02-16-2010
09:41 AM
I won't be flying Southwest in the future. Not out of solidarity with Kevin Smith (although I'm completely in sympathy with him) but because I don't want to get kicked off an airline. At 5'4" and a size 14, I can easily fit into a single seat. But after the number of people who have been kicked off your airline for maybe appearing to be too fat, just a little, or for having children screaming after being stuck on the tarmac for hours, or for wearing "inappropriate" clothing, I have no desire to subject myself to the apparent arbitrariness of who is and isn't allowed to fly on your airlines. Instead, I'll fly on an airline that accepts less-than-perfect people.
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