I'm sorry, but that's stupid.
I can't believe they would ruin someone's vacation like that and actually kick them off of a plane...a flight attendant maybe if it's their job, but some random scumbag sitting next to you can really complain about that? I can understand if it's some 800 pound person and they are literally sitting in your seat with you, but come on. Ugh it just makes me so mad.
We are usually pretty lucky with Southwest where we haven't had to sit with anyone else in our row yet, it's usually just my DH and I, so I'm hoping that's the case this time. And I always have my armrest down for take off anyway so I know I don't have a problem putting it down next to me, it's not exactly comfortable, but you have to be a twig to be comfortable on a plane.
And I just meant I want to dress so I look my smallest so if I walk on the plane and the flight attendants look at me, they don't automatically pick on me. But I HOPE I'm not big enough for it even to be an issue.
Oh, don't get me wrong, I totally agree. However, I can see both sides of the issue, but I also can't see why they aren't doing something about people who can't fit in the seat at the shoulder area. When I flew to Alaska, the guy sitting next to me was very broad shouldered and was in all three seats in the row. It really annoys me that their focus is entirely on waist size, and that even if you're not truly spilling over, they can be jerks about it. I'm just so paranoid that I'm going to be kicked off the plane that I'm following the rule, even though I'm not 100% sure I'm a customer of size.
But all airlines have a policy similar to this, even Airtran and JetBlue. I went with Southwest because if the flight's not full, aside from your fat seat, you get a refund.
I don't think the flight attendants will automatically pick on anyone. The last time I flew, I was lighter than I am now, but I was still heavy and probably considered a customer of size. No one said a thing except the crabby woman next to me when I got up to go to the bathroom. Sorry, but it was that time of the month, I'm not going to sit there and bleed all over the seat.
I know, I don't know what's going on lately. Actually, yes I do, I'm about to go on vacation next month, so of course things have to go wrong!
I called there today and they told me since it doesn't sound too bad to rinse with warm salt water 3 times a day and if it's not getting better by Saturday, to call again and they will call in a prescription rinse for me, and if that doesn't work in a few days, to come in sometime next week and they will figure out what's going on. I'm not to worried about it, I've had my wisdom tooth infected before and it was probably the worst pain in the world, I was sitting at work for like, 3 days, just holding my mouth and crying before I called the dentist, and this isn't anything like that. It's just kind of annoying. So I hope the salt water works and if it doesn't, I'll just get the rinse. I just hope I don't have to have it pulled before Disney!
It does seem like everything happens right before vacation, doesn't it?
I had a tooth pulled and broke my computer, Heather had a car accident, you're having dental problems, Ali's dog got sick...
What is it with all of us and having issues right before we leave?
I really hope the salt water helps and that, if by chance it doesn't, the prescription rinse will. And believe me, I know how bad it hurts to have an infected tooth. Case in point, the tooth I just had pulled
It first got infected while I was working at Disney and one day, I looked so miserable from trying not to cry while on stage, that my manager sent me backstage with an ice pack and told me to sit down for ten minutes!
I refuse to make a new ticker right now! I'm 11 days away and the tickers go down! I'm hoping it's just an issue with their site and they'll come back up. If it's still down on Tuesday, I'll be one week out from my trip so I'll make a new one then.
I'm 14 away and I didn't want to make a new one, but I did. I like seeing it move
I still find it horrible that they would embarass anyone by kicking them off a flight. I'll admit that on our Southwest flight last year, I was sitting next to a large woman who "spilled over" and I was uncomfortable because I was sitting in such a way that let HER be comfortable. But I could never complain about something like that. It's who she is and I'm sure she's already self-conscious and embarassed about it. I know that's how I feel on RnRC, BTMRR. or EE when the safety bars are lowered. It's a 2.5 hour flight to Florida (which is the only place I ever fly to currently) and I can deal. And honestly, if I really had a problem with it, I would discreetly ask a flight attendant if maybe I could switch seats or change flights instead of embarassing the other person. But that's just me, I think. Most other people wouldn't inconvenience themselves to save someone else's feelings. And to be honest, the people who are not "spilling over" are usually the ones who are completely rude during the entire flight. I'd rather sit next to a pleasant fat person than a rude skinny one, even if I am uncomfortable.
Oh, I completely agree. I don't know anyone that it's happened to, but I hope that if that were the case, they'd at least try and be discreet about it (although I don't know how the rest of the passengers wouldn't know that the person was being asked to leave). Unfortunately, it's not going to change, at least not in the US. Passengers have filed discrimination lawsuits against airlines in the past and the courts have always sided with the airlines. It's ridiculous, especially considering how narrow the seats are on most airplanes, particularly those that Southwest flies. One of the reasons I'm buying the seat is so I don't inconvenience the person next to me, especially since there's basically a snowball's chance in hell that I'm going to get the refund (to qualify, all segments of your trip have to have at least one seat unsold, and my flight out has three segments
). But I totally agree. I'd rather sit next to a pleasant big person than a crabby twig.
Hey, you have to admit, that's how all of us are!
Well said, that's exactly how I feel about it. I would never intentionally try to get someone in trouble and possibly kicked off a flight, I think that is so terrible. And the fact that SW just randomly does this annoys me. Other than that, I think they are great!
Again, unfortunately, this is the Me First Generation, so most people don't think about anyone other than themselves. So if Passenger X complains that Passenger Q is too big and is spilling into their seat, the airline will probably wind up either moving Passenger Q or putting them on another plane, at Passenger Q's expense. Nothing we can really do about it, since the courts have continually sided with the airlines.