Thin woman bumped from flight to allow 14 year old fatty to have 2 seats - Polidicks

[url]http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/24/2911747/petite-flier-booted-off-southwest.html[/url] [release] Southwest Airlines made headlines earlier this year for kicking overweight actor-director Kevin Smith off a flight because he took up more than one seat. Now we're hearing the airline recently removed a 5-foot-4, 110-pound Sacramento-area woman from a plane so a hefty passenger could have an extra seat. The incident happened last week on an early-evening Southwest flight from Las Vegas to Sacramento. 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. "It didn't seem right that I should have to leave to accommodate someone who had only paid for one seat," she tells us. (She has asked to remain anonymous for fear some may regard her as insensitive.) She's even more miffed because she says Southwest personnel berated her when she questioned the decision to boot her from the plane. She ended up getting on the next flight. "It's small potatoes, in the scheme of things," she says. But she believes Southwest should have been more considerate. Airline spokeswoman Marilee McInnis agrees. "We know this was awkward and we should have handled it better," she says, adding that the airline intends to apologize to the local woman. McInnis says normal policy is to ask for volunteers when a flight is overbooked for any reason. 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. [/release]

Wow

that's one fucking FAT 14 year old

Dat ass.

typical Americans

I hope that 14 year old feels awful.

wow since when do fattys take priority over healthy people?

Just... wow.

[QUOTE=NorthernFall;23591945]Dat ass.[/QUOTE] *Fat ass am i cool now?

After the controversy this woman's generated, fat chance the airline'll try to pull something like this again

It's disgusting that the fat one only had to pay for 1 seat

*Incoming outrage*

That's what people said when Kevin smith got kicked out

That's a bit awkward. The overweight passenger was a late arrival, doesn't it make more sense to have [i]her[/i] wait for the next flight rather than an already-boarded passenger? Given her age, I can understand trying to keep her on schedule, but at the very least they should have followed standard protocol and asked for a volunteer.

That was supposed to be under fishtastics post [editline]04:40PM[/editline] That was supposed to be automerged

Why wouldn't they just keep the fat person til the next flight? Rather than the woman who was NOT late, what the hell, it makes no sense. Also, we really need to kill all fat people in the world, they're all useless and do nothing but harm.

You would kill Gabe? monster

I hoped that Southwest understood of the weight of this situation.

[QUOTE=Adsone;23592233]Why wouldn't they just keep the fat person til the next flight? Rather than the woman who was NOT late, what the hell, it makes no sense. Also, we really need to kill all fat people in the world, they're all useless and do nothing but harm.[/QUOTE] yeah fuck all of the nice fat people FUCK THEM for being useless

[QUOTE=Sparkwire;23592023]wow since when do fattys take priority over healthy people?[/QUOTE] Since Eric Cartman

Who cares that sucks but why is it a big deal

Wow she's only 14 and she requires two seats? I'd like to see her.

Holy shit I knew Kevin Smith was a bit chubby but I never knew he was so overweight he took up two seats on an airplane.

Whats worse is the fact that the flight attendants were blubbering idiots

[QUOTE=NorthernFall;23591945][b]F[/b]at ass.[/QUOTE] fixed :)

I think airlines are going to need to ask people their weight and height, to prevent these sort of things.

this is why some people hate fat people.

That's bullshit. The whale should have been made to wait.

[QUOTE=Sporkfire;23592447]I think airlines are going to need to ask people their weight and height, to prevent these sort of things.[/QUOTE] if they did people would start complaining about how it violates their privacy and rights. (Because asking how much someone weighs is totally right-violating)

[QUOTE=Adsone;23592233][b]Why wouldn't they just keep the fat person til the next flight? Rather than the woman who was NOT late, what the hell, it makes no sense.[/b] Also, we really need to kill all fat people in the world, they're all useless and do nothing but harm.[/QUOTE] I agree with you. But the second sentence, not so much.