02-16-2010
02:57 AM
Such a strange debate and policy.
Kevin Smith says he was able to fit in the seat with the armrests lowered and use his seat belt properly without any kind of extension That is provable. It does not require any sort of "judgment call" by an overworked flight clerk. So he should be allowed to fly if he meets those requirements. Sure I will continue to make a beeline for the seat next to the wafer-thinnest lady I can find, but that doesn't mean Smith should be kept off the flight. (I'll avoid a 7' tall NBA player, too,and a height-and-weight-proportional Texan with a cowboy hat, but they can fly on SWA, right?) The judgmental blowhards who think Smith is just "too large" and needs to run marathons and eat kelp just like them are the very last people I'd want to sit next to.
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