Your waist matters if you want to fly THAI Dreamliner

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Your waist matters if you want to fly THAI Dreamliner

By The Nation

 

 

Passengers intending to fly business class on Thai Airways’ new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft will have to first pass the waist test.

 

Flight Lieutenant Pratthana Pattanasirim, THAI’s director of security and flight standard division, said on Friday that a passenger with waist wider than 56 inches cannot fly business class on Boeing 787-9.

 

He explained that the business class seats have been installed with new safety belts and airbag system by the manufacturer in accordance with the safety standards of the US Federal Aviation Administration.

 

The safety belt cannot accommodate a passenger whose waist is larger than 56 inches.

 

Pratthana said the new safety-belt system cannot accommodate a parent with a child sitting on his or her lap hence parents travelling with young children also cannot fly business class on the Dreamliner.

 

THAI received the two Dreamliner planes in September last year and on March 6 announced that passengers with waist wider than 56 inches and carrying a lap-held infant could not fly business class.

 

Pratthana’s clarifications on Friday came in the wake of Thai papers carrying headlines that the airline had banned “fat people from flying the Dreamliner”.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/business/30341042

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-03-16

[Wiggy]

Anybody with a 56-inch waist should go in the cargo hold.

[kotsak]

I start liking this plane 

[madmitch]

Is this a subtle way of banning Prawit and Premchai?

[Bullie]

And then Thai airways wonders why it is loosing money... Now I now at least one airline company that will never ever fly direct on the United States of America!

I understand that Thai airways likes to exude Thainess, but this is ridiculous. The days are long gone when Thai people were small, skinny and nimble, especially the ones that can afford a western diet.

And if the above picture displays a -very small looking- business class seat, I shudder to think what it will look like in coach....

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THAI sets waistline limit for passengers on 787-9 Dreamliners

By Thai PBS

 

 

Thai Airways International has banned passengers with over 56-inch waistline and passengers with kids on their laps from Business Class seating on its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

 

The new regulation on oversized passengers was announced by THAI’s Corporate Image and Social Responsibility Division this week.

 

Flight Lieutenant Pratana Patanasiri, THAI Vice President, Aviation Safety, Security & Standards Department, clarified in the announcement today (March 16) that THAI has taken delivery of two Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircrafts to its service fleet since September last year.

 

Full story:  http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/thai-sets-waistline-limit-passengers-787-9-dreamliners/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-03-16

[HLover]

Best news of the day.

Now business class can be enjoyed without disruptive children and tubs of lard that spill into your personal space.

Size 56....give your esophagus a break.

[saakura]

50 minutes ago, Bullie said:

And then Thai airways wonders why it is loosing money... Now I now at least one airline company that will never ever fly direct on the United States of America!

I understand that Thai airways likes to exude Thainess, but this is ridiculous. The days are long gone when Thai people were small, skinny and nimble, especially the ones that can afford a western diet.

And if the above picture displays a -very small looking- business class seat, I shudder to think what it will look like in coach....

Seriously, if your waist is over 56 inches, i think you should be getting some exercise and not blaming the airline.

[DrTuner]

56? That's like half the circumference of the globe, innit? 

[Cadbury]

This is only the beginning. The next big thing will be charging air fares by passenger weight. A few airlines are already doing it. 

[JOC]

Sorry Fritz......Going to be Lufthansa again....

[hansnl]

25 minutes ago, saakura said:

Seriously, if your waist is over 56 inches, i think you should be getting some exercise and not blaming the airline.

Seriously, qualify or disqualify, this will take care of me ever flying with Thai.

[alex8912]

Dreamliner living up to its name with no kids and no fatties!!  I think this will increase business class travel. 

[Bluespunk]

9 minutes ago, Cadbury said:

This is only the beginning. The next big thing will be charging air fares by passenger weight. A few airlines are already doing it. 

Good. 

[alex8912]

2 minutes ago, hansnl said:

Seriously, qualify or disqualify, this will take care of me ever flying with Thai.

When was the last time you flew Thai? I’m sure they will miss  you!

