‘A betrayal’: Southwest’s new plus size policy leaves some passengers unable to fly
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A new Southwest Airlines policy that requires plus-sized passengers to buy an extra seat if they “encroach” onto the seat next to theirs is sparking disappointment, anguish and frustration among leagues of larger bodied people across the U.S. who long relied on the airline as their carrier of choice.
Southwest’s new “customer of size” policy, which takes effect Tuesday, requires plus-sized passengers who cannot fit entirely within one seat to purchase a second one. That’s regardless of whether the seat next to them is empty.
Those passengers can later request a refund for the second seat, but will only receive one if the flight is not full. Under Southwest’s old policy, plus-sized passengers could choose to purchase an extra seat, but the airline didn’t require it. And the airline would later refund the price of that extra ticket — even if all other seats on the plane were full and the refund could result in a net loss for the airline, according to an airline spokesperson.
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This is not a betrayal as the garbage paper headline says, it is a much needed correction to flying. Obese and morbidly obese have the privilege of flying but that privilege does not mean infringing on other customers personal space on the plane, especially those sitting in the same row or next to the obese.
Tickets should be sold by weight - total weight of the passenger and their luggage. If you and your luggage weigh a total of 300 pounds, they you pay the basic ticket fee plus an adder to compensate for the additional fuel and space needed. At 160 pounds, the cost to the airline and adjacent passengers is obviously less and so you would pay less of an adder.
Insider report from Amazon layoffs sees only Americans laid off on his team in the past 2 RIFs.
H-1Bs keep their jobs while Americans are laid off. How can that be possible? Fyi, these were the same level/experience engineers.
https://x.com/War4theWest/status/2016948995197710817