02-16-2010
12:19 AM
1 Love
This nearly happened to me as well, and I fit comfortably in a single seat in the rear of the plane with no "spillage" into other seats. The steward wanted to put a rather large SWA employee, probably a pilot, next to me. This inconsiderate jerk, ended up squishing ME, but I didnt complain. He did though. He complained and the steward decided I was a the problem. I was told that I was the one who was too big, even though the SWA employee had at least 50 pounds on me, and was told that I would have to leave the plane or buy another seat... I only got to stay because other passengers took my side. They could see me being slowly squirted like easy cheese into the aisle from the moment SWA boy wedged in. This only got resolved when the guy was moved toward the front of the not quite full plane.
In other words, and in my humble opinion, this is an arbitrary policy that certain employees use to their advantage for personal reasons. I have ZERO doubt that someone made an arbitrary decision based on their assumptions and not the facts at hand.
I have seen some really really big people who got no grief while others are left alone. The better you dress the more you are left alone. God forbid you dress for a full day of sitting on a plane and have a fat face. No matter what the weight, you are gonna get the dead eye.
I used to love SWA, but wont fly them again since my incident, doubly so to see a celebrity type get the same crap.
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02-16-2010
12:18 AM
1 Love
This nearly happened to me as well, and I fit comfortably in a single seat in the rear of the plane with no "spillage" into other seats. The steward wanted to put a rather large SWA employee, probably a pilot, next to me. This inconsiderate jerk, ended up squishing ME, but I didnt complain. He did though. He complained and the steward decided I was a the problem. I was told that I was the one who was too big, even though the SWA employee had at least 50 pounds on me, and was told that I would have to leave the plane or buy another seat... I only got to stay because other passengers took my side. They could see me being slowly squirted like easy cheese into the aisle from the moment SWA boy wedged in. This only got resolved when the guy was moved toward the front of the not quite full plane.
In other words, and in my humble opinion, this is an arbitrary policy that certain employees use to their advantage for personal reasons. I have ZERO doubt that someone made an arbitrary decision based on their assumptions and not the facts at hand.
I have seen some really really big people who got no grief while others are left alone. The better you dress the more you are left alone. God forbid you dress for a full day of sitting on a plane and have a fat face. No matter what the weight, you are gonna get the dead eye.
I used to love SWA, but wont fly them again since my incident, doubly so to see a celebrity type get the same crap.
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