I recently had the misfortune of using Virgin to fly from London to South Africa. It was by choice – you don’t know until you try. Suffice to say (spoiler alert) it was a terrible experience. However, I have the need to vent as long haul flights are generally pain and torture for anyone except the filthy rich or tiny. I am the guy you don’t want to sit next to. I am both tall and overweight. So, take from the big guy – I don’t want to sit next to you either Mr Average. You will assume its ok to elbow me off the arm rest or to resort displaying your anger in passive aggressive puffs and grunts. Sidebar : I read this and I agree with the comparison. http://www.printmag.com/imprint/a-curious-similarity/ No, I am not trivialising what happened back then. But we are punished for being normal passengers. As I am aware I need more space, I booked my seat and the coughed up extra money for extra legroom seats. On the return journey I paid a further levy for the Emergency ex