I'm 5'8 and weigh 150lbs. I'm not a Kevin Smith fan, so I'm not here to defend him.
I'd rather stick burning needles in my eyes than deal with the whole process of flying - the crabby counter agents, the TSA morons, and most of all the other passengers. Although I fly approximately never, if I had to fly again I would think very strongly against choosing SWA, simply because SWA seems to know they can smugly point to this policy and avoid a lot of backlash, as there will always be a contingent of "yeah, let's get em!" knuckle-draggers who gravitate towards anything that seems slightly punitive towards people they resent for whatever reason.
Much of what I've seen lately indicates that most other airlines aren't much better.
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