I am a body builder and am not fat, I have however been forced to buy 2 seats on SWA. The problem here is not the size of the people but rather the size of the seats. SWA has 2 options when trying to make more money from each flight, a) Make the plane larger or b) make the seats smaller.
Which option do you think they chose? It is the same thing a lot of other companies are doing to squeeze more cash from their product. Have you ever compared pictures of things we use every day from say 25 years ago with today? a loaf of bread is a good example. If a company boast about not having to raise their prices over the years then it is because they have reduced the amount to get for that "same price".
Do I fault SWA for forcing this policy? Not really, I do however fault them for the way they try and make it look like it is the customers fault. Would it be so hard for you and other companys to say, hey we need more money and we are going to reduce the size of our product but still charge the same price.
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