02-16-2010
11:28 PM
1 Love
MY HUSBAND AND I WERE SLOTED IN AISLE SEATS LAST YEAR WHEN WE BOARDED A FLIGHT FROM VEGAS TO NEW YORK. A LARGE 350-400 POUNDS MAN WAS SEATED IN THE CENTER SEAT WITH HIM TAKING UP HALF MY HUSBANDS SEAT. WAS THIS FAIR TO US? I APPROACHED THE CREW AND ASKED FOR A FULL SEAT FOR MY HUSBAND. NOW I REALIZE WHEN BUYING ON LINE SWA HAS NO IDEA WHAT SIZE THE PERSON IS, BUT THE GATE KEEPERS SEE THEM. THEY KNEW THIS WAS A FULL FLIGHT. I GAVE UP MY AISLE SEAT TO SIT NEXT TO MY HUSBAND SO AS TO STAY MARRIED AT THE END OF THIS FLIGHT. THIS DID NOT MAKE THE MAN IN THE CENTER NEXT TO ME HAPPY SINCE THEY MOVED THE BIG GUY TO MY AISLE SEAT. THE CREW TOOK OFF THE AISLE ARM REST AND TOLD HIM HE MUST POSITION HIMSELF SO THAT THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE HAD HIS FULL SEAT. THEN HE NEEDED TWO EXTENSIONS FOR HIS SEAT BELT BEFORE WE COULD TAKE OFF. NOW I REALIZE SOME PEOPLKE ARE WEIGHT CHALLENGED AND SOME ARE JUST FAT BUT NO ONE ELSE SHOULD SUFFER BECAUSE OF IT.
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