Plane Crazy: Frequent flyer forced to give up seat for 14 year old fat ass who needed TWO seats




Plane Crazy, indeed. Here is a report about Southwest Airlines removing a 5-foot-4, 110-pound Sacramento-area woman from a plane so a hefty passenger could have an extra seat.


Quote from the article:

The local woman was flying standby, paid full fare for the last available seat, got on board, stowed her bags and sat down – only to be told she would have to deplane immediately.

The reason?

A late-arriving passenger required two seats because of her girth.

The Sacramento woman, a frequent-flying sales rep, was stunned.

In this instance, she says, airline personnel may have been influenced to choose a faster course of action to reduce embarrassment for the late-arriving passenger.

Why the extra concern? The person requiring two seats was just 14 years old.





You might recall Kevin Smith being booted for being too fat? Southwest seems to have their priorities screwed up. Then again it's the airlines, so business as usual. Here is a link to the prior story:

Southwest Airlines decides actor Kevin Smith is "too fat" to fly with them - kicks him off plane

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