On the other hand, I won't be forced to share my armrest and half my seat with a "passenger of size" anymore. That's a plus.

If someone is so enormously fat they need three seats, there's no chance they could expeditiously evacuate in an emergency. Could they even fit through an over wing exit? Seems like an issue for the FAA.

As others have said, this policy may be more targeted towards other passengers to avoid someone being sentenced to hours under sweaty rolls of goo.

Can you imagine what that thing in the pictures smells like? These creatures are pretty much self eliminating by age 30 so there is that.

MouthBQ98 said:

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Passengers should have to pay by weight as that is how the costs of flying are most fairly distributed.

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That's going to make for fun vacation trips where one spouse *****es about how expensive the fat one's flight cost the whole time. LOL

But back to the new policy, it's going to be cute when the flight is booked out and their are a few fatasses that all need their own rows and lots of folks get last minute cancelled.

StandUpforAmerica said:

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I'm tall. I demand that the seat in front of me be kept empty so they don't lean back into my legs. If SWA doesn't do this they are tall-phobic!

Is that how this works?

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I am tall and fat. F all of you

Start bringing Poof odor spray with you so you can spray their stinky skin folds on the flight.

Yeah this is where I am at. I dont think this will last long. A few viral videos of fatties getting boarded and then half a dozen folks suddenly cancelled at the gate will put an end to it.

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Southwest provided its policy to Fox Business which said that passengers of size "have the option of purchasing just one seat and then discussing your seating needs with the Customer Service Agent at the departure gate. If it's determined that a second (or third) seat is needed, you'll be accommodated with a complimentary additional seat."

The flight team will then try to effort to make the seating arrangements, potentially moving other passengers around for the "unplanned accommodation."

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Sure thing, you tub of goo. Let's all vacate our seats and play musical chairs so your fat ass can take an entire row. We non-fats need to start a campaign to bring back fat shaming.

blackgoldag11 said:

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But I have to pay for a 3 year old that basically sits in my wife's lap the whole time… just don't be fat

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another sign of the collapse of the United States

and these are young people being featured in this article

you also get to pay for their medical bills battling heart attacks, diabetes and lap band surgeries

This is actually a pretty genius move.

You and your family get removed from flight because BigGurlLuvSWA needs an entire row. Its time to turn the fat shaming up to level 10 for you, your family and all passengers on plane and in the terminal.

Let the public make the ruckus and remove the blame from the gate agents who are often stuck.

From a legal standpoint, family ousted much less likely to sue for "discrimination" than BigGurlLuvSWA so it makes sense from that perspective as well.

SWA has long battled this to a great extent than other airlines and have changed their approach from time to time. I suspect this is overall designed to fail to be replaced by another COS policy designed to fail simply because there is no ultimate solution that is acceptable.

I hope to see more airlines implement customer-of-size policies. The Southwest customer size policy helps many travelers offset the disproportionate costs that we incur because of needing extra room. No, the cost of an extra seatis entirely proportionate to your portions.





And so, it's not just about physical accessibility. It's also about financial accessibility."
United Airlines need to give me a first class ticket if I cant' pay for it.

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The train of thought...I can't even...

"Super fat is how we identify," Chaney, business owner of Jae Bae Productions, said. "There's a spectrum of fatness. And as a super fat individual, you start needing different accommodations… I just felt really happy that there was something like this for people."

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If only there was a way this fatass could avoid being super fat.....

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Max Power said:

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I'm curious how they enforce this policy on sold out flights. Does a person who requires additional seats for their size get told that the flight is sold out so they are unable to accommodate additional seats? Do they start removing people based on their size? Children? Families? Those traveling alone? I can only imagine the scene when they start trying to remove other people from a flight to accommodate one of these individuals.

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As I read it, unless they repurchased an extra seat, they won't get this policy on a full flight. All they are doing is giving unused seats to the obese which is good for those of us that would otherwise end up with only half a seat if they don't move that person. That said, those people tend to get the seat next to them left open on a SWA flight if it isn't full and they board relatively early.

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All their flights are full.

txrancher69 said:

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These creatures are pretty much self eliminating by age 30 so there is that.

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Thanks to modern medicine, these land manatees continue grazing well into their 60s now.

Been on plenty of SWA planes. I can assure you asking her to meet you in the bathroom to join the mile high club is going to be a no-go.

To be honest, I think if she simply needs to use the bathroom on the plane its a "no-go".

Kozmozag said:

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People are going to abuse this system. Southwest probably going to regret this decision.

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These days even if you score an "A" group boarding pass, there is now and endless parade of people who still get to board before you. I guess fatties needing extra seats is now another such privileged class.

I guess spending a little money for A1-A15 will move you up a little, but I bet fatties still get on before you.

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Quadruple vaxxed to save her life, but masked and has to carry oxygen with her at all times while weighing over 3-bills with her "healthy lifestyle".

