Oh good grief ... Did the dog make it home? KLA is a typo for KLM, apparently I decided to have a flashback to the Kosovo crisis ...
And yeah ... On the one hand, I do not think it should be appropriate for the airline to make you sit next to someone who spills over into your seat (and have had to move once when I was being physically squashed, that was a hard one to do politely!). But I receive no rebate for not taking up all of my space, so why should they pay extra? Why not just have better configured seats so that everyone is more comfortable?
The argument is that it is partly for the passengers' health, but I know some fat people who are very fit. I also know some who are just lazy-arsed pie-eaters (and have been one at times myself), so while the latter group may need a kick in the bum for their own good, the first group doesn't, it's just the way they are. I doubt a check-in clerk can tell the difference.
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Date: 2010-01-21 03:12 pm (UTC)And yeah ... On the one hand, I do not think it should be appropriate for the airline to make you sit next to someone who spills over into your seat (and have had to move once when I was being physically squashed, that was a hard one to do politely!). But I receive no rebate for not taking up all of my space, so why should they pay extra? Why not just have better configured seats so that everyone is more comfortable?
The argument is that it is partly for the passengers' health, but I know some fat people who are very fit. I also know some who are just lazy-arsed pie-eaters (and have been one at times myself), so while the latter group may need a kick in the bum for their own good, the first group doesn't, it's just the way they are. I doubt a check-in clerk can tell the difference.