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-Great Cultural Revolution
Plus-size travel influencer doubles-down on her demand for free extra plane seats for overweight passengers bankrolled by other travelers - as expert insists she has a HUMAN RIGHT to them
2023-06-13
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Jaelynn Chaney believes airlines should give overweight passengers extra seats on a plane for free and that current policies are 'discriminatory'

  • Chaney - who is a size 6XL - started a Change.org petition demanding changes benefiting obese and overweight flyers has received 17,000 signatures

  • Air Passenger Rights founder Gabor Lukacs said he agrees and believes the issue could be considered a matter of 'human rights'
Posted by:Skidmark

#22  That is already being litigated. Belishi would have pulled that stunt first if that option was available back in the day.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-06-13 21:04  

#21  That is already being litigated. Belishi would have pulled that stunt first if that option was available back in the day.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-06-13 21:04  

#20  It is about time for the chix with dix to start demanding admittance to sororities.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-06-13 20:36  

#19  This idea that everybody has to get their own Magic Ponyâ„¢ because it is their Rightsâ„¢ is starting to get tedious.

What if you had a trainee that was so obese they couldn't wear proper (Personal Protective Equipment)? In this case the OSHA approved commercially available 'non-slip rubber boots' (which the Company provided gratis) in a wet vault milk cooler were way, way too small so they substituted store bought rubber galoshes and said it was 'all good' ...because he was on the DEI checklist. I was afraid that he would slip and break something or have a stress coronary, but was overruled ...because DEI.

Some time later amusingly enough the HR Department had a line worker apply for an open secretarial position according to Established Company Policyâ„¢. They blackballed him because it was an 'all girl shop' ...but that is different you see.
Posted by: magpie   2023-06-13 20:31  

#18  We could use a counter-petition to either keep fat slobs from this so-called "human right" or they can pay for two seats and be done with it.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-06-13 18:34  

#17  #7 "bingo wings" ...that's a keeper Frank G!
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2023-06-13 18:20  

#16  That sounds like one toot away from the WKRP turkey drop.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-06-13 15:53  

#15  a sentient goodyear blimp

I would question the sentient part.
Posted by: DarthVader   2023-06-13 15:45  

#14  Stick a helium hose up her arse; a sentient goodyear blimp.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2023-06-13 14:24  

#13  And I have a human right not to sit next to that ... uh, individual.
Posted by: Angstrom   2023-06-13 13:27  

#12  Disregard the 'tray table' landing prompt. It could have never achieved the horizonal position.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-06-13 12:24  

#11  She can have my pack of peanuts.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-06-13 11:56  

#10  The words "expert" and "human right" are becoming signals that I really shouldn't read any further.
Posted by: Tom   2023-06-13 11:32  

#9  I hate these people who cover their selfishness by calling the people who notice, selfish.

She's wanting to rent the cargo capacity of three people for the price of one. At the same time, preventing two other people from making their trip.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-06-13 11:23  

#8  What if the really hefty ones were allowed in cargo?

The thing with cargo, is that whatever air is in there is what you have for the flight. So pack enough of these whales in there, you just need to worry about disposal upon arrival.
Posted by: DarthVader   2023-06-13 10:48  

#7  ^ Nice cellulite on the bingo wings
Posted by: Frank G   2023-06-13 09:56  

#6  
Posted by: Frank G   2023-06-13 09:50  

#5  What if the really hefty ones were allowed in cargo? Sort of a win for everybody. They can ride the little elevator chute thing instead of having to struggle down the too skinny aisle.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-06-13 09:36  

#4  [CDC] Disability and Obesity
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-06-13 09:21  

#3  The CDC has now documented Air Travel While Black (ATWB) as a contagion vector.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-06-13 09:14  

#2  Interesting example of this issue is the case of the 'all you can eat' buffet

Plus size people are heavily (pun intended) subsidized in that case.
Posted by: lord garth   2023-06-13 09:05  

#1  Entitlement visible from space.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2023-06-13 08:59  

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