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haele

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56. With clothes on, or without? What about body mass?

Sun Feb 23, 2025, 07:53 PM

Feb 2025

I sat next to a guy who was a bantam weight fighter a couple years back, when they first decided seats should be 18 inches wide.
Little fireplug of a guy, probably 170 lbs or so sitting in the middle. Below the waist, he fit fine, plenty of room for him.
But his shoulders couldn't fit in the seat space. He ended up over the armrest on both sides. Right about breast level on me.

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Do you weigh more than 160 lbs? Airlines may soon be charging you more [View all] True Dough Feb 2025 OP

Well, if they put a scale at the Gate, my wife isn't boarding. surfered Feb 2025 #1

Can you imagine the vitriol if they had employees deciding based on "eyeballing?" No way this is going to work... hlthe2b Feb 2025 #13

LOL! LeftInTX Feb 2025 #52

Airlines May Charge for over 160 lbs Cinjanik Feb 2025 #2

... Can couples pool their 160 pounds? karynnj Feb 2025 #5

I weigh Rebl2 Feb 2025 #24

82 pounds? Polybius Feb 2025 #41

Highly unlikely Hekate Feb 2025 #45

And if you weigh less, will they charge you less? Not a chance! Wonder Why Feb 2025 #3

Actually that might be a way to get the public to accept it. spooky3 Feb 2025 #6

Probably not, but you should at least be able to donate your pounds under 160 to heavy peeps like travel miles. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2025 #54

Then we taxpayers must be paying thru the nose for TSF's frequent AF-1 flights. allegorical oracle Feb 2025 #4

Given that men virtually all weigh more than that, I doubt this will succeed. NutmegYankee Feb 2025 #7

160? I weighed that much when I was 16 underpants Feb 2025 #8

Don't fly at all is the answer. Blue Full Moon Feb 2025 #9

Unless I can't get there any other way, I already don't MurrayDelph Feb 2025 #40

Dumb. Won't last. Nt BootinUp Feb 2025 #10

Seems It Would Be... ProfessorGAC Feb 2025 #46

Well, given that may give women an advantage (disproportionately), I'd guess they will hlthe2b Feb 2025 #11

Well, I'm around 6' tall. MineralMan Feb 2025 #12

Not to worry... when RFK JR bans all the semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and GLP-1 antagonists (Mounjaro) hlthe2b Feb 2025 #14

My youngest son is Bettie Feb 2025 #26

UPS and FedEx charge by weight Shrek Feb 2025 #15

That's discrimination choie Feb 2025 #42

+1 InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2025 #51

Do you have a handle attached to your back? Are you tied up with string? Do you travel by FedEx? Hekate Feb 2025 #47

This is just discrimination indigovalley Feb 2025 #16

Have at it, but charge people who are "overweight." gab13by13 Feb 2025 #17

Airlines nickel-and-dime passengers for heavy bags Daveigh Feb 2025 #18

Can't weight for Trump to weigh in on this one! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Feb 2025 #19

To "reduce fuel consumption and emissions" Um... flvegan Feb 2025 #20

Fat shaming! Emile Feb 2025 #21

DU never disappoints JoseBalow Feb 2025 #50

I don't plan on flying again until they get those incompetent racist dudebros out of the FAA. Aristus Feb 2025 #22

That's fine. Conjuay Feb 2025 #23

Then put seats that accommodate the actual size of human beings JCMach1 Feb 2025 #25

I doubt this will stand . . . markpkessinger Feb 2025 #27

I would join them in this instance newdeal2 Feb 2025 #32

Gender discrimination - not many men weigh less than 160. walkingman Feb 2025 #28

I certainly wouldn't trust a passenger declaration of weight to determine weights and balance. Hope22 Feb 2025 #29

Why not just give us all sleeping pills and put us on a conveyor belt to the cargo hold? unblock Feb 2025 #30

The seats are already on the small side and the leg room aint great. milestogo Feb 2025 #31

So petite women will be in vogue for jobs requiring travel AnnaLee Feb 2025 #33

Michigan is the only state that has passed a law explicitly prohibiting weight-based discrimination. Emile Feb 2025 #34

I already pay extra for my legroom, now weight? I breathe the oxygen too, dem4decades Feb 2025 #35

If they give you a bigger seat with more leg room, charge away Pisces Feb 2025 #36

The average American adult weighs 185 pounds Diraven Feb 2025 #37

Maybe in 1965 BannonsLiver Feb 2025 #48

Only if you choose to get on a plane. I opted out when fELON took over. SheltieLover Feb 2025 #38

So the airlines are going to weigh us but the doctor's office won't. CrispyQ Feb 2025 #39

I've been to urgent care three times in the last SharonClark Feb 2025 #55

I'd venture to guess most men weigh more than that. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2025 #43

Can someone check these calculations? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2025 #44

Coincidentally, they're offering free peanuts again JoseBalow Feb 2025 #49

What will they do weigh you on the lugage scale? They could get maore passengers on doc03 Feb 2025 #53

With clothes on, or without? What about body mass? haele Feb 2025 #56

It's discriminatory Meowmee Feb 2025 #57

LOL, how is charging me more going to reduce fuel consumption? pnwest Feb 2025 #58