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1737unless the overweight person informs the airline at the time of purchase the sizMulhollandDrive-6/19/2002
1736Just like they used to divide the cabin into smoking and nonsmoking, they could Original Mad Dog-6/19/2002
1735I haven't solved their "how to implement" problem yet. But it couJorj X Mckie-6/19/2002
1734<<I am just saying that they should eat the cost of that seat to avoid theAugustus Gloop-6/19/2002
1733and how are they to expect that? will they ask your weight at the time of purMulhollandDrive-6/19/2002
1732Like I said, I don't like having someone spilling over into my seat. And theJorj X Mckie-6/19/2002
1731i certainly sympathize with the "of size" person...but i sort of take MulhollandDrive-6/19/2002
1730i'm afraid that having had to sit next to a person "spilling over"MulhollandDrive-6/19/2002
1729ROFLMAO........He stoked up his nads.Augustus Gloop-6/19/2002
1728LOL Well........we have the cigarette tax, beer tax and now the overwhelming neAugustus Gloop-6/19/2002
1727what's with all these breaking stories today? #reply-17622136mr.mark-6/19/2002
1726my wife would say that that number is a bit low.Jorj X Mckie-6/19/2002
1725Me too. :-)Original Mad Dog-6/19/2002
1724I guess that would be equitable. I might fly less:-)Jorj X Mckie-6/19/2002
1723and I agree with that point. I don't like having to sit in a seat where halfJorj X Mckie-6/19/2002
1722LMAO!! Did you know? On the average, a healthy person farts 16 times a day. Augustus Gloop-6/19/2002
1721Or maybe try to tap an alternative supplemental fuel source: uselessknowledge.cOriginal Mad Dog-6/19/2002
1720Maybe we should skip the charge and just fly them in a military cargo plane <Augustus Gloop-6/19/2002
1719It must be SO uncomfortable to be a person "of size" and have to sit iPetrol-6/19/2002
1718Let's just have every passenger weigh in and charge by the pound. The more Original Mad Dog-6/19/2002
1717i believe united airlines is already implementing that policy.. btw.. i totallMulhollandDrive-6/19/2002
1716i thought the point was that sometimes a bottom line affects the passenger in thmr.mark-6/19/2002
1715I think that policy is crap. It doesn't happen enough to affect their bottoJorj X Mckie-6/19/2002
1714i hope this doesn't mean i have to crash diet in order to get on my flight hMulhollandDrive-6/19/2002
1713That should get some attorneys salivatingPetrol-6/19/2002
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