02-15-2010
05:46 PM
I'm glad this came to light... Obesity is the #1 killer in America folks. If you're too fat to sit on an airplane, you have a PROBLEM that you need to WORK ON. I applaud Southwest for their policy, and I will continue to fly Southwest with now hopefully fewer obese people.
Look - there's nothing wrong with being obese, EXCEPT that you're extremely unhealthy and in danger of an early death if you don't DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Flying on an airplane is also just fine, as long as you don't make someone else's flight on that same airplane unsafe or highly unpleasant. For that matter, if it's unsafe for you to fly because you're too fat - then you shouldn't fly anyway. Exercise. It does a body good.
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