United Airlines Descriminates Against Overweight Passengers

United To Charge Heavier Passengers Twice To Fly

Those unable to comfortably fasten a safety belt with one extension or
sit comfortably with armrests down will be denied boarding unless they
purchase an extra seat, even if they can be placed elsewhere in the
aircraft next to an empty seat.

The last acceptable discrimination.

Really, what would happen if airlines started charging people in
wheelchairs, blind or other handicapped people? Why is it acceptable to
over charge fat people?

My first thought was I'll just boycott United, but sadly that's not the only airline that discriminates against overweight fliers.

Airline making heavyset flyers buy extra seat
Southwest is not the only major airline with a large-seating policy. US
Airways, Northwest Airlines and America West Airlines all can require
an overweight passenger to pay for two seats but said they do
everything they can to find a pair of empty adjoining seats on the
plane at no additional charge. Midwest Connect, which serves Pittsburgh
from Milwaukee, requires that passengers unable to fit in one seat buy
two; if there are other seats available on the same flight, they will
be refunded for the second.

And just in case people get it into their heads that it's just the airline company that wants to discriminate remember that normal weighted people hate the overweight too...so in todays society of majority rule

Fat flyers may face higher fare
Around 40 per cent of the 45,000 people who have voted to date want Ryanair to
slap a charge on overweight customers based on their body mass index.


I wasn't able to find the article, but just recently an overweight person was charged for the two seats that the airline said was necessary...the two seats weren't next to each other.