The flippant attitude of the Delta flight attendant, saying to find a cute boy or girl and sit in their lap, was rude and inexcusable. If it truly was a case of only having half a seat, the person who should have been made to suffer (wait for a later flight where there was more room) was the overweight person infringing on Julie's space. Not Julie! And since this would have been obvious prior to take off, the overweight person should have been taken from that flight to await another flight. Additionally, the size of seats need to be reassessed. You do not have to be 'overweight' to be uncomfortable in some of those seats! The airlines/buses/trains/etc. need to face the cold hard facts that mose people are not a size 2 (as pertaining to women's sizes) and the seats need to be a more realistic size. As far as requiring a person to purchase two seats, who will be the judge and what magic number will be the deciding factor in requiring two seats over one seat? Perhaps, if the cost of the second seat for an overweight person was not so prohibative (as in double the price) an overweight person would be more amenable to purchasing the second seat for their own comfort as well as the comfort of anyone who would be sitting next to them. Perhaps an increase of 25-50% in cost could be arranged.

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