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It would depend on how overweight they were. If they are too large for their seat, they should upgrade to a class which has larger seats.

No. Why schould that bother anyone?

pythonlover

People have been complaining that they should not be made feel uncomfortable and squashed in their seat,sitting next to some one that is rather too big for thier own seat,Airlines want the obese person to pay for double seating.This is whats been said here in Australia on current affairs program.

Not as long as there was someone just as heavy on the other side of the aisle to balance out the plane.

Ducky

LOL!!!

no! as long as they didn't eat my peanuts!

definately it would not bither me at all and why should it!

I would welcome that. They're soft and fluffy. I always fall asleep on the person next to me.

Not as long as they only occupied their own seat & not mine as well.

We flew from LAX to Fort Worth beside a rather large Greek lady.She shared her lollies with us & we laughed & talked all the way.

No, it wouldn't bother me. Matter of fact, I don't think I would have thought of it, without it being asked of me as a question.

Nope as long as they are comfortable.. There is nothing worse than traveling with someone who is miserable.

Thats like asking if I would sit beside someone with different colored skin. I am tired of the division of people due to weight...who cares...everyone is human and everyone has great things about them.

Several years ago on a flight to Ibiza i was sat next to a huge lady;- she was lovely and we were chatting & laughing  thoughout our flight albeit a little tight on arm space.     

No they payed there "Fare just like you and i.It could a underline illness have ,pity my "Friend.

I have occasion to sit next to a very large person at a seasonal sporting event.  Yes, it bothers me!  Why?  Because their body is on top of mine...their leg is pushing against mine, their arm and shoulder is pushing against mine, the arm rest seems to belong to them, I can feel the heat from their body...Why would that NOT bother someone?  It is uncomfortable to have someone "sitting on top of you"  for hours. 

It would bother me. I've sat next to overweight people on trains and there's not much room left.

Squeeze behind them when the plane crashes.

Been there, done that.  It didn't bother me, i actually liked the guy, he was continually apologizing for making me uncomfortable, he really wasn't.  i was fine. I am of small stature.

I used to do a lot of flying with business, I can remember worst cases, screaming babies, one guy gets on the plane with a burrito and smelled the whole plane, i was close to but not next to someone with intense BO..  person next to me mentioned it too..  I think I know who it was but i won't mention here of fear of stereotyping and racism--  But I'll do it anyway-- It was an asian indian.. Hindu..  They stink bigtime.... 

No. I might ask to be moved if I was next to an Over-bearing person.

It's really more important the people sitting near me don't smell bad or have bad breath, and are pleasant in nature.

perhaps they were keeping thier cherpati,warm with thier thighs,??

YES ! They steal my peanuts and pretzels !

Pyth, is this person reasonably large, if that is so they proberly would not be able to get into an airline seat as not very wide, most likely they would travel first class, bigger, wider seats.

pythonlover

This topic has been raised with airlines,they want an overweight person or should i say obese person to pay for extra seating, when flying, apparently because of their size they are taking up 2 seats.

Of course, especialy if the flight is longer than an hour. Airlines should offer bariatric(wider) seats (for and upcharge of course) for people that are larger than the size airoplane designers had in mind.

No, I'm not that shallow.

Ducky

Have you had any occasion when a very fat person sat "on top of you" for hours? It is uncomfortable to say the least. I can't imagine that, other than being "politically correct", anyone could HONESTLY say "that's okay with me...no problem"...unless of course...

Regardless of your size, pythonlover, you can be next to me any time!

Overweight people do cause problem in the aviation department for the extra weight on board,not to mention the extra space require, that just one problem among the many others that are not mention.

MAYBE IT DEPENDS IF THE PERSON IS NICE OR NOT AND IF HE SNORES WHEN HE TAKES HIS NAP ON THE PLANE

Only if he/she was stealing my food.

pythonlover

LOL