02-15-2010
11:29 PM
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i find this policy insulting and discriminatory. I work with disabled adults and children of all shapes and sizes and find this abuse of them unconscionable. I am boycotting Southwest Airlines for this absurd and abusive policy. Are individuals in Wheel Chairs charged additional fare? Are those with hearing disorders who require extra time from the flight attendants charged extra for the service? Are the elderly who hold up the lines and make others wait to board and deplane charged an annoyance fee? Well if not, then selecting this particular trait to punish customers for is abusive and offensive. It is solely based on the annoyance of other customers and it is absurd.
I refuse to fly Southwest until this policy is reversed and urge everyone else to do the same. While some of us may need to accommodate a person of size beside us, my experience is that that is far less offensive than many other traits of airline passengers that ride without penalty. What is next? A fee for parents with unruly or crying children? That certainly has disrupted more flights for me than being next to someone who is large. Perhaps a class action lawsuit under ADA for those who are overweight based on a disability would end this discriminatory policy.
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