How do I know that the teen was morbidly obese? She couldn’t fit into a single seat, which is all she paid for. The standby passenger has a right to any unsold seat on that flight. There was an unsold seat, but SWA gave the extra seat to the fat teen. SWA should be whacked for that.
I understand all about airline seats and standby. I’m logging about 50k miles in the air just this summer.
There is no reason to be “tolerant and sympathetic”. My point primarily had to do with SWA. But, the teen would probably benefit from less tolerance and sympathy because her parent(s) are letting her eat herself into diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and an early grave. That, however, wasn’t the point ofthe post.
Obese and morbidly obese are two far different things. I hope you’d agree. Someone can be overweight and not fit in those tiny seats, but not be morbidly obese. Is there a picture of this kid? I hope not.
How do you know the kid wasn’t on a weight loss plan? Maybe the kid had already lost alot of weight and was still working on it? Folks don’t ever consider that. They’d rather jump to conclusions. Guess as long as the kid isn’t doing it fast enough for someone else there will be no mercy. Hopefully, this kid doesn’t commit suicide. The constant harrassment, little digs, mean comments, dirty looks wear on the strongest. What’s that old phrase about walking in someone else’s shoes....
Since you fly so frequently, you also know that SWA had the right to do what they did.