Airbus unveils wider seats for larger passengers

Article in Daily Telegraph

I have a feeling this might be the cause of more problems than it solves.

Shocking that they will reduce the width of other seats by 1 inch to give the 'extra width' seats 2 inches!

Now I am just about ok in the current seats but it will be tight if they take an inch away.

plus its the aisle seat which will mean two 'smaller' people will be 'trapped' if the oversize doesn't wish to be getting up and down much...

No, no, no, no, no, no, no

How about 'Airlines unveil compulsory pre-trip gym sessions and dieting' followed by 'Airlines charge passengers for the combined weight of their luggage + their own weight"

Have I missed something and it's actually April fools day?

The days of price per total passenger kilo (PTPK) are not far away me thinks ...

Imagine that! Maybe after bags are weighed at check in pax will have to stand on the scales and if you look a bit portly the tape measures will come out. So you'll either have to pay for the extra width seats or pay for your weight above let's say 80kg

Imagine that! Maybe after bags are weighed at check in pax will have to stand on the scales and if you look a bit portly the tape measures will come out. So you'll either have to pay for the extra width seats or pay for your weight above let's say 80kg

80 kg what world do you live in. I came back to the UK a couple of weeks ago and couldn't believe how obeise the UK is getting even my teenage daughter passed comment. On a serious note I take it your a single male because if you were married you would know that no woman would be prepared to get weighed in public at a check in desk. It would also kill on line check in as no one would admit to being over the paid weight allowance (just look how people cheat the hand luggage system) and finally it would be descrimatory. I was born tall and I am six feet six but weigh more than 80 kg but I am not overweight. Allso as commented on other thread the vast majority of the wheelchair "disabled" passengers are over weight and th airlines would therefore be discrimating against these passengers. The rule hold be quite simple. If you can't fit in one chair you pay for two. I have to fly business because I have very long legs.

When the BBC did their series 'Secret life of the Airport' they showed some film or pictures of people being weighed before getting on the plane

And I also found this

So it has happened in the past but mainly for calculating the weight of the plane rather than charging for excess weight.

On a serious note I take it your a single male because if you were married you would know that no woman would be prepared to get weighed in public at a check in desk.

Wrong ! I think you'll find that Tinuks is indeed a woman . I do however think you've got a point lol
DL

Wrong ! I think you'll find that Tinuks is indeed a woman . I do however think you've got a point lol
DL

Apologies to Tinuks but I am definitely right about the firbidden subject women and their weight

Wrong ! I think you'll find that Tinuks is indeed a woman . I do however think you've got a point lol
DL

Apologies to Tinuks but I am definitely right about the firbidden subject women and their weight

DL is right. I am a woman and no apology is necessary.

[Darren Wheeler]

What about if you are a thin persons with a fat person inside trying to get out?

If at some point in the future obesity is declared a disability then airlines would not be able to charge extra.

Love the fact the article is started with an advert for McDonalds!! )

Now this maybe controversial but surely the best configuration would be to put the fat seats together right at the back. That wouldn't affect other pax, would be next to an exit for ease of waddling on/off the aircraft etc.

Can see some of the LCC justing getting excited about the 17" seats and forgetting the extra wide ones..

[Darren Wheeler]

Might result in a slightly more 'nose-up' trim...

[honey lamb]

Might result in a slightly more 'nose-up' trim...

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I've had the disadvantage of flying in Y in a 346 with a rather robust lady beside me in A. I think I lost a third of my seat to her so I'm not entirely sure that 2 extra inches is sufficient for someone of that size.

It probably might make more sense to have maybe PE witdth seats in Y for a little bit more than extra legroom/exit row seats but to squash other pax into narrower seats doesn't seem fair.