In a previous article, Matt Whiting said:
Me neither having made a few flights beside people like this ... well
not quite 350 lbs, but anything over 250 is too much of they are less
than 6' tall.

I used to fly US Air between Cleveland and Ottawa (with a change in
Pittsburgh) fairly regularly, and I swear it was US Air's policy to put
guys in the exit rows who were so fat they were panting from the effort of
walking half way down the length of the plane. If you're a Monty Python
fan, think "Mr. Creosote". I'd spent the whole flight wondering how you'd
tunnel through one of these lard mountains if you needed to get out that
exit door, because they sure as hell couldn't get through them even if
they survived the effort of opening the door.

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