Southwest Airlines To Begin Charging Overweight Passengers For Two Seats It sounds like profiling to me. There are no height/weight guidelines. Said Southwest spokeswoman Christine Turneabe-Connelly,"It is, unfortunately, a judgment call." Why, with the security of our nation so important, is it okay for an airline to make a judgment call about overweight people but airlines are required to frisk grandmothers with the same zeal they use for foreigners with expired visas? Article Here