NEWSTALK 860 » airline http://ksfa860.com Fri, 24 May 2013 19:59:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Man Endures Seven-Hour Flight While Standing, Obese Passenger Took Up His Seat http://ksfa860.com/man-stands-flight-obese/ http://ksfa860.com/man-stands-flight-obese/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:53:40 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=62271 In the past year or so, several airlines have made headlines for insisting obese passengers buy two seats to accommodate their size and avoid infringing on the space occupied by others. Some people say the practice is unfair, but Arthur Berkowitz likely isn’t one of them.

On a recent US Airlines flight from Anchorage to Philadelphia, he was forced to stand for the entire seven-hour trip when he was seated next to a man who took up not only his own seat, but half of Berkowitz’s as well. The flight was completely full, meaning there was nowhere left to go.

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