Recently I flew on Air Tran and was seated next to an obese man. He sat in the middle of a three-seater. The arm rest between us was up and he came over into my seat about a third of the way. His legs spread out so far I was almost in the aisle and he did not have a seatbelt on. He fell right to sleep and started to snore very loudly. His friend on the other side kept hissing nasty things to him. I was on the verge of an Edward Munch SCREAM, when a kindly flight host tapped me quietly and slipped me to the back of the plane for a full seat. I applaud Southwest's action with Mr. Smith. If he knew that he needed two seats and purchased them, why did he opt for another flight on standby? Since my experience I have wondered why the airlines would allow people so large to sit in one of their tiny seats. Yay Southwest!
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