Call it an armrest-ling contest.
A middle-seat brawl broke out on a recent Delta flight when a passenger clashed along with his larger seatmate over armrest rights.
The drama kicked off when the shirty seatmate plopped down beside the larger man — promptly elbowing him.
Within the skirmish that followed, words flew — literally — about Weight Watchers and waistlines, though weight-reduction plan suggestions aren’t exactly inflight essentials.
The larger passenger, whose name is Guy Branum, complained to crew about being hit — while the opposite, a person reportedly in his 60’s, whined he was “too fat to fly.”
Branum found himself within the hotseat nevertheless, recounting that the airline considered tossing him from the plane — further demanding he delete a video he shot of the irksome event.
In a Threads video post, Branum shared his side of the story. He captioned it, “On Sunday a man hit me on a plane, and @delta didn’t throw him off the flight or have him arrested because they were too busy determining if I used to be too fat or not.”
He continued, writing that “the flight crew was amazing and supportive,” but that ground-based customer support staff treated him “like an object.”
Branum, a bigger passenger who normally splurges on business class for extra space, recounted his uneasiness over taking a middle seat within the plane’s Comfort+ section.
And he could see trouble coming before it even arrived — reportedly, the chaos began the septuagenarian scrapper “freaked out at a girl” using the overhead bin, then plopped down next to Branum and demanded he slide over. He stressed that he couldn’t.
“Then he just elbowed me as hard as he could,” Branum recalled.
Branum also shared a clip of the person grinning like he’d won the lottery — right after allegedly assaulting the video creator.
Branum told the camera, “He elbowed me because he believes that I’m too fat to be sitting next to him,” as the person, seen next to him, grinned and quipped, “Whoa. Who wouldn’t imagine that?”
The person whined about paying for his seat. Branum noted he had paid, too, before the person suggested they “at the very least share the armrest.”
Branum shot back, “Yes. We’re not sharing the armrest without delay. You might be using the armrest since you elbowed me to get out.”
Attempting to de-escalate, Branum asked, “How do you’re thinking that we must always solve this problem?” The person muttered something Branum cut off: “You think that I should exist otherwise? Let’s be fair, you might be hardly svelte yourself.”
The person then bragged, “I’m a member of Weight Watchers. I swear to you. I can show you on my phone. That’s how I lost the load.”
Branum fired back, “You think that I’m a fat person on this country and I never tried to reduce weight?”
Branum told his followers, “When a flight attendant got here by I told them that he had hit me but I used to be okay to remain within the seat if vital.”
The person, meanwhile, complained that Branum was “too fat,” prompting crew members to examine him.
“When Delta solves an issue they send a red coat lady,” Branum said. The attendant discreetly pulled the person aside and made it clear Branum wouldn’t be kicked off.
She then asked one other passenger across the aisle to swap seats — she agreed, and Delta even offered her some miles. Branum requested some too, and he or she said, “sure.”
The attendant also asked Branum to delete the video he had recorded, but he refused, and fellow passengers chimed in concerning the rude man’s “difficult” behavior.
Branum added, “Fat people shouldn’t be waiting for some future moment once we’ll be worthy of traveling and living our lives.”
As previously reported by The Post, starting Jan. 27, 2026, plus-size Southwest Airlines passengers who spill into the subsequent seat can have to purchase an additional one upfront, as per CBS News.
“To make sure space, we’re communicating to customers who’ve previously used the additional seat policy that they can buy it at booking,” the airline’s reps said in a recent statement.
The rule targets flyers who “encroach upon the neighboring seat,” and critics have slammed Southwest online, long often known as a plus-size-friendly airline.
Call it an armrest-ling contest.
A middle-seat brawl broke out on a recent Delta flight when a passenger clashed along with his larger seatmate over armrest rights.
The drama kicked off when the shirty seatmate plopped down beside the larger man — promptly elbowing him.
Within the skirmish that followed, words flew — literally — about Weight Watchers and waistlines, though weight-reduction plan suggestions aren’t exactly inflight essentials.
The larger passenger, whose name is Guy Branum, complained to crew about being hit — while the opposite, a person reportedly in his 60’s, whined he was “too fat to fly.”
Branum found himself within the hotseat nevertheless, recounting that the airline considered tossing him from the plane — further demanding he delete a video he shot of the irksome event.
In a Threads video post, Branum shared his side of the story. He captioned it, “On Sunday a man hit me on a plane, and @delta didn’t throw him off the flight or have him arrested because they were too busy determining if I used to be too fat or not.”
He continued, writing that “the flight crew was amazing and supportive,” but that ground-based customer support staff treated him “like an object.”
Branum, a bigger passenger who normally splurges on business class for extra space, recounted his uneasiness over taking a middle seat within the plane’s Comfort+ section.
And he could see trouble coming before it even arrived — reportedly, the chaos began the septuagenarian scrapper “freaked out at a girl” using the overhead bin, then plopped down next to Branum and demanded he slide over. He stressed that he couldn’t.
“Then he just elbowed me as hard as he could,” Branum recalled.
Branum also shared a clip of the person grinning like he’d won the lottery — right after allegedly assaulting the video creator.
Branum told the camera, “He elbowed me because he believes that I’m too fat to be sitting next to him,” as the person, seen next to him, grinned and quipped, “Whoa. Who wouldn’t imagine that?”
The person whined about paying for his seat. Branum noted he had paid, too, before the person suggested they “at the very least share the armrest.”
Branum shot back, “Yes. We’re not sharing the armrest without delay. You might be using the armrest since you elbowed me to get out.”
Attempting to de-escalate, Branum asked, “How do you’re thinking that we must always solve this problem?” The person muttered something Branum cut off: “You think that I should exist otherwise? Let’s be fair, you might be hardly svelte yourself.”
The person then bragged, “I’m a member of Weight Watchers. I swear to you. I can show you on my phone. That’s how I lost the load.”
Branum fired back, “You think that I’m a fat person on this country and I never tried to reduce weight?”
Branum told his followers, “When a flight attendant got here by I told them that he had hit me but I used to be okay to remain within the seat if vital.”
The person, meanwhile, complained that Branum was “too fat,” prompting crew members to examine him.
“When Delta solves an issue they send a red coat lady,” Branum said. The attendant discreetly pulled the person aside and made it clear Branum wouldn’t be kicked off.
She then asked one other passenger across the aisle to swap seats — she agreed, and Delta even offered her some miles. Branum requested some too, and he or she said, “sure.”
The attendant also asked Branum to delete the video he had recorded, but he refused, and fellow passengers chimed in concerning the rude man’s “difficult” behavior.
Branum added, “Fat people shouldn’t be waiting for some future moment once we’ll be worthy of traveling and living our lives.”
As previously reported by The Post, starting Jan. 27, 2026, plus-size Southwest Airlines passengers who spill into the subsequent seat can have to purchase an additional one upfront, as per CBS News.
“To make sure space, we’re communicating to customers who’ve previously used the additional seat policy that they can buy it at booking,” the airline’s reps said in a recent statement.
The rule targets flyers who “encroach upon the neighboring seat,” and critics have slammed Southwest online, long often known as a plus-size-friendly airline.
