Obese passenger forces neighbor on US Airways flight to stand for 7 hours

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11-23-2011 @ 5:52PM

meddjay said...

That is what I was thinking. Why wasn't he put in one of the jump seats? Isn't it federal law or aviation safety standards or something that a commercial passenger has to be seated during take off and landing? And it was mentioned that the overweight man could not use his seatbelts during take off and landing because he was too big, but isn't that another regulation that seat belts must be worn during those times? Yes, the airlines should compensate him a heck of a lot more than $200 AND I would suspend the flight attendants for not following and adhering to the safety regulations. This sounds kinda mean, but if I can't smoke on the plane then why should a person THAT overweight be allowed to fly? They both affect other people on the plane...right? I thought the rule was you can fly if you can fit in the seat comfortably. Apparently, this was not the case if he couldn't even wear the seatbelts.

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