Yup. Theoretically if when you board a SWA plane if there are not two seats together the only way you will sit next to your child is if someone voluntarily moves to a different seat to allow you to have the two together. And no one is required to do that. Of course, no one in their right mind is going to decide that they want to sit beside someone else's 5 year old who isn't by it's mother. But it is possible. If you buy the "I have a fat ass" seat you will get to board first to ensure that you have your two seats together.
The line "we have to consider the safety aspect of the family member whose movement (especially in the event of an emergency) could be compromised if encroached on by a large seatmate." is bullshit when talking about a 5 year old kid. That kid isn't going to know what to do in an emergency without their parent. And you can't tell me it's more dangerous in an emergency for a child to be sitting by their fat parent than by skinny frail 90-yr old grandma who can't walk!
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Date: 2010-02-17 12:35 am (UTC)The line "we have to consider the safety aspect of the family member whose movement (especially in the event of an emergency) could be compromised if encroached on by a large seatmate." is bullshit when talking about a 5 year old kid. That kid isn't going to know what to do in an emergency without their parent. And you can't tell me it's more dangerous in an emergency for a child to be sitting by their fat parent than by skinny frail 90-yr old grandma who can't walk!