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Tall Passenger Forced Stand Flight - Culture, Family, Travel, Consumer Reviews - Posted: 18th Mar, 2017 - 3:09am
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Tall Passenger Was Forced To Stand For Flight
Why didn't he purchase a bigger seat if the option was explained to him but he refused? I am not sure what he expects to do with the complaint because in my opinion, it was his choice to stand up (he is the one who asked the crew).
QUOTE It was standing room only for one unlucky flier, who says he was forced to stand for more than two hours during a Spirit Airlines flight because he was too tall to fit into his seat.
On a flight from Chicago to Fort Myers, Fla., Brooks Anderson realized that he wasn't just too tall to slide into the airline's small coach seat comfortably; at 6 feet, 7 inches, he was too tall to fit in it at all.
"I was in an aisle seat, and I clearly didn't fit into the seat at all," Anderson, 25, told ABC News. "I couldn't even stuff myself in there."
Anderson said it was painful to try to sit because the metal part of the seat in front of him was digging into his knees. Flight attendants wouldn't let him stick his legs into the aisle, and no passengers in the exit rows volunteered to switch seats. So Anderson took a stand. Literally.
The lanky passenger asked the crew if he could stand for the 2 1/2-hour flight, so he at least wouldn't be in physical pain.
"I said, 'I need to do something about this, is it OK if I stand after the seat belt sign is turned off?'" Anderson said he asked a flight attendant. "She said it was OK."
Fortunately, the flight was smooth. But Anderson didn't love the experience. "It's like being in a subway car for 2 1/2 hours, which is awful," he said....
On a flight from Chicago to Fort Myers, Fla., Brooks Anderson realized that he wasn't just too tall to slide into the airline's small coach seat comfortably; at 6 feet, 7 inches, he was too tall to fit in it at all.
"I was in an aisle seat, and I clearly didn't fit into the seat at all," Anderson, 25, told ABC News. "I couldn't even stuff myself in there."
Anderson said it was painful to try to sit because the metal part of the seat in front of him was digging into his knees. Flight attendants wouldn't let him stick his legs into the aisle, and no passengers in the exit rows volunteered to switch seats. So Anderson took a stand. Literally.
The lanky passenger asked the crew if he could stand for the 2 1/2-hour flight, so he at least wouldn't be in physical pain.
"I said, 'I need to do something about this, is it OK if I stand after the seat belt sign is turned off?'" Anderson said he asked a flight attendant. "She said it was OK."
Fortunately, the flight was smooth. But Anderson didn't love the experience. "It's like being in a subway car for 2 1/2 hours, which is awful," he said....
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Post Date: 31st Dec, 2010 - 6:56pm / Post ID: #
Flight Stand Forced Passenger Tall
The real thing here is that airlines are moving the seats closer together so they can add seats and make the passengers less comfortable. Yeah you can pay more to get extra leg room but it is not worth the higher price. In some cases those seats cost almost double the normal fare. With added luggage charges and other fees it is a wonder that the airlines are still in business. I know from talking to some airline people that the seats in the plane are designed for people under 5' 10"
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