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Passenger advocate appeals decision that says he's not large enough to challenge airline
An airline customer advocate from Nova Scotia will appear at the Federal Court of Appeal Monday to convince three judges to make the Canadian Transportation Agency address a complaint he filed about Delta Airlines. Gabor Lukacs, who has pursued dozens of successful complaints against airlines in the past, says Delta has "discriminatory practices of bumping so-called larger passengers from full flights in the hope of forcing them to buy two seats." (www.cbc.ca) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
As someone who flies frequently, and is not "supersized" and 5'9", even I find the airline seats to be tight, as my knees are up against the seat ahead (unless I get into the exit row). The airline execs need to RIDE IN THEIR OWN CABINS to see what it is like and how tight it actually is.
reasonable seating beyond the wings doesn't sell doubleplus economy seats
Why is everyone piling onto this guy when the underlying issue is that most airline seats are simply too small for normal sized adults? We're all miserable in airline seats whether or not a large person is sitting next to us. I fully expect to see a 29" seat pitch become the new normal.
I have been trying to find answer as to why airlines choose 17" seat for single Isle planes when they can accommodate and seat just as many passengers with 19" seat. Where is the financial advantage to the airline? I understand adjusting seat pitch to get additional rows but why the extra narrow?
Simply economics. Narrower seats weigh less, so there is less fuel burn thus lower costs. Narrower seats also require larger passengers to buy the second seat more often, thus more revenue. More revenue + lower costs = bigger bonuses for the execs and nothing left for the people actually doing the work to keep the airline running.
Im a bigger person and have tried repeatedly to "just lose the weight" as one of the posters below stated. Its a battle, I have had all my life.
Seats however are shrinking in size. It was never a problem 20-30 years ago.
Some of you guys are of the ilk of treating an overweight person like some fat slob. I am hardly that. Ive had situations where a person called me a bunch of F-words to my face and threw a 2 year-old hissy fit because he had to sit next to me for a 90 minute flight. I was able to fit within the confines of the seat dividers just fine. I just could not believe that a grown man working for some business would act so much like a whiny little brat. He attracted the attention of occupants in the section up front and they were shaking their heads in disgust AT HIM!!!! The behind me had eyes as big as saucers watching him throw his tantrum.... If I wasnt so completely humiliated I would have laughed in his face...
Thats only one of the stories. Another was being humiliated by an Airline agent in the entrance of the aircraft within earshot of the flight crew, flight attendants and the 1st class passengers. She insisted I guy a second seat because she "thought" I couldnt fit in a seat. The flight wasnt full either. Eventually she relented and let me onboard and sat me on a section with the three seats with me on the window and someone on the aisle no one in between, as I said the flight wasnt even full. Funny that the passenger on the aisle seat looked at me like I was some sort of freak and after takeoff proceeded to place his overheard carry on in the seat between us... I guess he thought I might give him cooties. I flew all the way from DFW to ATL on the flight sitting INSIDE the seat divider for my OWN seat. Both of these flights took place on good Delta Air Lines.
I dont fly anymore because of this kind of stuff... At first getting to fly on airplanes was my hobby and my escape and for the past 27 years its been part of my job, as a Travel Agent.. Now, I just cannot be bothered by all the selfish "what about me" snobs that look at me like a sideshow freak when I want to fly some place...Even if I fly 1st class... People have just gotten to be so ignorant and rude.
Seats however are shrinking in size. It was never a problem 20-30 years ago.
Some of you guys are of the ilk of treating an overweight person like some fat slob. I am hardly that. Ive had situations where a person called me a bunch of F-words to my face and threw a 2 year-old hissy fit because he had to sit next to me for a 90 minute flight. I was able to fit within the confines of the seat dividers just fine. I just could not believe that a grown man working for some business would act so much like a whiny little brat. He attracted the attention of occupants in the section up front and they were shaking their heads in disgust AT HIM!!!! The behind me had eyes as big as saucers watching him throw his tantrum.... If I wasnt so completely humiliated I would have laughed in his face...
Thats only one of the stories. Another was being humiliated by an Airline agent in the entrance of the aircraft within earshot of the flight crew, flight attendants and the 1st class passengers. She insisted I guy a second seat because she "thought" I couldnt fit in a seat. The flight wasnt full either. Eventually she relented and let me onboard and sat me on a section with the three seats with me on the window and someone on the aisle no one in between, as I said the flight wasnt even full. Funny that the passenger on the aisle seat looked at me like I was some sort of freak and after takeoff proceeded to place his overheard carry on in the seat between us... I guess he thought I might give him cooties. I flew all the way from DFW to ATL on the flight sitting INSIDE the seat divider for my OWN seat. Both of these flights took place on good Delta Air Lines.
I dont fly anymore because of this kind of stuff... At first getting to fly on airplanes was my hobby and my escape and for the past 27 years its been part of my job, as a Travel Agent.. Now, I just cannot be bothered by all the selfish "what about me" snobs that look at me like a sideshow freak when I want to fly some place...Even if I fly 1st class... People have just gotten to be so ignorant and rude.
"I wait in line"
took a few "pleasure trips" since then... wasn't pleasure...just an ordeal... hate flying and avoid it whenever possible...