I did some flying recently. The first flight was inside America, and I had an empty seat next to me. Two seats over was a middle-aged, normal fat woman. I mean normal by American norms. Next I was going to Asia and the plane was full of Asians. Again, it was a normal fat Asian woman. Sometimes she made it hot and smelt bad, but I was mostly happy to have someone next to me who could speak English very well. The next flight was in Asia and everyone was human sized. I was literally concerned about a lard barge ending up with an assigned seat next to me. On the return flight in America, I had a not skinny dude next to me. I wouldn't call him fat, so no problem.
I was in Vietnam and the only fat ass I saw was some white chick, most likely American, European, or Australian.
They have a weight limit with carryon. If I'm 150lbs and the next guy is 300lbs, they should have to pay for my luggage and theirs should be stored. They measure that stuff. If your blubber sags into the seat next to you that should be a 2 seat payment for them.
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