Why make everybody have to pay more so that seats can be comfortable for the wider set? How about making new special planes for heavier people with wider seats and aisles and charging more for those flying on these planes? Then the thinner or average sized people will still be able to fly at a reasonable cost.

I once sat next to a six-foot-plus professional hockey player. He wasn't particularly comfortable in his coach seat, but he fit. I still had my seat all to myself. So the problem isn't about people being taller; we haven't gotten that much taller in 50 years of commercial flight. The problem is about people being obese. Americans have become much heavier and wider in the last 50 years. But for 99 percent of obese and overweight people, the extra weight is something they chose by their actions. I do not believe that the airlines should accommodate those choices by making all the seats larger, which would increase costs for all of us. I don't need six more inches of seat, so I don't want to pay for it.

So, Bob.............you're going to penalize those people, as well, for daring to be larger than the "average" size? Also...just *who* determines what is "normal"? I am a little overweight, myself...however I'm not obese, merely "pudgy" in my upper- middle age (I wear size 8 clothing). I am also very petite (4'10"), yet I still have to sit with my shoulders basically hunched together so as not to encroach on anyone else's space. The seats are ridiculously small, for *anyone*. No, the solution is to not cram so many seats together, they need to either have wider seats or not as many. I avoid flying like the plague because it is highly uncomfortable and most flight attendants are just plain rude anymore....not to mention the slew of self-entitled fellow passengers who leave their courtesy cards at the gate.

If you are eating 2-3 times the correct portion size of foods then you should have no problem paying for 2-3 times the space you take up. What ever happened to being responsible for your own actions? If you eat 2-3 times the amount one person should have it's only right for you to pay 2-3 times the price it takes to fly a person within normal BMIs. But no! Everyone wants the industry to curtail their size of seats, air craft building plans and probably serve all you can eat buffets in mid flight policies.

Disgusting! Other Countries like New Zealand Take your BMI while entering the customs. If your over a certain BMI your not allowed into the country because the risk they may take having you as burden on their health care system. They actually make you leave the country to loose weight before you come back!

Even if your with family, members are separated by the fit who are welcomed and the caloric challenged who have to go back to loose a few pounds before coming back.