Plus-sized traveler demands free seats

[dowie]

Plus-sized traveler demands free seats, better accommodations on airlines

“The FAA must require all airlines to implement a clear customer-of-size policy that prioritizes the comfort and well-being of all passengers.”

nypost.com

A plus-size travel social media influencer demanded that airlines better accommodate larger passengers when traveling.

Jae’lynn Chaney from Vancouver, Washington, started the Change.org petition “Demand for the FAA to Protect Plus-Sized Customers,” detailing several demands to ensure larger passengers can fly without issues.

Chaney kicked off the petition claiming she and her fiancé were subjected to discrimination on a recent flight from Pasco, WA to Denver — which roughly takes just over 2 hours.

Imagine you're boarding the plane and you find your seat only to be confronted by...



Is she right GD? I guess disabled people can get additional assistance but being ridiculously fat isn't necessarily a disability and generally, you need to pay for bigger seats/more room or indeed additional seats.

Should a tall person get a free upgrade to premium economy or business class for a bit of extra legroom?

On one hand, airlines need to be careful as they can be sued by larger people even after the fat person appears to have had a bad attitude and kicked off.

Airline that made woman feel like a ‘fat monster’ ordered to pay for therapy

Influencer Juliana Nehme said she felt like a ‘fat monster’ following the incident in November

www.independent.co.uk

The post read: “I was extremely humiliated in front of all the people at the airport! All because I’m FAT! Shame on a company like Qatar to allow this type of DISCRIMINATION to people! I’m FAT But I’m JUST LIKE EVERYONE!

“It’s not fair to buy my ticket and be HUMILIATED, THREATENED AND BARRED FROM FLYING!”

Qatar Airways told The Independent at the time that Ms Nehme was not permitted to board due to her “extremely rude and aggressive” behaviour towards staff, and the fact that someone in her group did not have the correct Covid-19 documentation.

But following a court hearing in Sao Paulo about the incident, Qatar Airways has been ordered to pay for psychological treatment for Ms Nehme, the Daily Mail has reported.

On the other hand, a country full of very fat people has had to become a bit proactive:

Samoa Air says charging passengers by weight is 'concept of the future'

Airline defends 'pay what you weigh' ticket policy, saying families have been particularly pleased by cheaper child tickets

www.theguardian.com

Proclaiming the "pay only for what you weigh" scheme, the company's website says: "Booking a flight with us is as easy as inputting your approximate weight into our online booking engine (don't worry, we will weigh you again at the airport) – you then can prepay your 'guesstimate', guaranteeing you that much weight is allocated to you for that flight … with Samoa Air, you are the master of how much (or little!) your air ticket will cost."

 

[dowie]

As someone trying to lose 1 stone and i am making progress albeit slowly, this just came up on my youtube feed, I have not watched it and i hope its a clickbait title.

Seem like clickbait. Perhaps he's talking about across large samples in the same way you could say that dieting is not effective for weight loss (as many people put the weight back on, ditto to anything for weight loss) or "masks don't work" as you can't see the evidence across a large population. But in reality, if you stick to a diet and are able to ditch the old bad habits then dieting can easily be effective, likewise if you as an individual wanted to wear a well-fitted mask during the pandemic you're going to lower your risk fo catching covid, they don't magically stop working outside of ICU.

Part of the issue with running or cardio, in general, is that say 20-30mins of light cardio 3 * a week doesn't actually do much in terms of burning calories, each of those sessions (in terms of calories burned) can be undone by a snack. But if you're going from very sedentary to cardio 3 * a week + making sure you're getting your average daily steps up (perhaps you do < 5000 in a day and you gradually increase that to > 10,000) then that can definitely play into a deficit, you could be losing an additional 300 calories say from the increase in general activity alone.

For people who seriously get into running or walking then it can have a much bigger impact, you simply don't see fat runners (or at least not serious ones) as they're not just doing a light jog for 20 - 30 mins 3 times a week rather they're bashing out a load of kms each week and might do a half marathon on a weekend.