Passenger Kicked Off Horizon Air Flight For Being Too Tall

I recently flew with my husband and son, who are both 6'2. I'm about 5.5 and not very big. I was pretty comfortable, but my husband and son were totally squeezed into their seats and they're fairly skinny. The seats are just too small.

How about, if you're so tall that you need the extra room, try booking the exit row seat and paying the extra money like everyone else sitting in that row.

I think it's ridiculous that people are paying as much as 60 or 70 bucks more to sit in the exit row, and some people here think it's perfectly fine to kick them out.

Sorry, no. They paid the extra money for the seat. If you want the extra room, then you need to pay the extra money and get yourself an exit row seat as well.

The real problem is that teh airlines, in their efforts to wring every possible penny from their customers, have made the seats too small and squeezed the seating so close together that even an everage sized man is challenged to be moderately comfortable. I am 5'11", 210 pounds... my shoulders are wider than a coach airplane seat.

Hmmm... how about making airline seats that are comfortable for anyone over 4 ft tall? A little human decency would help everyone!

Here's an idea. Let's kick the 5'8" person out of the exit row. There should be an option for the flight crew to remove a smaller person from the exit row seat and move them to a regular seat. They're going to fit a regular seat however the tall person doesn't have that option. I can sympathize with the flight attendant because it is somewhat of a safety hazard. On the very odd occasion that I have not been able to get the exit row seat, I have encountered the same problem but was lucky enough to have a flight crew that was willing to help find a better solution. I'm 6'10" and if possible I drive everywhere.

Wow....whats with these flight atendants

Why are the airlines not FIRING these nazi-like waitresses of the air?

you've got to be kidding me. the poster you're laughing at so hard your teeth are falling out, was only using basketball as an example of tall people that are well noted and watched daily, and admired-- without being called freaks, usually.

Horizon credited him the value of his ticket on a fututre flight. What if he chooses another airline?

I was on a South West flight where the crew went nuts on a passenger for complaining about something. I was not even involved in the situation. That was in the early 1980's. They offered me $50 credit on my next flight and I said keep it. I have never flown South West since.

And you would lose. Just like you have in life. How about getting a better job and flying on a better airline?