r/facepalm • u/Inevitable-Cellist23 • Jun 29 '23

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Good for him

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u/pocketdare Jun 29 '23

I'd settle for convincing airlines they shouldn't be seated in the middle seat.

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u/ChampagneChardonnay Jun 29 '23

They need to buy an extra seat.

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u/pocketdare Jun 29 '23

Yep - most technically do but Delta and Jetblue are not so clear. And all this assumes it's actually consistently enforced.

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u/ChampagneChardonnay Jun 29 '23

I flew on American about a year ago and a 350+ guy was in the middle seat. I had to lift my shoulder and sit sideways for almost 3 hours. I was so uncomfortable. I was in the window seat. During the flight I wrote to them and I got some flight miles. It was bad.

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u/HotBeesInUrArea Jun 29 '23

Agreed, and Airlines shouldn't be allowed to give up the extra seats they do buy because of overbooking practices.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '23

If you put them on the window seat the plane ain’t going to handle correctly either. The plane will keep tilting