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Air France: obese passengers must pay for two seats!

Friday, January 22, 2010 at 5:49 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The only fair and equitable way to deal with obese passengers is to require them to purchase two seats – the second one perhaps at half price. [Bar obese passengers from flying? TIJ, September 11, 2009] Air France has become the first airline to take up this suggestion for dealing with obese passengers. The airline… Read more.

Bar obese people from flying?

Friday, September 11, 2009 at 5:18 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Given the growing pandemic of obesity, it behooves commercial airlines to establish industry-wide standards to determine whether, or under what circumstances, obese people should be barred from flying.  What happened to Emery Orto last week is a case in point: Orto is a 6-ft, 350-lb man who was barred from flying a Southwest Airlines (return) flight… Read more.