Girth Surcharge: Should Overweight People Pay More to Fly?

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As a deaf person, I subsidise / pay for your audio entertainment on board, your right to hear passenger announcements.

All people are different, and boxing people into a norm (by virtue of the services you provide, in this case the size of a seat), then you start to run into problems. If airlines had bigger seats in the first place / leg room, then there wouldn't be an issue.

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