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.
The seats aren’t that small, although the leg room is a problem for a lot of us on longer flighst. Any 14 year-oldteen who can’t fit into one seat is morbidly obese. I hope that the kid is on a diet, but that has nothing to do with the point.
When SWA SELLS a standby ticket, they have an obligation t put you on th enext flight to your destination where there is an unsold seat (assuming you are at th e top of th elist, as the woman was). SWA will end up giving the woman more than a $100 flight certificate for this one.