More Than A Moment: What Lawrence Ross Taught Us About Tangible Solidarity

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The boarding terminal of a Southwest Airlines flight is its own fresh hell—a cacophony of rolling luggage, grunts, and sharp elbows, where folks are fighting for boarding access like it’s a scene in The Hunger Games. It’s a space where the rules of civil society seem to be suspended in favor of a frantic scramble for overhead bin space and priority seating. 

This chaos has only intensified as travelers navigate the carrier’s 2026 overhaul of seating and ticketing guidelines.