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It looks like the President of Southwest agrees with me.  No middle seat occupancy unless it's by someone who is with you.     So much for my unreasonable ranting. ... View more

Home Depot, Walmart and Kroger don't cram me into a seat where I am literally touching the stranger sitting next to me for an hour and a half!  You think that is the same as someone walking past me 3 feet away for 3 seconds???   And while it's none of your damned business what I'm doing over the Memorial Day weekend,  I'ms visiting my brother one last time before he passes away -- assuming he even makes it that long.   Does Southwest pay you to make these stupid arguments? ... View more

So you're saying that airlines should not be required or expected to have any in-flight social distancing rules.  Leave it up to entirely to their customers.  If their customers "feel safe enough to not distance themselves," that is all that matters.  Right?   By that way of thinking, no business or agency whatsoever -- essential or nonessential - need have social distancing rules at all.  Uber, dentist offices, courtrooms, city council meetings, homeowner's association meetings, restaurants and ballparks  should all be back fully open tomorrow with no restrictions at all on social distancing - because if their customers and participants "feel safe enough to not distance themselves" that's all that matters.   Yeah, sure, that makes sense.  Or maybe it's that airlines executives are used to thinking that the rules that apply to every other business and agency in the country shouldn't apply to them or limit their ability to keep the income flowing in.  And if people are too stupid to stay off their airplanes, that's their own damned problem. ... View more

You don't know that for a second, my friend.  Either does Southwest.  And I'm getting "worked up" because the consequence of you and Southwest guessing wrong is that I could be crammed next to someone who has Coronavirus.  Because for some reason Southwest apparently believes that they should be exempt from abiding by and enforcing the social distancing rules that every other business in the country has to adhere to. ... View more

Wait a minute.  People may fly for plenty of reasons OTHER than because it's recognized by the experts that it's safe to fly.  They may fly because they are desperate to be with family or friends over the holiday.  They may fly because they would rather get CD19 than live in a locked down world.  They may fly because they assume that Southwest believes it's safe to fly!  And when they do any of those things, they put someone like me (over 70, high risk group) in danger.     But apparently Southwest doesn't care, is that what you're telling me?  Every other business in the country is shut down or enforces social distancing, but Southwest is going to ignore it -- if people want to fill up the plane and have to sit side by side to do it, that's up to them and Southwest is not going to stop them.  Right?   I assume if there is only one seat left, and it's next to me, a 70+ year old, and the final passenger wants to sit there, I will either have to let them sit there or get off the plane myself.  Right? ... View more

Why can't Southwest answer a simple question?  If the plane is sold out or almost full, will Southwest truly expect people who don't know one another to sit side by side???  It's one thing to say, gosh folks, just spread out.  But I have a flight on Memorial Day.  I'm expecting that there will be passengers for every seat that Southwest has available.     So... in order to maximize revenue, WILL SOUTHWEST IGNORE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND REQUIRE PASSENGERS TO SIT BESIDE PASSENGERS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW??? ... View more

Why can't Southwest answer a simple question?  If the plane is sold out or almost full, will Southwest truly expect people who don't know one another to sit side by side???  It's one thing to say, gosh folks, just spread out.  But I have a flight on Memorial Day.  I'm expecting that there will be passengers for every seat that Southwest has available.     So... in order to maximize revenue, WILL SOUTHWEST IGNORE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND REQUIRE PASSENGERS TO SIT BESIDE PASSENGERS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW??? ... View more

Why can't Southwest answer a simple question?  If the plane is sold out or almost full, will Southwest truly expect people who don't know one another to sit side by side???  It's one thing to say, gosh folks, just spread out.  But I have a flight on Memorial Day.  I'm expecting that there will be passengers for every seat that Southwest has available.     So... in order to maximize revenue, WILL SOUTHWEST IGNORE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND REQUIRE PASSENGERS TO SIT BESIDE PASSENGERS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW??? ... View more

Why can't Southwest answer a simple question?  If the plane is sold out or almost full, will Southwest truly expect people who don't know one another to sit side by side???  It's one thing to say, gosh folks, just spread out.  But I have a flight on Memorial Day.  I'm expecting that there will be passengers for every seat that Southwest has available.     So... in order to maximize revenue, WILL SOUTHWEST IGNORE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND REQUIRE PASSENGERS TO SIT BESIDE PASSENGERS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW??? ... View more

I want an answer to the SAME question asked by GCStanley... if the plane is sold out or almost full, will Southwest truly expect people who don't know one another to sit side by side???  It's one thing to say, gosh folks, just spread out.  But I have a flight on Memorial Day.  I'm expecting that there will be passengers for every seat that Southwest has available.     So... in order to maximize revenue, WILL SOUTHWEST IGNORE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND REQUIRE PASSENGERS TO SIT BESIDE PASSENGERS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW??? ... View more