A fat tourist who was returning from Greece to Great Britain complained about moral injury. As reported by the local media, she was allegedly humiliated in front of the entire plane by the flight attendant of the company, who forcibly moved her from her seat before the emergency exit — and told the entire plane that it was because of the tourist’s overweight and the lack of a safety extension for that seat.
According to the tourist, she became angry when the male steward said that she could not sit in that seat: “No, madam,” he said, “this is the seat in front of the emergency exit and overweight people – who will need an extra belt extension security – they cannot sit there,” the tourist quotes. According to her, “four rows of people heard this and turned around.” “I had to switch places with my husband, sit down, and hold this crap to myself for the entire two and a half hours of the flight. I don’t know how I didn’t cry,” laments the tourist.
“Yes, it’s me, so fat, thank you – I had to think. Even though I didn’t need any belt lengthening — yes, I’m obese, and that’s a disease, whatever you think about it — but I still had a good four inches left on the regular belt,” she added.
The tourist added that it was tactless on the part of the guides: “If I needed an extra belt, I would have told you about it, and you could have quietly explained that these are such places… You know where people have a sense of self-respect? I was terrified,” she continues to complain.
At the same time, according to her, she would try to swallow the insult. The reason for the statement on social networks, according to her, was the comment of a familiar British Airways pilot who told her that in this way other people will be put in the same position if this guy (flight attendant) does not learn.
Easyjet commented on the situation with the tourist: “The safety of our customers is the highest priority of our crew and it is important that all customers in the emergency exit row are informed of the safety restrictions in place for these seats. We deeply regret that Ms. Bartholomew felt that this was not communicated sensitively,” the company’s response reads.