Mary Aaron

Passengers wish to have a good time during flights, but when the passenger is fat or "large" - depending on the description of the airlines - the matter is different, strict dealing with the passenger begins according to what are known as the policies and rules of the large passenger even at a business class.

The definition of a large passenger loose, did not specify uniform measures of obesity, and this definition may include bullying of obese passengers, which was felt by members of the Huhana family after they were subjected to an accident of business class expulsion on Thai Airlines because of their large sizes, but the family was subjected to measurement The waist is publicly exposed to the rest of the passengers, all of which are subject to aviation policies and laws for high-volume passengers.

Passengers are large
According to the different airlines, the determination of obesity passenger dimensions depends on the seat dimensions according to the dimensions of the seats in the plane, which usually range between 17 and 20 inches in Economy Class, while it may reach 50 inches in Business Class.

The goal of airline standards is to ensure a comfortable neighborhood for the adjacent seat, but in the event of the expulsion of the Hohana family, Thai Airlines attributed the reason to the lack of a safety belt that suits their sizes, as adding the attachment to the belt may affect safety and security standards, which puts the passenger at risk, According to Thai aviation.

Airlines' policies state that passengers should not be allowed to exceed the space of a complex even one inch (social media)

Disability and obesity
The Canadian Supreme Court included obesity in the lists of people with special needs in 2008, after six years of legal battles to avoid forcing obese people to reserve two adjacent seats out of the spatial space in which the obese person sits, and between support and opposition, this law is the best solution from other airlines Announces standards and policies against obese people.

US Southwest Airlines' policies stipulate that passengers should not be allowed to bypass the space of the contract even by one inch, and they must abide by that or buy another seat.

The company has clearly included its conditions and standards for the size of the customer, where passengers whose body dimensions may exceed the limits of the seat assigned to them by plane, the proactive additional reservation of seats adjacent to their seats is also required to ensure their availability before traveling, the same is similar in most of the internal American airlines, as it gives itself full right to postpone The trip for another with suitable vacant seats is available, and the obese person must reserve seats that accommodate his size.

In a poll, 53% believed that people with obesity should buy two tickets (Pixels)

People with obesity fined
The Obesity Action Foundation, which is concerned with obesity and obesity education, has moved out of concern for the poor treatment of obesity, and has protested the aviation regulation laws for obese people.

Official statistics published on the website of the National Institute of Health in the United States of America indicate that the proportion of obese people has exceeded 35% of the total American population, and Traveler has launched a poll conducted in Australia on the rights of large-sized passengers, and the results indicated that 53% of Participants believe that people with obesity should purchase two economy-class tickets.

The Boeing 777 appeared for the first time with nine seats in the economy class, but now it consists of ten seats with smaller corridors, while obesity rates increase worldwide to reach 24% compared to 15% in the past decade, according to the National Observatory of the Health Center British.

According to aviation laws, people with extra weight can no longer object to being denied entry to a plane until two seats are reserved.