Did I miss a memo? I didn't realize that picking on people of size had become such an open, public sport... :unsure:
As a person of size (or whatever word you choose to insert here), I like the idea of a special section of larger seats for folks who are bigger and I would pay to sit in such a section *BUT* only if the airlines chose to make sure that only bigger people can ride in this section. It can't be a section where just anyone who wants extra room can ride. So, thin folks who want more room would not be allowed. Get in your regular-size coach seat or cough up the bucks for a first-class seat....
Similarly, I like the idea of separate sections on airplanes for the following individuals:
1. People who think that once they sit down for any length of time that they must immediately engage in a cellphone conversation or generally loud conversations. (Trust me, when cellphones are finally allowed in-flight, this *will* become an issue and I see a lot of rage around this point. Most of that rage will probably come from me as I make my way from the "fat" section of the plane to smack-down those in the cellphone section.)
2. People who drink too much to calm their flying jitters, and then have to annoy everyone as they slosh up the plane aisle to rush to the bathroom because they can't hold their liquor (or their bladders can't).
3. Parents who think their kids are too good/cute, etc. to behave in public and think it is OK to kick, jump and generally annoy other passengers.
4. People who insist on bringing every piece of luggage they own *on* the plane and hogging all the overhead bin space because they are too cheap to pay the luggage fees.
5. Inpatient people who when the minute the plane's engines are cut, they jump out of their seats (because they actually undid their seatbelts during the beginning of the descent). These same people then stand in the aisle even though there is no place to go and they have to wait anyway and because no one else can get their luggage, it still means we all get to get off the plane one at a time....
For the folks in this category, again, cough up the bucks for first-class, sit at the front of the plane and dream of the fewer people you will have to run over so you can be among the first to get off the plane...
I could probably keep going with this list, but I think you catch my drift......
-- Jackie