I’m sorry you have to deal with that but it’s not really a good argument. For one, the airline can still actually sell the seat in front of you.
If a person is so large they physically block 2 seats, then that’s an extra seat that can’t be occupied at all, so it’s not really a fair comparison.
And ultimately, not every mode of transport can reasonably be accommodating to every single possible body type. I know that it sucks for people are stuck being an untypical body type and have to deal with nothing much fitting them, but what do you suggest the alternative should be ? Spacing seats out more just so the few very tall people can sit everywhere is going to increase ticket prices for everyone, even those who neither need nor want that extra space. It will also increase the number of flights required to move the same number of passengers, and therefore increase the fuel use per passenger and mile flown.
I mean, look at it from the passenger in front’s perspective. They’re paying as much for their seat as everyone else presumably, and yet if you’re too tall to fit in your seat and your knees are pressed up against theirs for the whole flight, they’re having a considerably worse experience than everyone else. Should they have to pay as much as everyone else does, with that in mind?
I’m tall and don’t fit in any seat other than an exit row. If there aren’t any exit rows should I be forced to pay for the seat in front of me?
Yeah dude, corporations should be able to do whatever the fuck they want!
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I’m sorry you have to deal with that but it’s not really a good argument. For one, the airline can still actually sell the seat in front of you.
If a person is so large they physically block 2 seats, then that’s an extra seat that can’t be occupied at all, so it’s not really a fair comparison.
And ultimately, not every mode of transport can reasonably be accommodating to every single possible body type. I know that it sucks for people are stuck being an untypical body type and have to deal with nothing much fitting them, but what do you suggest the alternative should be ? Spacing seats out more just so the few very tall people can sit everywhere is going to increase ticket prices for everyone, even those who neither need nor want that extra space. It will also increase the number of flights required to move the same number of passengers, and therefore increase the fuel use per passenger and mile flown.
I mean, look at it from the passenger in front’s perspective. They’re paying as much for their seat as everyone else presumably, and yet if you’re too tall to fit in your seat and your knees are pressed up against theirs for the whole flight, they’re having a considerably worse experience than everyone else. Should they have to pay as much as everyone else does, with that in mind?