Case Scenario: You are on a long flight to Japan. An obese woman weighing about 250 pounds is sitting next to you. Throughout the flight, you are constricted to half your seat, and have no access to the armrest you share with that passenger. You are usually able to sleep during flights, but this trip is very uncomfortable, and you spend all sixteen hours awake. You have an important meeting when you arrive in Japan.
1. Would you say anything to the passenger next to you? Why or why not?
2. If you were a member of the airplane crew, and this was brought to your attention, what would you do?
3. In your view, how should the airline industry respond to an increasingly obese population?