02-16-2010
02:38 AM
I agree that potentially overweight passengers should be screened before being embarrassed publicly.
Who wants to sit next to that huge mass bulging over the seat? When I see these towering hulks coming down the aisle, I'm silently praying that they will pass on by. Why should I have to be uncomfortable just so that an obese person can fly? SW should find a policy (such as weight) and charge for an extra seat for those that exceed (by some percentage) the average passenger weight that the seat was designed for. Better yet, they should redesign their seats to accommodate the national change in average weight and stop pretending that we are back in 1950 when the average persons weight was much less.
Southwest should consider all their passengers and not punish those who don't impose our physical volume on others (thin types) while accommodating the overweight with a little dignity if they want their business of either.
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