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Topic: Kevin Smith Unleashes Twitter Storm on Southwest Airlines (Read 47861 times)
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K9
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205lbs at 6'4 is nowhere near fat.
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dusematic
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It's cusping on overweight, depending on frame, muslce mass. Definitely not obese or even "fat" although "fat" is kind of subjective term.
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« Last Edit: February 21, 2010, 11:10:24 AM by dusematic »
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Lakov_Sanite
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I'm 5'11, 182 and I've still got some leftover flab from when I was 220. I've got 'fat' so to speak but there's people who weigh 200 at my height that are perfectly fit and trim. You really can't just go be weight when judging fatness. I wouldn't personally mind planes charging by weight though, considering their chief purpose is overcoming the earths gravity it would make sense.
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Signe
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It's your legs, people, your legs. Get rid of the legs and you'll fit fine, even if you have a bit of girth to you. And you're probably less likely to have to worry about blood clots in your stumps. Although I could be wrong about that. You'll have to check with Nebu. He might know. And stop worrying so much about the people around you if you're a fatty with only one seat. If they don't like it, sit on them.
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JoeTF
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I'm a private pilot and we pretty much plan for one person== 180lbs at most. If you're over that, you're considered "fat." If you're TWICE that size, then you're two people. It's just that simple. Has more to do with weight&balance than space really (especially on smaller planes). I get equally as pissed when some premadonna rich lady brings a million tons of bags... she may as well be a fatty.
Now, I know in G.A. (general aviation), you're pretty much disallowed to fly if you're too big/unhealthy. There are no fat pilots in aviation. It's a safety hazard to themselves and their passengers when there are.
As for big-iron commercial aviation... their seats are too small to begin with. I dont blame fat people for this fact and the reality is the whole fat argument is just one big airline lobby to keep their seats small.
For gliders, maybe. For 747, it's over 500kg per passenger seat. As long as you fit into seat, it doesn't fucking matter. Oh, and health requirements for pilots are pretty much borderlinejust insanely stupid. You can have -6 dioptries with active Keratoconus and you're still fine for airline jet, but God forbid you have AIDS - no flying for you(on anything)! |
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