Because of the fat neighbor, the American had to fly while standing. Resident of US Arthur Berkowitz, flying US Airways flight from Alaska to Philadelphia was forced to stand throughout the flight due to that his neighbor was an obese man.
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The incident occurred in July 2011, but received publicity just now. According to the passenger, his airplane neighbor who weighed more than 180 kilograms, did not fit in one chair, and part of his body was at the place of Berkovits, so sitting on it was impossible. The situation was complicated by the fact that there were no one free seat, and the flight duration was about seven hours. According to Berkovits, cabin crew sympathetically reacted to the situation and said that the employee of the airline, who worked at the exit of passengers for boarding made a mistake. Not less they could not help him, and he was forced to fly standing up. According to Berkovits, the greatest inconvenience to him was not it, and the fact that in this situation his safety was not secured since he could not fasten his seat belt. After this flight, Berkowitz wrote a complaint letter to US Airways. The airline apologized for the incident and offered him a refund 200 dollars from the ticket price. The passenger was dissatisfied with this sentence, as the response letter did not say anything about violation of his safety during the flight, and for a ticket from Alaska to Philadelphia, he paid more than $ 800. Passengers problem with Being overweight has been around for quite some time. Due to numerous complaints some of the world’s largest airlines, in particular Air France and United Airlines introduced a rule according to which sufferers obese passengers are required to buy two flight tickets if there are no empty seats on the plane.
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