I've noticed a lot of the comments on this mention that overweight people should have to pay for two seats so the other passengers will be more comfortable. Frankly if someone is going to have to pay for the two seats they should BE ABLE to have the two seats without having someone stuck up against them. Southwest tries to make as much money from their passengers as they can. They overbook flights, take seats away that someone has paid for. It's stupid. If someone is overweight and has to pay for the two seats then southwest doesn't need to take the extra seat away from them just to sell it (again) to someone else.
Also if Kevin Smith was already sitting with his bag put up, and his armrests DOWN and the person or people next to him said they were COMFORTABLE there was NO reason to remove him from that flight other than the fact that southwest was doing it just to be A-holes because he's not built like a male model.
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