[at-l] Re: Size Matters

[KAB@concordia-ny.edu (Kurt Bodling)]

So what I want to know is whether really skinny people will only be 
charged a half a ticket if they use less than a full seat?

And, while we're on it, what about the thru-hiker who has those well 
developed leg muscles (and might be more than the 18 3/4 incles 
wide at that point) but less developed arms and shoulders?  Would 
the upper half balance out the lower half and avoid the surcharge?

Kurt
Concordia

> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 10:19:24 -0600
> From: Ron Martino <yumitori@montana.com>
> To: "at-l@backcountry.net" <at-l@backcountry.net>
> Subject: [at-l] Size Matters.
> 
> 
>  Mostly off-topic, though Southwest is a common inexpensive airline of
> choice, so good for hikers on a budget. I don't know the source (I pulled
> it from a web report).
> 
>  "Starting next week, Southwest airline will begin enforcing its "people
> of size" policy: Passengers who cannot lower the arm rests on their seats
> will be charged double. The airline said one of its top complaints are
> from passengers who say they were "sat on" during their flight. "If you
> consume more than one seat, you will be charged for more than one seat," a
> Southwest spokeswoman said. Fat activist Marilyn Wann, author of the book
> FAT!SO?, said airlines should accommodate people of all sizes. "You are
> buying passage from point A to point B. You are not buying real estate,"
> she said. Southwest seats are 18 3/4 inches of real estate."
> 
>  Ron