Originally Posted by
noleman
On a Southwest flight (BWI-TPA) as I write this. Here's the skinny:
1. Middle seats are unused throughout the plane except for (i) the middle seat in the exit row that has only two seats (you can sit middle or aisle but only one person allowed in that row); (ii) families who want to sit together.
2. They do not allow more than the capacity of plane with middle seats unoccupied to board. I imagine if there's a family sitting together in one row they might let one standby board but otherwise no passengers in excess if capacity - middle seat.
2. Boarding takes forever. Even with 1/3 fewer seats occupied, it take a good 40 minutes from disabled boarding to the last in C Group. They are boarding in groups of 10, social distancing on jetway.
3. Water and peanuts. No sodas on flight, no cups, no ice.
4. You must have a mask on to board. You can take it off once seated - at least there's a couple people around me with no masks on and flight attendants aren't requiring them.
5. It's still a novelty so people are for now remaining respectful of distancing and Southwest's rules, but the atmosphere is otherwise pretty tense and there's gonna be passenger fights over this. Stay tuned, the fights are going to be on the Twitter soon enough.
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