Comments on: Gear In The Rear

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:17:31 +0000

You know, some enterprising individual could make a fortune on the armrest equivalent of the “knee defender”.

I’ve never had to deal with someone trying to put up an armrest, honestly I didn’t even know they could be put up until I stumbled upon this site. But I’d like to see the argument one of these FA’s would make for trying to force a passenger to put up their armrest so chubbo could fit.

By: ps

ps — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:10:24 +0000

Absolutely brilliant. But you can do it on the cheap. Stock pork rinds, corn chips, twinkies and any other provision that doesn’t require refrigeration. Saves on the electricity for the deep fryers. Maybe Ryan Air will come up with something. A no frills cattle car. And if the snacks run out, pour catchup on the skinny people.Okay, we should be getting some chubby defenders piling on soon

By: Owen

Owen — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:04:46 +0000

you raise an interesting point – who gets to decide when to raise an armrest between passengers? i can’t remember this ever coming up with normal girth passengers; usually it’s best to leave it down because it preserves a boundary for personal space, but occasionally elbow skirmishes. I think it’s clear that someone does NOT have the right to overlap my seat, whether by flab or elbow.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:02:13 +0000

Maybe I’m naive, but wouldn’t they need your permission to raise the armrest between your seat and hers? Wouldn’t the obvious solution then be to say “no” and force them to seat her elsewhere?

By: the logger

the logger — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:35:38 +0000

Wait! That idea wouldn’t work, as there would be less fat people per flight than usual, and fat people are some of the cheapest ba$tards around, since they spend most of their money on feeding their habit. To get it to work, they would need to pack the fatties in tightly to make enough money. However, the
that idea wouldn’t work, as there would be less fat people per flight than usual, and fat people are some of the cheapest ba$tards around, since they spend most of their money on feeding their habit. To get it to work, they would need to pack the fatties in tightly to make enough money. However, they could do away with seats completely. So long as they packed the fatties in tight so they were touching, then there would not be any need for seats or safety harnesses, since they would keep each other upright. They would not invade each other’s personal space, since they are so fat, their guts would keep them at least an arms length away from each other. The only downside is if one of them moved quickly (maybe attracted by the smell of a burger that someone had smuggled on to the plane), and starts of a jelly wobble that would propagate through the whole plane and keep going for hours.

By: GMMR

GMMR — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:07:33 +0000

Or how about one thats for tall fat people with families that have enough room to recline your seats so you can join the mile high club.

By: Chiquita Chick

Chiquita Chick — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:22:14 +0000

I think you came up with a brilliant idea logger! Besides an airline catering to fatties, how about one for nudists, or one for tall people where the distance between rows would be greater so there wouldn’t be any more reclining seat issues, or one catering to families with children, or one with small cabins containing beds for those who want to join the mile high club in a setting that’s nicer than a lavatory.

By: the logger

the logger — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:56:09 +0000

If thirty percent of the population is obese, then there is a great business opportunity for someone to start an airline that would cater to this demographic.
There could be one seat on each side, and a turkey frier in each galley.
Skinny people would pay a massive surcharge to fly, and would be confined to the overhead bins.
There would be twinkys avilable at all times, and the plane would be equipped with oversize balloon tires for safe landings. To view an image of the aircraft to be used by “Chunky Butt Airlines”
google “NASA Super Guppy”.

By: rerere

rerere — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:51:15 +0000

Well put Hawaiian

By: Hawaiian

Hawaiian — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:49:11 +0000

It’s not Jet Blue’s fault… You should have complained right when the lard ass was seated. The FA’s would have assessed the situation and possibly reseated her or required her to purchase a second seat. You would have looked like a jerk (in the eyes of lard ass herself or whoever she was ultimately re-seated next to) but what the heck!