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Re: Airplane Seats: What's better, front or back? FRONT
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sat, 10 Mar 2001 16:34:57 -0600 (CST)
Sonn,
I do not fly southwest but I have flown pan am and ATA. I was 280 and
am 5'4" last time I flew (christmas), I needed an extension but other
than that it was not too bad. I just sit in the VERY fron(i tell them
that I have a condition that requires I have an aisle seat in the front
near the bathroom), open my book and read and ignore everyone that walks
by. I would say 90% of the time, unless the plane is full, people will
walk past me because they do not want to sit next to the fat woman :) I
amuse myself by thinking of sitting on them and squishing the life out
of their judgemental little bodies :P
TTFN
Smed
At Sat, 10 Mar 2001, Sonnet wrote:
>
>Alright now you've all got me thinking about this! What do you think is
>better, first row so people will walk right by - and you CAN'T turn
>around in those aisles and go back! - or very back row, whose center
>seats are always the last to be filled?
>
>I'm starting to get nervous about this. If some of you are having
>trouble fitting into seats at weights like 170 then me at 5'10" and 330;
>it's not going to be pretty! (Although I flew from Australia through
>Tokyo to S.F. last year, and it was okay. International seats are
>better though!)
>
>At Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Beth wrote:
>>
>>Some of the airplane seats are just ridiculous. I'm not overweight but
>>my hubby is by about 130 pounds.
>>
>>Our last flight was on Delta. On the new plane with "leg room", I
>>BARELY go the seat belt fastened. At that point I was (am LOL) 5'9" and
>>almost 170, not heavy but towards the top of my weight range. The
>>seatbelt should not have been even remotely tight, I literally had to
>>extend it completely and suck it in! Hubby couldn't fasten his at all
>>but refused to ask for an extension, just faked it. The seats were very
>>narrow too so hubby "shared" what little of my seat and sons seat
>>weren't being used. When a 50 pound child only has a couple of inches
>>left on his seat belt, you know they're small.
>>
>>I think it was ridiculous and I sent a letter to Delta about it. The
>>other planes were fine on Delta but this new one (brand new!) was the
>>pits. Last time I checked people were "growing" not "shrinking" so I
>>don't understand a new plane having this problem.
>>
>>The only thing you can do is request the seat you want and hope it
>>doesn't get changed. Get to the aiport early and get your boarding pass
>>asap so you don't lose it. Exit rows are sometimes a bit roomier as are
>>seats in back of a "wall".
>>
>>Sorry to hear you had to sit next to such an ass!
>>
>>Good luck!
>>
>>--
>>Beth
>>
>>At Fri, 9 Mar 2001, timber wrote:
>>>
>>>My biggest fear in life is coming true. I have to go on a trip for work
>>>& I have to fly. I'm not scared of flying...I'm scared of fitting my
>>>butt into the airline seat. I flew about 6 months ago & had a very bad
>>>experience. After wrestling to get the seatbelt around me, I was seated
>>>next to man that was very disgusted that my butt was taking up a little
>>>of his space. He sighed, rolled his eyes at me, and pushed my arm over
>>>if it went into his space. I tried pressing against the window as much
>>>as I could. It was terrible & I can't get out of this trip. Any
>>>suggestions?
>>>
>>>--
>>>timber
>>>
>>--
>>Beth
>>Rockport, MA
>>
>--
>Email always welcome to: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com
>
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