Longtime lurker. Interesting read; check out the comments. Hey fellow shitlords, been a lurker for a while but came across this article, funny stuff. It's so funny that to this day airlines don't charge extra to hambeasts when they encroach on your space. As someone that travels a lot I feel like I'm playing Russian roulette when I travel. I either have someone oozing all over my space or I get to relax and not feel like a sardine.  Here's a perfect solution, you know how your bags get weighed how about you and your bags get weighted together and if you cross a certain threshold as in weight and wideness you would have to buy an extra seat. If none are available then you get bumped to the next flight. Also please please enforce the body odor policies if there's any. So many times I felt I needed I gas mask just to get thru.  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2531797/Airline-passenger-complaint-having-sit-obese-man.html#comments-2531797