[white trash redneck]

One of the worst flights I can remember was being stuck in the middle seat between two people who each required a seat belt extender to buckle the belt around their middle.

It's about time.

[1Old Pro]

"They think they can get away with it because they think discriminating against people on the basis of weight will be acceptable to most of the population," she said.

It's not a question of discrimination. It's a simple fact that if you occupy two seats you pay for two seats.

[Eala]

I smell a lawsuit.

[FreePaul]

Long overdue. Maybe other airlines will follow.

[homeschool mama]

***"For an airline to charge people double based on the person's size is pure discrimination," Miss Berg said. "Do they discriminate the same way against basketball players who are 6 foot 5 inches and don't fit in their seats?"***

My husband is 6'6" and fits into a seat just fine...as long as it's in the emergency aisle. Flight attendants are always willing to accomodate him for this. He doesn't take two seats...just needs more leg space.

I think it's right to charge a two seat fare for a person requiring two seats.

[Redbob]

About d*mn time!

Being fat is like having AIDS: it's a lifestyle thing, and the result of conscious decisions.

[homeschool mama]

** "The fact is that Americans are getting larger," she said. "This is what the population looks like, and an airline has an obligation to make its seat fit the population." **

Oh brother.

[Tacis]

If you ever believed that fat poeople were jolly, boy are you in for a surprise! I've long thougt that fatness was the "class" status that people in general, including leftists, had the least sympathy for. Most of us can make excuses for minorieites, handicapped, fairies, smokers, drinkers, wife beaters or New York Yankee fans, but few of us look at a grotesquely fat person with any hint of understanding. I'm sure Rosie or Nadler, the Hutt will confirm my opinion.

[JoshGray]

Charge by the pound!

[skateman]

"persons of size"

Don't ya just love, pc!

Not!

[ppaul]

SW Airlines introduces

Fatty Fares!

("Fatty Fares" - you heard the term used first, here on FR)

[Minnesoootan]

Throw um in with the cargo,strap um to a pallet.

[medved]

I'm about 6-3, 240 or thereabouts, ande can drive most small cars pretty comfortably (I own a Dodge Neon), and do not have a whole lot of sympathy for anybody, including airlines, whose basic model of the human race amounts to smurfs, dwarves, midgets, undersized children, heinzelmenschen and nibelungen.

Within my experience, many if not most airline seats are made for people under 5' tall. That's just one more thing airlines need to think about if they don't want to become a footnote in technological history. The human race is not getting smaller and the world did pretty well for itself in the decades of fast ships and zeppelins. I could live with that at least as easily as I live with airlines and their attitude problems.

[Sloth]

Airline seats are ludicrously small, at least on certain carriers.

[Salgak]

Here's what's likely going to happen:

The Surgeon General has ALREADY defined Obesity as a "disease". Hence, someone will file, and likely successfully win, an Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit agains Southwest, for discriminating against their disability.

Then again, I **STILL** think seats in Cattle/Sheeple class are too small. . .

[peteram]

Jet Blue - Wider seats

[Freebird Forever]

This Southwest Airlines RAPID REWARDS cardholder wholeheartedly applauds this policy change.

Fly 8 Roundtrips, Get 1 Free bump

[July 4th]

Some overweight activist was just on FOX saying that 'she'll fly where she's respected,' meaning she's no longer going to fly Southwest. Guess which airline I'm going to start flying?

[Sloth]

BTW, I am overweight and would be entirely willing to pay for a second seat for myself, but the only time I fly is for work-related trips, and that is all arranged ahead of time by my employers. I don't know what I'd do if I showed up with my ticket and the person at the gate wanted me to pay for an extra seat.

[tonyinv]

All the airlines need to do is place a standard seat next to the checkin counter and have "people of size" sit.

Kinda like the "All Carry On Bags must fit in this space...", it would be "Your Fat Ass Must Fit in this Seat!"

Bravo to SW

[TexRef]

I'm not fat — I'm big boned!!!