A Double-wide in a Single Seat (Sortof)

A rather large passenger supposedly with only one seat reservation:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/unusual-attitude/

Nothing that says how it was handled.

James Robinson wrote:
A rather large passenger supposedly with only one seat reservation:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/unusual-attitude/

Nothing that says how it was handled.

I would have to question the authenticity of that photo.
The first objection that comes to mind: how is it that that
guy is sitting as shown, halfway into the aisle? To the best
of my knowledge, I've never seen any aircraft in which the
aisle-side armrests weren't fixed. To be sitting like this, the
guy would have to have the armrest literally *in* his back.
There's no sign of the armrest at ALL here.

In addition, as shown in this photo, the passenger in question
isn't just wide - he's VERY tall. Which again would make
one suspect that his image has been imported with the wrong
scaling (possibly to make him appear even wider).

Bob M.

On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:21:32 -0700 "Bob Myers"
wrote:

:James Robinson wrote:
: A rather large passenger supposedly with only one seat reservation:

: http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/unusual-attitude/

: Nothing that says how it was handled.

:I would have to question the authenticity of that photo.
:The first objection that comes to mind: how is it that that
:guy is sitting as shown, halfway into the aisle? To the best
:of my knowledge, I've never seen any aircraft in which the
:aisle-side armrests weren't fixed. To be sitting like this, the
:guy would have to have the armrest literally *in* his back.
:There's no sign of the armrest at ALL here.

Many planes have a liftable aisle side armrests. The release switch isn't
always easy to find.

:In addition, as shown in this photo, the passenger in question
:isn't just wide - he's VERY tall. Which again would make
:one suspect that his image has been imported with the wrong
:scaling (possibly to make him appear even wider).

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http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/unusual-attitude/

Nothing that says how it was handled.

I would have to question the authenticity of that photo.
The first objection that comes to mind: how is it that that
guy is sitting as shown, halfway into the aisle? To the best
of my knowledge, I've never seen any aircraft in which the
aisle-side armrests weren't fixed. To be sitting like this, the
guy would have to have the armrest literally *in* his back.
There's no sign of the armrest at ALL here.

In addition, as shown in this photo, the passenger in question
isn't just wide - he's VERY tall. Which again would make
one suspect that his image has been imported with the wrong
scaling (possibly to make him appear even wider).

Looks like he is sitting ON the armrest. This explains why he looks taller
than the other passangers.