I guarantee that anyone who has ever had to sit next to an overweight person on a long flight agrees with Southwest's handling of this situation. There is absolutely no way a normal sized person should have to pay the same for a single seat as someone who physically cannot fit in one seat. There's nothing worse on an airplane than that feeling you get when you realize you're going to be sharing a seat with someone's side fat for the next 4hrs. Maybe give all the fat people their own section on the plane.
Bottom line, it should be determined before the person is on the plane whether or not they can fit in one seat. If not, they have to buy 2 seats or lose weight.
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