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> seats should be large enough to comfortably accommodate all body types. No they shouldn't be. That would mean way fewer seats would fit on any given plane, w
by josephcsible 3y ago
> seats should be large enough to comfortably accommodate all body types.
No they shouldn't be. That would mean way fewer seats would fit on any given plane, which would send ticket prices through the roof for everyone. People who aren't fat shouldn't have to pay extra to accommodate those who are, when the options of buying two seats or a first-class seat are available.
> Having the cheapest possible flights is not a civilization goal we should be aspiring to, especially in light of climate impacts.
Climate impact is even more of a reason to not do what you want! We'd need more planes and bigger planes for the same amount of air travel, and so the carbon footprint of any given plane ticket would be much higher.
- frumper 3y agoIt's not just fat. It's large and tall people that struggle as well. Your knees hitting the back of the seat isn't a good way to travel either.
- josephcsible 3y agoSince you don't have control over your height (and to a lesser extent, since you can't get more legroom by buying an additional seat), I don't have a problem with adding more space between rows to accommodate tall people. It's wider seats that I have an issue with.
- frumper 3y agoSome people are large. Certainly there is variation. You still have to decide what width to set as reasonable.
- josephcsible 3y agoHow about 3 standard deviations above the mean of the non-overweight subset of the population?