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Originally Posted by Daradon
This is disappointing. I'm looking at this in two ways and it's still disappointing.
1. Yes I'm aware that some people are physically unable to keep their weight down, but I'm sure most would agree with me that this number is probably much much smaller than the people who claim it to themselves because they can't be bothered to fix their life and whatever the real problem is. And then of course, they get coddled by society.
2. Even for those that actually do have a serious medical problem that is not self inflicted, why does that mean they get a free pass? Air travel is not a 'right'. We're not all born with the freedom of air travel. If you take up two seats, PAY for two seats sorry.
Everyone wants everything now, no one takes responsibility.
And I only say this because I have a serious medical condition I was born with and I don't expect to be able to do everything everyone else can or have all the benefits of a healthy body. I don't expect for someone else to pay for inconvienances I might have.
Health care is one thing, and yeah I'm glad I live in Canada. If I lived in the States, I'd probably be screwed.
But this is AIR TRAVEL. Not the right to health care. It's completely different.
Should we be more caring and try to help out when possible. Hell yeah. Should we make every logical effort to make every space more accessable to those that may have problems? Yes! But we also gotta retain a little common sense and responsibility too.
It's still accessible to them, it's not like people are saying you CAN'T fly. Just pay for the space you are taking up. That's all.
Life's not always fair. Suck it up.
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Im all for going after obese people, but for fuk's sake, how can you be so rude to disabled people? I think they deserve the extra free seat. If I can do something to make their lives even 0.01% better, go for it.
I agree with the airlines on this one, if they didn't require notes, they'd have so many people looking to get that extra free space. I can't see this impacting the health system too much as I doubt many people are willing to get a note unless they actually need it.