Many of you have said that having an overweight person on a flight is a safety hazard. First I would like to point out that SW isn't saying that a fat person can't fly, they are saying that they must purchase 2 seats. So lets be clear, the policy requiring overweight people to purchase 2 seats has nothing to do with safety. I understand this isn't really a fair comparison because Kevin or any other fat person can do something about being fat, but isn't a physically handicapped person a much larger safety hazard? If something happens on a plane and you need to get off a plane in a hurry, would you rather have a 350 pound person sitting next to you or would you rather have a 200 pound person paralyzed from the waist down. I'm not suggesting that airlines should stop allowing people with physical handicaps to fly, nor am I suggesting that they shouldn't have a policy requiring overweight people to purchase two seats, my point is that this policy has nothing to do with safety.
I actually agree with having a policy requiring overweight people to purchase two seats. My problem is the way the policy is enforced. I've seen Kevin, and I've had to sit next to people that are much larger than him. If a person can buckle their seat belt (without extensions) and put both the arm rests down, they should be allowed in one seat.
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