PCOS Messages for June, 2002: Re: Southwest Airlines

Re: Southwest Airlines

From: Christie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 22 Jun 2002 00:19:07 -0500 (CDT)

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I've heard about this, and I think it's absolutely disgusting. Just one more example of discrimination we all must endure from a world that dwells in perfection. What will they say to people? You're going to need to purchase a second seat because you're quite large? No matter how "nicely" they try to put it, it will always come out as an insult. What this does is further ostracize (sp?) us from society, and feed into an already distorted view of overweight people. I predict that Southwest will lose a good amount of money with this new policy, and I can't say that I feel bad about it. I just hope that others don't adopt it as well. Christie

At Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Renee wrote: >
>No one's mentioned this yet, so I don't know how much publicity it's gotten,
>but on Wednesday, Southwest announced that they'd be strictly enforcing a
>policy they say has been in place since they started. Any "person of size"
>(their term), ie: needs a seatbelt extender or can't put the armrest down,
>needs to pay for a second seat, even if the flight is not full. If it's not
>full, they can request a refund afterwards. They say it's for the comfort of
>other passengers.
>
>Renee
>
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>Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS
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