[Thian]

1 hour ago, kotsak said:

I start liking this plane 

The dreamliners have a leaking fueltank....but boeing is still investigating it.

[Thian]

32 minutes ago, saakura said:

Seriously, if your waist is over 56 inches, i think you should be getting some exercise and not blaming the airline.

My Thai cousin couldn't close his belt in the plane, the stewardess got very angry because he didn't ask for a 2nd belt they have ready for cases like that.

[JOC]

14 minutes ago, Cadbury said:

This is only the beginning. The next big thing will be charging air fares by passenger weight. A few airlines are already doing it. 

This will not change sitting next to an obese person, or sitting between two obese persons....

[thaibeachlovers]

7 minutes ago, alex8912 said:

Dreamliner living up to its name with no kids and no fatties!!  I think this will increase business class travel. 

The no screaming kids is a definite plus.

Now, if they would just ban kids in cattle class it'd be almost a pleasant experience again.

 

[Thian]

2 minutes ago, JOC said:

This will not change sitting next to an obese person, or sitting between two obese persons....

Complaining to the airline helps against obese persons.

 

On my flight Dubai BKK in Emirates i had the pleasure to have the belly of my neighbour on my arm for 6 hours...i asked for another chair but the plane was full.

 

It was disgusting and i won't fly with emirates anymore. They should ban fat people who don't fit in the chair.

[Thian]

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

The no screaming kids is a definite plus.

Now, if they would just ban kids in cattle class it'd be almost a pleasant experience again.

 

Ban kids under 5 years old plus fat people who don't fit in the chair.

 

Or make a special department for those 2...

[HooHaa]

1 hour ago, Bullie said:

And then Thai airways wonders why it is loosing money... Now I now at least one airline company that will never ever fly direct on the United States of America!

I understand that Thai airways likes to exude Thainess, but this is ridiculous. The days are long gone when Thai people were small, skinny and nimble, especially the ones that can afford a western diet.

And if the above picture displays a -very small looking- business class seat, I shudder to think what it will look like in coach....

Its a 56 inch waist. Sorry mate thats huge. And you would be hard pressed to find many thais bigger than that. Obeisity should have a cost.

[leggo]

Best news ever , well done Thai - I hope other airlines follow and into economy too. Nothing I hate more than being sat next to some obese , sweaty being on a flight. On top of that they should charge for being excess baggage! Terrific news!

[thaibeachlovers]

Just now, Thian said:

Ban kids under 5 years old plus fat people who don't fit in the chair.

 

Or make a special department for those 2...

I don't want to ban obese people, but if they are over a maximum waistline they should have to buy 2 seats, or fly first class with individual seats.

[dorchester]

• I like this idea but I kinda have my doubts on the airbag system

[Thian]

Just now, thaibeachlovers said:

I don't want to ban obese people, but if they are over a maximum waistline they should have to buy 2 seats, or fly first class with individual seats.

Well as long as they don't put that lard on my arm it's okay with me.

 

And mind you, i am tall and wide (not fat) but that armrest in the middle is half mine for sure...or i have to sit in an angle..

Actually i think the seats have to be a few cm wider as well...for european flights that is since we are taller than americans/asians/chinese.

[ChangMaiSausage]

Heading is a bit misleading, not only Thai dream liners any plane with the same seats set-up! 

[realenglish1]

The easy way to avoid this is use extenders. Now Thai always has bad press and I for one will not fly Thai for this very reason

 

I am 36 inches but its just another reason why Thai airways is not a good airline They do not care about the flyer

 

What about a pregnant woman or as this article says people with children that must sit on their laps

[rkidlad]

If you’re losing your hair, not your fault. 

 

If you’re ridiculously tall, not your fault. 

 

If you’re horribly overweight, it is your fault. You’re not ‘unlucky’. You are simply putting too many calories in your body and not burning enough. I’d love to be able to eat what I want when I want but I can’t. So I don’t. 

 

Sure, some of us are naturally more slender, etc, but these scientific laws apply to all of us. 

[Psimbo]

Only up to 56" waist- clearly not designed by a US engineer! Pass the burgers, Bubba.