• 'Too Fat To Fly' Passenger Kenlie Tiggeman Sues Southwest Airlines
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[quote]Kenlie Tiggeman, the overweight passenger who made headlines last May after she claimed a Southwest Airlines employee told her she was "too fat to fly," is now suing the airline (video below). Tiggeman, who blogs about weight loss on her website AllTheWeigh.com, filed an injunction against Southwest Airlines in district court on April 20, claiming that the Southwest agents "did not follow their company policy and chose to discriminate, humiliate and embarrass [her]" and that the airline uses "discriminatory actions ... toward obese customers." Southwest Airlines currently has a 'Customers of Size' policy, which requires passengers to buy a second seat if they can't fit between the armrests. Southwest Airlines seats measure 17 inches across. After the incident, Tiggeman said a Southwest Airlines representative called her to apologize, refunded her ticket and offered her flight vouchers. But last November, Tiggeman said she was again told, again, by another Southwest Airlines employee that she was too fat too fly. Tiggeman said she is not seeking money. Her injunction wants an industry standard to be put in place for flyers who have to buy a second seat, including rules so that it is no longer up to gate attendants to decide whether or not an obese passenger has to purchase a second seat. She told ABC News: "If you're telling me I have to buy two seats, you should tell me at the point of purchase, not the day I'm flying when I check in at the terminal." [IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/04/article-2139343-12EA4C28000005DC-710_634x417.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/04/article-2139343-12EA4C30000005DC-999_306x423.jpg[/IMG] [/quote] [url]http://www.opposingviews.com/i/health/weight-loss/too-fat-fly-passenger-kenlie-tiggeman-sues-southwest-airlines[/url]
[QUOTE]She told ABC News: "If you're telling me I have to buy two seats, you should tell me at the point of purchase, not the day I'm flying when I check in at the terminal."[/QUOTE] Does it ask you how fat you are when buying an airline ticket online? Also, to bad for her, it's her own damn fault. She should have realized that maybe she should have mentioned that she wouldn't be able to fit into just one seat.
Holy crap, I would not want that hambeast spilling onto my seat if I were sitting next to her. How can these people blame the airlines
[quote]She told ABC News: "If you're telling me I have to buy two seats, you should tell me at the point of purchase, not the day I'm flying when I check in at the terminal."[/quote] She has a valid point, though.
Well if she's to fat to be comfortably accommodated (for her and the other passengers) then she shouldn't be allowed on. And this is why air travel fees are more expensive. Airlines have to use more fuel to transport lards that are two or three times heavier than people were decades ago.
[QUOTE=Drag0nSnak3;35832363]She has a valid point, though.[/QUOTE] What? No she doesn't, the airlines have no way to know how much of a fucking land whale she is before hand do they?
That must be the slowest blog ever.
She knows she's a porker, she doesn't need the airline to tell her that. When you're that humongous it's up to you to let others know in advance, so they can advise you on what you'll need to do in order to be accomodated. Her position that she needed advance warning of a problem is hard to swallow.
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[QUOTE=Pierrewithahat;35832378]What? No she doesn't, the airlines have no way to know how much of a fucking land whale she is before hand do they?[/QUOTE] If they had a "I am overweight" option, I really doubt anyone would ever click it.
Oh god i had to sit next to one of these snorlax's on a flight a couple of months ago, she forced the armrest up between MY seat and HER seat, and she was spilling into my seat like she was made out of water. Damn plane was full and i couldn't even move seats. Don't even get me started about the whistling nasal breathing.
[QUOTE=ViralHatred;35832464]If they had a "I am overweight" option, I really doubt anyone would ever click it.[/QUOTE] Yeah they should have that button, and if they fail to press that button make them pay for the extra seat on the day, and a small fine equivalent to half a seat or some shit, then fuckers will hit the button. Besides hitting that button would be less humiliating for a pudgey bastard, cause you can hit that button and get two seats from a machine, or you can drag your cholesterol clogged arse to the front desk and start wheezing about how being forced to pay for a seat for each ass cheek is undignifying. Make your choice cause I know what mines would be.
Maybe after 2 people told her she's too fat to fly she'd bother doing something about it.
Just start losing weight for fucks sakes... Every time I'm at the grocery store I have to go around isles just to get around these people. I was once in a hallway when I bumped into a lady like this, she must have been 600lbs. I said "Excuse me", as I tried to pass by. She looked around slowly at the space available and said, "Thats not happening". Fuck.
[QUOTE=markg06;35832510]Maybe after 2 people told her she's too fat to fly she'd bother doing something about it.[/QUOTE] The two most annoying people to sit next to in a plane, Fat people, and Babies. Depending on the time of the flight, they didnt ruin two other peoples flights by sticking a manatee in a plane where it isnt even supposed to be.
These people just need to go lose some freaking weight. Don't sue people for your own gluttony.
Don't sue them just go to the fucking gym or stop eating Mcdonalds every meal of the day. Fat people complain so much, god damn. Its your own fault, do something about it.
You put everyone on the plane at risk, why do the courts even entertain this shit? e: I mean of course they have to discriminate- she could be the difference between a safe landing and a terrible crash.
Reminds me of when this happened to Kevin Smith.
[QUOTE=ghosevil;35832568]You put everyone on the plane at risk, why do the courts even entertain this shit? e: I mean of course they have to discriminate- she could be the difference between a safe landing and a terrible crash.[/QUOTE] We are also allowed the same baggage weight as these land whales, for fucks sake all of her baggage weight is in her farm of fat rolls, not to mention the plane would have to be balanced out for these mammoth like people.
The thing is, overweight passengers cost more fuel. The airline has a definite reason to deny her a single seat.
[QUOTE=Nemisis116;35832585]We are also allowed the same baggage weight as these land whales, for fucks sake all of her baggage weight is in her farm of fat rolls, not to mention the plane would have to be balanced out for these mammoth like people.[/QUOTE] I used to think that you should be weighed with your luggage to an overall weight limit, but then I realised that that means that land whales would just bring less clothing on holiday. They're bad enough fully clothed, let alone in swimwear the size of small tent. :v:
Fat people blaming everyone but themselves is news?
...at least she isn't seeking money, but goddamn. I'm not exactly thin, but come on, if you can't fit in a 17" wide chair you A: don't have any business flying as you may upset the balance of the airplane if you aren't right on top of the COG, and B: You're a safety hazard if the damn thing bellies into an ocean. Don't sue the airplane because your fat ass costs more to fly around. Make your fat ass less fat instead. You don't even need that svelte movie star figure, I'm 6' 275 and I fit in airplane seats just damn fine.
something's weird about that news article. why didn't they use current pictures available on the website they advertised? [img]http://www.alltheweigh.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/before1.jpg[/img]
Still a lot of work to do [editline]May[/editline] OH OKAY SHE'S SO SLIM SHE COULD FIT THROUGH A MAIL BOX
[QUOTE=thisispain;35832774]something's weird about that news article. why didn't they use current pictures available on the website they advertised? [img]http://www.alltheweigh.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/before1.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]How in the hell does she need 2 seats now?
Probably because she's still fat as fuck, the seat is 17 inches wide, and she definitely looks wider than 17 inches.
"Kenlie Tiggeman, pictured here with a fucking huge bottle of Heinz ketchup..."
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;35832824]How in the hell does she need 2 seats now?[/QUOTE] Air plane seats are freaking small. And despite the significant difference, she still has love handles the size of Texas.
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