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This Famous Airline Is Putting a Waist-Size Restriction on Passengers ( Business Class Passengers, That Is)
By Chris Matyszczyk, owner, Howard Raucous LLC/ Best-Kept Travel Secrets/ Inc./ inc.com
"Will high-paying passengers be able to stomach this?
Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek.
Broadly speaking, airlines are happy to annoy customers if they feel they can make money out of it.
What, though, should one make of a curious decision taken by an airline with a reputation for gentle hospitality?
You see, Thai Airways just announced that it's going to be putting certain restrictions on passengers who travel on its Boeing Dreamliner 787-9 planes.
No, it's not going to make the seats smaller than any in aviation history.
Instead, it's going to measure passengers' waists and, if the resulting number is over a certain limit, it's going to not allow the passenger to fly.
Here's the twist.
We're talking about Business Class passengers.
Is it because some Business Class passengers have complained about the size of their fellow humans?
Thai says it's not. It claims that the seats on these planes enjoy new seatbelt airbags that can only encompass a certain girth.
So if you're over 56 inches around the waist, you'll be declined, as the seatbelt won't fasten, says the Bangkok Post...."
Will you have to be measured before you can sit down?
CREDIT: Getty Images
Richard
By Chris Matyszczyk, owner, Howard Raucous LLC/ Best-Kept Travel Secrets/ Inc./ inc.com
"Will high-paying passengers be able to stomach this?
Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek.
Broadly speaking, airlines are happy to annoy customers if they feel they can make money out of it.
What, though, should one make of a curious decision taken by an airline with a reputation for gentle hospitality?
You see, Thai Airways just announced that it's going to be putting certain restrictions on passengers who travel on its Boeing Dreamliner 787-9 planes.
No, it's not going to make the seats smaller than any in aviation history.
Instead, it's going to measure passengers' waists and, if the resulting number is over a certain limit, it's going to not allow the passenger to fly.
Here's the twist.
We're talking about Business Class passengers.
Is it because some Business Class passengers have complained about the size of their fellow humans?
Thai says it's not. It claims that the seats on these planes enjoy new seatbelt airbags that can only encompass a certain girth.
So if you're over 56 inches around the waist, you'll be declined, as the seatbelt won't fasten, says the Bangkok Post...."
Will you have to be measured before you can sit down?
CREDIT: Getty Images
Richard