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Re: Paying Extra For Being Fat Posted on: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 18:38:34 -0500


"cmdr buzz corey" wrote in message
news:582be3be-b134-4482-921e-124bd0cd63d0@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 5, 2:01 pm, Stan de SD wrote:
>> > As summer vacations begin, some passengers on Southwest Airlines will
>> > be pulled aside and, because of their weight, asked to buy a second
>> > ticket. This controversial policy pits the commercial interests of the
>> > airline against the dignity of overweight fliers
>
> Good for Southwest Airlines, now the other Airlines should do the
> same.

What's the big deal all of a sudden? Southwest has had this policy for
years. It's nothing new.

> Not to mention that they usually smell like they haven't bathed in
> quite a while.

They're not the only ones. I've had quite a few skinny rails near me that
smelled awful.