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I have no sympathy for Kevin Smith, having had fat people oozing over the armrests next to me in airplanes. That said, it would be nice if the airlines could be a bit more generous with seating space.
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Whether you can muster sympathy is separate from whether Kevin Smith was mistreated. My sense is he was, and he's got my sympathy--not that he seems to be short on it or much in need.
Apparently Southwest Airlines has a policy that if you can't lower the armrests because of your bulk, you need to buy tickets for two seats. According to the reports, by that criterion, Smith needed two seats, and he had bought one.
Smith says they did not apply the armrest test and that anyway he met it. Also I believe he paid for and may have been assigned two seats.
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