And Some Must Get Thinner?

I thought seats in economy were already too small anyway!

I don't see why this is new. airlines have been fitting wider seats in first & business class since forever.

The SAA (and a few others) 737s always had wider seats in the row immediately behind business class.

not good.

I like the aisle seats.

an aisle seat allows you to get up and walk around on the long flight. with out bothering other seated next to you.

I think some of you might have missed the pint that says the additional 2 inches added to the isle seats will be deducted from the other two seats.

so, the 2/3 of us who are not pigs get to subsidize the 1/3 who are by paying the same amount for a smaller seat, while the airline charges the pig more for his wallow. sounds like a great revenue raising tool at the expense of normal sized humans.....

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Originally posted by Saeed:
I think some of you might have missed the pint that says the additional 2 inches added to the isle seats will be deducted from the other two seats.

I confess I did miss that bit and in that case, it's a real piss take.

What the airlines need to do is saf if someone can't fit into a normal seat, they need to buy a business or first class seat and pay the extra for the bigger seat.

The other thing that drives me nucking futs is babies and/or young children on a long flight and I reckon the passengers who forced to endure that ought to get some kind of special treatment to compensate....... maybe the answer is to put the babies and/or young children closer to the biggies who get the wider seats so they can annoy each other rather than the more ordinary passenger!

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Originally posted by shakari:

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Originally posted by Saeed:
I think some of you might have missed the pint that says the additional 2 inches added to the isle seats will be deducted from the other two seats.

I confess I did miss that bit and in that case, it's a real piss take.

What the airlines need to do is saf if someone can't fit into a normal seat, they need to buy a business or first class seat and pay the extra for the bigger seat.

The other thing that drives me nucking futs is babies and/or young children on a long flight and I reckon the passengers who forced to endure that ought to get some kind of special treatment to compensate....... maybe the answer is to put the babies and/or young children closer to the biggies who get the wider seats so they can annoy each other rather than the more ordinary passenger!

By all means lets force parents to leave their children with the relatives/nanny anytime they travel.

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Originally posted by shakari:

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Originally posted by Saeed:
I think some of you might have missed the pint that says the additional 2 inches added to the isle seats will be deducted from the other two seats.

I confess I did miss that bit and in that case, it's a real piss take.

What the airlines need to do is saf if someone can't fit into a normal seat, they need to buy a business or first class seat and pay the extra for the bigger seat.

The other thing that drives me nucking futs is babies and/or young children on a long flight and I reckon the passengers who forced to endure that ought to get some kind of special treatment to compensate....... maybe the answer is to put the babies and/or young children closer to the biggies who get the wider seats so they can annoy each other rather than the more ordinary passenger!

I absolutely love your idea, Steve. i made the mistake of flying coach 1 time from Atlanta to Joburg and spent the first 3-4 hours getting the shit kicked out of my setback by the 5-6 year old seated behind me. several requests to his mother/zookeeper went unheeded. i finally stood up and told the little bastard and his mother that if he kicked my seat 1 more time, he was inline for a good spanking. mother was shocked but apparently i got the monkey's attention as the seat kicking stopped. parents who can't control their children should leave them home or sedate the hell out of them....

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Originally posted by shakari:

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Originally posted by Saeed:
I think some of you might have missed the pint that says the additional 2 inches added to the isle seats will be deducted from the other two seats.

I confess I did miss that bit and in that case, it's a real piss take.

What the airlines need to do is saf if someone can't fit into a normal seat, they need to buy a business or first class seat and pay the extra for the bigger seat.

The other thing that drives me nucking futs is babies and/or young children on a long flight and I reckon the passengers who forced to endure that ought to get some kind of special treatment to compensate....... maybe the answer is to put the babies and/or young children closer to the biggies who get the wider seats so they can annoy each other rather than the more ordinary passenger!

I like the way you think.

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Originally posted by Swamp_Fox:
By all means lets force parents to leave their children with the relatives/nanny anytime they travel.

Let's be honest, some of us save a lifetime for a special trip. Should we be forced to travel with unruly children?