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I think she's the same whale mentioned in the OP's article. She's the poster child of fat fliers.

....and people like us were the danger to her health during COVID....you risked her life by going to church, restaurants, etc....

She can't help the weight....it just happens...she can demand you stay locked up though....

Southwest is not a low cost carrier why do they say that?

Just how big do you have to be to require extra seats? I'm 285 pounds and this has never been an issue for me.

i work in aviation (manufacturing side).

Weight is a CRITICAL consideration, when doing anything...especially for airlines running all day everyday. The more weight, the more fuel you burn. Weight reduces your range, and adds cost. When designing/manufacturing a part, every ounce is analyzed. I can't count the number of times we've redesigned a part, solely to reduce weight.

So not only are overweight people already costing the airlines more, based on their weight...but now they are going to reduce the number of seats that the airline can sell?

Margins are already thin for airlines. The only way they can keep this policy, is to increase the ticket prices of the other passengers.

Otherwise, they'll certainly end this policy, because far too many people will take advantage of it.

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https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/southwest-airlines-celebrated-policy-give-full-row-passengers-free

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Herb is rolling over in his grave...Which ironically is a feat that these passengers may not even be able to accomplish.

Just make them pay for all those seats. If I want more leg room....I have to pay more. Why are they catering to width and not height?

This is only going to happen on flights with existing empty seats.

All this does is basically allow the flight attendants to move people around if possible so that a fat person is seated next to that empty seat.

There is no way people are getting bumped off flights to create an open seat.

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Kozmozag said:

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People are going to abuse this system. Southwest probably going to regret this decision.

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These days even if you score an "A" group boarding pass, there is now and endless parade of people who still get to board before you. I guess fatties needing extra seats is now another such privileged class.

I guess spending a little money for A1-A15 will move you up a little, but I bet fatties still get on before you.

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I was on a flight back in March with my wife and daughter and we had something like B20-ish boarding numbers, should be no problem to sit together. After all the A-group boards, the gate agent announces families can start boarding before B-group. It's fine but normally for very small children. Agent then goes on and on about how if you have anyone that you can claim as dependent on your tax return that you can board. So families with 16,17,18+ yr old kids were boarding. I considered getting out of B-group line with my 17 yr old daughter to board but I thought it was so ridiculous. It definitely pissed off a lot of people watching more than half the plane board before B-group. We barely got seats together in the very last rows of the plane.

ElDoradoHillsAg said:

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torrid said:

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Kozmozag said:

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People are going to abuse this system. Southwest probably going to regret this decision.

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These days even if you score an "A" group boarding pass, there is now and endless parade of people who still get to board before you. I guess fatties needing extra seats is now another such privileged class.

I guess spending a little money for A1-A15 will move you up a little, but I bet fatties still get on before you.

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I was on a flight back in March with my wife and daughter and we had something like B20-ish boarding numbers, should be no problem to sit together. After all the A-group boards, the gate agent announces families can start boarding before B-group. It's fine but normally for very small children. Agent then goes on and on about how if you have anyone that you can claim as dependent on your tax return that you can board. So families with 16,17,18+ yr old kids were boarding. I considered getting out of B-group line with my 17 yr old daughter to board but I thought it was so ridiculous. It definitely pissed off a lot of people watching more than half the plane board before B-group. We barely got seats together in the very last rows of the plane.

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Some airlines limit it to small children, and only one person per small child that get to pre-board. Otherwise you have Mom, Dad, a ten-year-old, three teenagers who can sit by themselves, Grandma, Grandpa, the nanny, the gardener, and the chauffeur all getting to pre-board as a group.

pagerman @ work said:

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There is no way people are getting bumped off flights to create an open seat.

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Just you wait.

pagerman @ work said:

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This is only going to happen on flights with existing empty seats.

All this does is basically allow the flight attendants to move people around if possible so that a fat person is seated next to that empty seat.

There is no way people are getting bumped off flights to create an open seat.

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I give it 90 days when the policy starts to the first viral video of people being booted.

pagerman @ work said:

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This is only going to happen on flights with existing empty seats.

All this does is basically allow the flight attendants to move people around if possible so that a fat person is seated next to that empty seat.

There is no way people are getting bumped off flights to create an open seat.

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If fatty preboards (she has oxygen in the picture, wouldn't be surprised if she rides on a cart too) then she takes up an extra seat. The last person on then has nowhere to sit if it's full

Time to stuff my shirt and pants with pillows then remove them for an extra free seat the trip. Thanks SWA!

nm

Bill Burr on severely fat Americans. Enjoy

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Owlagdad said:

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Somebody find the post with the Ag who had to sit by the oozing of goo. I haven't seen it circulated in awhile.

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Ahhh, RAMF95's Fatass with Travel Scrabble thread. What a classic.

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I haven't seen or heard the guy with the window seat for at least an hour now, pretty sure he's dead