{"id":5451,"date":"2021-07-05T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/?p=5451"},"modified":"2021-07-04T14:00:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T21:00:23","slug":"are-we-getting-too-fat-to-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/2021\/07\/05\/are-we-getting-too-fat-to-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"Are We Getting Too Fat to Fly?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;19px||23px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; global_module=&#8221;2637&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GPB-Bank-Local-Banner.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;GPB-Bank-Local-Banner&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.goldenpacificbank.com\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; 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header_6_font_size=&#8221;13px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||2px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h6>By Ed Goldman<\/h6>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span class='et-dropcap'>W<\/span>ill the new jingle for a major airline\u2019s commercials become, \ud83c\udfb6 \u201cFly your fleshy thighs (if United\u201d)?<\/p>\n<p>Evidently, America\u2019s recent collective weight gain\u2014which is being blamed on the cause-and-effect relationship of COVID-19 isolation and easy access to KitKat candy bars\u2014is causing some consternation in the aviation industry.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Baggage-Checkout.jpg&#8221; 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sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>This gives some fodder to the paranoia many of us already feel when flying: that if we tilt a certain way in our seats, the plane will follow suit\u2014 especially if, since our last flight, we\u2019ve added a few pounds to our body politic.<\/p>\n<p>While I\u2019m all for assigning culpability to COVID for every possible shortcoming I have or am likely to develop\u2014provided God grants me the time and continued access to KitKat candy bars\u2014I need to recognize that I actually shed a few pounds during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>This wasn\u2019t a conscious effort, believe me. I just found myself walking more and eating a bit less (though never walking and eating simultaneously\u2014yet I imagine this could have evened out any weight gain or loss). It\u2019s just that, when I began working at home fulltime 37 years ago, I realized early on my situation could soon have me increasing the size of my staff (me)\u2014and that if I wanted to continue to work at home, without having to buy specially fitted desk chairs or expand the width of my doorways, I\u2019d better get with the program.<\/p>\n<p>So, for years I continued to go on lengthy daily walks in my then-neighborhood, East Sacramento. I stopped doing that for the first four years in my new digs, which I\u2019ve dubbed Far East Sacramento (not because it has an unusual preponderance of Asian restaurants but because it\u2019s five miles east of my former home yet remains one block within the city limits). <\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Amazon Banner &#8211; Limited Time TEXT&#8221; module_class=&#8221;https:\/\/amzn.to\/3gWGm5p&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Actor||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#EDF000&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;Actor||||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#E09900&#8243; header_2_font_size=&#8221;35px&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#E09900&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#303030&#8243; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#000000&#8243; background_color_gradient_type=&#8221;radial&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;25px|25px|25px|25px|true|true&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;https:\/\/amzn.to\/3w29oqO&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;3px&#8221; border_style_all=&#8221;dashed&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; global_module=&#8221;5299&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Try <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3xPruwD\">KINDLE UNLIMITED<\/a> Free for 2 Months<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Unlimited reading. Current Magazines. Unlimited Audiobooks.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3xPruwD\">Click here to get offer.<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>But in the past six months I started walking again\u2014and even using the chin-up bar I\u2019ve hung in each of my home offices for decades to do more than de-wrinkle freshly washed, non-Perma-Press shirts.<\/p>\n<p>While I\u2019m far from trim, I\u2019ve never had to pay for two seats while traveling alone on a plane or bus. This wasn\u2019t the case for a friend of mine who clocked in at \u201cexactly 500 pounds\u201d\u2014a statistic he snarled at me despite the fact I\u2019d never asked him his weight nor even mentioned it. It was, to deploy a rather cruel phrase in this instance, the elephant in the room. I imagine he\u2019d been wondering if I\u2019d been wondering how much he weighed.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;endingG&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>I wasn\u2019t. I understood that my friend, who died at the age of 63 a few years ago, had an illness not unlike alcoholism or compulsive gambling except for one thing: those other maladies can be hidden from view much of the time. And if you communicated with my friend exclusively by phone or via social media, you\u2019d have had no idea he was morbidly obese.<\/p>\n<p>To get back to the theme of today\u2019s ramble: When some of the airline execs started babbling to the news media about their need to adapt as America continues to pudge up, I thought about my friend and his life of constant humiliation\u2014needing to be seated at a bench in a restaurant, having to be hoisted onto a plane, needing to take freight elevators in office buildings, being ridiculed by children and some utterly insensitive adults who assumed Terry was a jolly fat man who enjoyed a good chuckle at his expense. He didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>To accommodate the irrefutable fact that we weigh more than we used to, commercial airlines are going to simply have to forego squeezing every last drop of money from their passengers and fly fewer of them. It won\u2019t help my friend but by flying everyone who can afford the price of a ticket, regardless of their girth, it may make the skies friendly again.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/amazonBeauty3.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Looking for a Great Gift?&#8221; title_text=&#8221;amazonBeauty3&#8243; url=&#8221;https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ylXvN1&#8243; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Amazon Banner &#8211; Limited Time&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|10px|10px|10px|true|true&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_module=&#8221;2981&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.2&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto||0px|false|false&#8221; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; border_color_top=&#8221;#E02B20&#8243; global_module=&#8221;1122&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;About Ed&#8221; module_class=&#8221;AuthorBioBox&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.7&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#444&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px||10px||true|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/about-ed\/\">Ed Goldman&#8217;s<\/a> column appears almost every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 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