Or, in my case, let's say you have to fly 33 hours non-stop with a multi-stop trip and report to work 8 hours after arrival. Is it fair to me and everyone else on the plane to put up with an unruly child?

As a parent, you have responsibility for your child and an obligation to ensure they are not overly intrusive on everyone else. If you can't control your unruly child on an airplane, why are they there in first place? I'm not a nanny, parent, or child psychologist.

Gentlemen,

Small kids do suffer from ear pain during take off and landings, so may be we should spare a thought for them?

My biggest complaint about flying is the unruly drunks!

The wild kids and crying babies have never really bothered me. Maybe that is why I became an elementary school teacher??? But I do wear foam ear plugs.

It is the adults that bug the crap out of me, dropping things out of the overhead compartments onto me, crushing my carry-on with their huge suitcase, making odd/rude requests, etc.

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Originally posted by Saeed:
Gentlemen,

Small kids do suffer from ear pain during take off and landings, so may be we should spare a thought for them?

My biggest complaint about flying is the unruly drunks!

Saeed

I can understand that and don't have a problem with it but a little Calpol or similar can help a lot during those interminable flying hours but for me, the slightly older and totally undisciplined kids that spend hours kicking the back of the seat and/or yelling and generally misbehaving are the real PITA.

I'd like to see them all be seated in one area together and/or properly controlled during the flight.

Or sat next to the biggies who get the extra seat width at the expense of others.

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My biggest complaint about flying is the unruly drunks!

I agree, makes you want to give them the Chuck Norris treatment some times.

Gotta admit noisy drunks on planes are also a PITA.

My idea of a perfect flight is when I fall asleep just before take off & only wake up as the aircraft landing.

i have never experienced a problem with drunks on a plane. but obnoxious kids?? no such luck. i realize pressure changes on take-off and landing occur but 3-4 hours later, that same kid is just an undisciplined PITA- for which i blame the over - indulgent parent...

And sometimes the little blighters are just fantastic. Just last week I had a flight and just before we took off the two seats behind me were filled by two young kids (about 8-10;ish) and the parents sat across the aisle from them. OH GREAT!, I thought. I'm going to get kicked, etc. for the next 4 hours. It took me a while after take off to realize that I had not heard anything from behind me. I looked over my shoulder at them and they were quietly plaing some word games, etc. I never heard a peep from them other than one, "Excuse me, sir." when one of them wanted to get around me as we passed in the aisle going to/from the toilet. To say I was impressed was an understatement. I made a point out of complimenting the parents on their behavior after we landed.

Babies and tots I will forgive on take off and landing as it does hurt thier little ears. And some kids just don't travel well. My youngest was always queezy in the car or in the air. Nyquil worked wonders on him!

I used to travel frequently for work and I’ve run in to far more problems with obnoxious adults than children. However, the biggest complaint I have when traveling abroad is the personal hygiene of some of my fellow travelers. In four of my last five international flights there has been a stinker close by. The worst was when I spent much of a flight back from Paris standing in the back of the plane because the guy next to me smelled so bad. I realize bathing habits vary greatly over the world, but do peoples olfactory sense vary as well? How can someone not smell how bad their own body smells? Maybe I am a clean freak or just have bad luck when picking seats.

My mom used to say by the time you smell yourself everyon else has been smelling you for three days. Goat

I agree with the stinkers, but for me the ones I have a problem with are people that bathe in perfume, I am very sensitive to it and get a instant migraine.

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Originally posted by Saeed:
Gentlemen,

Small kids do suffer from ear pain during take off and landings, so may be we should spare a thought for them?

My biggest complaint about flying is the unruly drunks!

I have no issue with infants and small children crying on takeoff or landing due to air pressure changes, that's understandable. Shouting and being generally unruly is a different thing.

Unruly drunks ... can we pitch them off the air stairs in back? They have a choice and made a bad one that everyone else must suffer with.

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Originally posted by Spooksar:
I agree with the stinkers, but for me the ones I have a problem with are people that bathe in perfume, I am very sensitive to it and get a instant migraine.

Same here with cigarette smokers too. The real killjoy for me is going to a nice restaurant having the taste of great food spoiled with perfume or lingering smoke on clothing.