![]() The customer must be able to properly attach, buckle and wear the seat belt, with one extension if necessary, whenever the seatbelt sign is illuminated or as instructed by a crew member.*.Here’s United Airlines’ extra seating rules for example:Ī customer is required to purchase an additional seat or upgrade if they do not meet one of the following criteria: ![]() But, as was quickly pointed out, “Once the door is closed and the aircraft is full, there are no options.”Īnd, while this passengers’ seatmate was encroaching on a considerable amount of their space, how can you tell when you’re entitled to ask for help from the flight attendant, or when your seatmate is well within their rights to sit there? It depends on your airlines’ rules which, it may pay to browse before you fly. Since the person of size was too large for their seat, they should have purchased a second, which the flight attendant could point out. If your seatmate is making you uncomfortable, for any reason, it’s important to speak up before the plane has departed. The first lesson from the frequent fliers in the FlyerTalk Forum? The most tactful terminology is “person of size” or POS. The FlyerTalk forum is a great place to go if you have questions, especially awkward ones. If I experience anything that could cause such a flight again, then I’d rather step out of the aircraft and be rescheduled than go through this again.ġ: Should I politely just have refused when the fat person asked whether he may lift the armrest? (if I had done so, there is no way he could sit there, so then maybe this would give HIM a problem rather than me).Ģ: Given that there is nothing to do and FAs say the flight is full and there is no more extra space, and the fat person does not want to be rescheduled, should I then demand to be taken off the plane with my girlfriend and rescheduled? Would UNITED accommodate this for both of us?ģ: Is it at all legal to be seated like that? In case of an emergency, there is no way that our row could evacuate quickly because of the fat person.Ĥ: How would you guys handle it? Would you really make a big thing out of it and not accept what I have been through, or would you just try to survive it? What’s the Right Way to Handle This Awkward Situation? I survived this terrible flight, but I am wondering what you guys would have done. Even the tray table could barely be there. I couldn’t really do anything properly – impossible to sleep in such a position or to use my laptop. The fat person (to be fair) asked the if he could be seated somewhere else, but she said the plane was full and she couldn’t do anything (it was indeed full).ĭuring the flight, my legs “ asleep” because they were pressured so much, so I had to move quite often in the seat to make sure I got the proper circulation. I had to cramp next to my girlfriend just to be there. Well all of a sudden, he is taking 20-30 percent of my seat. He asked me if he could lift it, and I said sure (I had no idea what followed or that he was so big). He was so big that he could not sit in his seat unless the arm-rest was up. This REALLY fat person set next to me (in the aisle seat). As a case in point, this forum thread: Seated next to a really overweight person–what to do? Here was the situation:Ī FlyerTalker was flying United Airlines from Newark to Miami in Economy Plus. ![]() The cabin is a place of close confines and awkward encounters, a place where even experienced passengers struggle to navigate delicate situations. Want to read more? Check out the Reports From the Forum tag, or head to the forum yourself to see what the FlyerTalk is about. The FlyerTalk Forum is a pretty big place, so when a particularly good piece of FlyerTalk comes across our desks, we put it on the front page for regular Reports From the Forum.
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