I'd much rather be sitting by a large person, me being large myself than sitting by a mom and her baby. And second, no offense to SWA employees/ fans, but SWA is not cheap compared to Continental, United, Jetblue and American. Last tickets I bought SWA had very expensive tickets, continental was much cheaper going to Texas from San francisco, so I took them. So if I was obese and had a choice between buying two seats on SWA, dealing with their ABC boarding process, no seat assignments and paying more, I'd get a first class ticket on United, so this would be a bad move for SWA but a good move for other Pax. For babies, it's very annoying when they kick your seat, scream like monkeys and barf all over the place. So if this were to go through, then babies should have a section in the back of the plane, where others wont be disturbed. Lastly, airplane seats are just too small, when I was 14 they started to get to small for me, so as discussed before, seats should be larger and more legroom, if SWA really wants good business.