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.
I may not fly as much as you, but those seats are small. It seems that you just want to bash the kid for not being the way you think he should be. You’re right that whether he’s on a diet or not isn’t the point. You still haven’t said how you know the kid was morbidly obese. Is it just an assumption?
SWA does not have an obligation to put a standby passenger on a certain flight. My sister flew standby a few years ago, and it took three days to get a flight from El Paso, TX to Fresno, CA. Unfortunately, the woman will get more than the $100. if SWA caves. I’m pulling for SWA to stand up to her and the nasty people.