[–] Ripley_Riae 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Can we get confirmation whether or not a plane would fail to takeoff if every passenger was overweight (300lb+)?
[–] kittysaysmeownow 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
There was one that crashed once... here is the Air Crash Investigation episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6gJ1uUD5qU
Disturbingly this occurred because the 'average weight' of passengers they used from the 60's was outdated, so the plane was much heavier than thought. After this crash, they raised average weight per passenger to 260 pounds, and that's what most airlines still use today. So, to answer your question, if like most airlines, the hypothetical airline is using this number, it would be at risk of crashing.
edit: on a side note, planes do usually crash for multiple reasons, so the elevator cable being improperly adjusted also contributed to the crash. However, without the weight problem, the cable thing would have been fine. Makes flying with fatties even more distressing.
[–] Iforgotmy_other_acct 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I wonder how many of tumblr's keyboard warriors would jump all over you for presenting your horrid facts.
[–] eyeballfrog 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
does that 260 pounds include carry on?
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[–] thatsmrdickface 0 points 13 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago
Fat people should be hit with stones.
No need to drag birds into this mess.
[–] [deleted] 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago (edited ago)
[–] theepilepticferret 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
The surcharge for the luggage is crazy too! Airline expected me to pay an extra $100 for my bag being ~3 lbs over the weight limit. I took out 2 hoodies and wore them onto the plane instead.
[–] baddreamstonight 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
NOOOO. Not first class. They give you a free meal, free booze and nice, hot cloths to clean up with. Fatties don't deserve any of that!
[–] VegetarianZombie1 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Fat people don't deserve luxury. Put them in cargo bay.
[–] SourPatchWatermelon 0 points 28 points 28 points (+28|-0) ago (edited ago)
"But I do think it’s reasonable to expect airlines to provide reasonable accomodations to all bodies, without surcharging the people who require slightly more space than others."
Such bullshit. If you expect special accommodations, that costs money. I'm not paying for your fatness to fly, I can barely afford to fly myself! In fact, as a tiny, sub 5 foot girl, maybe I should pay less because I take up less space. That's my thin privilege.
[–] SourPatchWatermelon 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago (edited ago)
That's true. If you're sitting upright in the seat and the distance between your hip and your knee literally cannot fit, I feel for you. Bone isn't as flexible as flesh.
[–] Iforgotmy_other_acct 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
They don't seem to understand that you are not purchasing the right to board the plane. You are purchasing the right to sit in one seat. If you can't fit in that seat, that's not the airline's problem - it's that fatass who can't fit in the one seat that the ticket guarantees.
[–] Dial_B_For_Butts 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
[–] baddreamstonight 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
"What counts as too big? Most airlines judge this by whether the arm rest goes down. Ridiculous, I know." How is that ridiculous? If the arm rest does not go down, it means that you are too big to fit in the area that you paid for. Stupid, stupid fatass.
[–] FupaHooper 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Please link to archive sites; xojane is poison.
I've never sat directly next to a fat on a plane, but damnit if there isn't a ham directly behind me every time I'm in coach. They're the only ones who get pissed if you recline your chair (truthfully, it's a movement of a couple of inches). One asked if I could move it back; I told her very politely that I paid for a seat that can recline and I'm going to recline it.
She kicked the back of my seat at intervals. The joke was on her, though; my parents had a minivan when I was a kid and my little sisters spent a lot of time in the third row kicking my seat on road trips. I'm almost immune!
[–] prisonersandpriests 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
This fat fuck can choke on a bag of dicks. I hate flying because of people like this. Not only do I sigh, I bitch the entire time and let them know why I'm upset. If they don't like it they can buy an extra seat.
[–] wildSHITLORDappeared 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
You're going to have to super-size that (both the bag and the dicks) if you're going to choke a fatty with it.
[–] Archangelle_Achtung [S] 0 points 27 points 27 points (+27|-0) ago (edited ago)
This is old but some of you may have not seen this yet.
From the comments section:
But you have no problem paying for tons of extra food the whole year round out of your pocket.
[–] round_isnt_curvy 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago (edited ago)
This. A lot of fatties claim they eat so poorly because healthy food is so expensive, but I bet they pay way more for food than any normal human eating a human portion of steak, quinoa salad, and asparagus every night. Edit: thanks for the two upvoats! I'm now at an even 100 and will make it my life's mission to downvoat fatties!
[–] Kahlo 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago (edited ago)
God help these dumbass fat fucks if they ever end up in, like, a war zone or anything. They'll die from shock on the spot.