Southwest Airlines Solves Worst Part Of Flying

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The modern airline passenger suffers many indignities. Being herded through security like cattle. Uncomfortable seats. Bad food. 

The most infuriating humiliation, in my view, is being plunked next to a fat person for the duration of your flight. A very fat person. A person whose bulging mass cannot be contained within his purchased seat, spilling under and over the armrests and intruding into his neighbor’s rightful territory. 

Southwest Airlines has solved this problem with a so-called “fat tax.” 

“Customers who encroach upon the neighboring seat(s) must purchase the number of seats needed. Customers should purchase the seats prior to travel to ensure adjacent seats are available. The armrest is considered to be the definitive boundary between seats,” reads Southwest’s “[c]ustomer of size” (COS) policy. The new policy took effect Jan. 27, according to SFGATE. 

If a COS arrives at the airport and has not reserved the proper number of seats, he will be required to purchase an........

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