02-15-2010
08:11 PM
3 Loves
While I understand this whole bru-haha has some "larger" customers upset, those of us who fit into one seat are actually really happy to hear this policy was enforced. I have been seated next to "customers of size" on MANY airlines, including Southwest. Some of these people couldn't put the armrests down all the way, and very few could use their tray table while eating/drinking, which caused a mess.
As a very frequent business flyer on Southwest and other airlines, I'm a big believer in the concept of "owning" my seat while I fly. I bought that seat; the whole seat is mine for the duration of the flight. And when I'm seated next to someone who doesn't fit within their seat, they are using more space than what they paid for. In fact, they're using the space *I* paid for. How is that okay? How is that comfortable for anyone involved? If you need more room than one seat can provide, you should have to purchase it - unless, of course, the flight's not full. By all means, take up part of an empty seat, just not one that I'm sitting in.
High five, Southwest. Sometimes the right thing to do is the hardest. Large people might be loud, but we average-sized people can be loud too. I'm behind you 100%.
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