Rev. Blade
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Well that doesn't sound like fun.
Perhaps you're right. I don't want to be seatbelted to your sister. ;-0
Southwest Airlines New Travel Policy
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Well that doesn't sound like fun.
Perhaps you're right. I don't want to be seatbelted to your sister. ;-0
kelpmermaid
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recently up the assumption of weight for the average passenger as far as payload was concerned? Think this will lead to wider seats?
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Kat
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I can't think of anything that would lead to wider seats in coach. They are going to cram as many people in as possible, in order to make the maximum profit. We are just cattle...moo
Rev. Blade
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Some airlines actually have added back a bit of leg room (even in coach). That suits me fine. Long legs, skinny butt.
Yes. They want to cram as many people in as possible. If people won't pay to sit in crowded seats, the airlines start losing money, too. They'll crowd us as much as they think we'll tollerate.
Northwest Orient started non-smoking flights LONG before it was the law. Some people flew with them because of it. Some wouldn't fly with them because of it. If someone (like Virgin) offers more space in coach, the other airlines will have to decide if they want to match the space, or beat the price.
Lots of folks hate Southwest Airlines "cattle call" boarding, with no pre-assigned seats. The planes are still full, because they charge less to fly with them. I'd rather fly on just about any plane than Southwest (if someone else is buying the ticket). If *I* have to pay, and Southwest flys there... Moo.
Yes. They want to cram as many people in as possible. If people won't pay to sit in crowded seats, the airlines start losing money, too. They'll crowd us as much as they think we'll tollerate.
Northwest Orient started non-smoking flights LONG before it was the law. Some people flew with them because of it. Some wouldn't fly with them because of it. If someone (like Virgin) offers more space in coach, the other airlines will have to decide if they want to match the space, or beat the price.
Lots of folks hate Southwest Airlines "cattle call" boarding, with no pre-assigned seats. The planes are still full, because they charge less to fly with them. I'd rather fly on just about any plane than Southwest (if someone else is buying the ticket). If *I* have to pay, and Southwest flys there... Moo.
Rev. Blade
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Hey! I just noticed this is in the humor forum. I'm not all that funny today. (Then again, scuberd didn't seem to find me amusing before either.)
It would have been amousing if my sister weren't 14 and I didn't know her. Though me being seatbelted to her was probably amousing to everyone else on the plane but me.
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and it ain't sharing a seat with no one!
Given the extra charges for overweight luggage, perhaps the better solution is to simply where our BCD and Regs on-board. If one is small framed, there may not even be an extra charge at all. If its a larger-framed diver, then while the cost will undoubtedly be slightly higher, at least we know the gear will get there.
How about inflating the BCD with helium to make the gear luggage lighter? 
StacyT
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I'll share this story about my trip back from Hawaii.
Everyone is boarding the plane. This HUGE guy gets on, and sure enough his seat is next to mine. The guy stinks to high heaven, and you can see the sweat pooling under his arms. Luckily the seat that he was assigned did not have retractable arm rests, and after several minutes, of trying to get all the way into the seat, he summoned the stewardess. He tells her that the arm rests are preventing him from sitting all the way down, so she starts looking for an empty seat, with retractable arm rests. A few minutes later she comes, and moves him. By this time I'm blue in the face, from holding my breath. He's hit me about a couple dozen times, while trying to get his seat belt fastened. So then the stewardess switches this guy with another lady. She sits down, and I turn and say to the wife " Thank god that guy stunk to high heaven, and was beating me to death trying to get his seat belt on." Then the wife replies " The lady next to you is his mother, didn't you hear them talking!" :stupid:
Everyone is boarding the plane. This HUGE guy gets on, and sure enough his seat is next to mine. The guy stinks to high heaven, and you can see the sweat pooling under his arms. Luckily the seat that he was assigned did not have retractable arm rests, and after several minutes, of trying to get all the way into the seat, he summoned the stewardess. He tells her that the arm rests are preventing him from sitting all the way down, so she starts looking for an empty seat, with retractable arm rests. A few minutes later she comes, and moves him. By this time I'm blue in the face, from holding my breath. He's hit me about a couple dozen times, while trying to get his seat belt fastened. So then the stewardess switches this guy with another lady. She sits down, and I turn and say to the wife " Thank god that guy stunk to high heaven, and was beating me to death trying to get his seat belt on." Then the wife replies " The lady next to you is his mother, didn't you hear them talking!" :stupid:
