http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainmen ... est-flight
Well, having read about the American flight where an overweigt passenger was told to leave the flight, I can only ask why this hasn't happened sooner. The reason given was that the man posed a risk to other passengers. The airline should simply say that you "cannot fit in one seat and unless you want to purchase 2 seats then we can't take you".
Like many who who are reading this, I have also occasionally had an overweight passenger beside me who is using all of their seat and part of mine. This just isn't on. Airline seats are too small as it is. And there's the next point. Would an overweight passenger be kicked off if the plane had normal size seats? But that's never gonna happen.....
Can't open that link on this site so have posted some of it here.
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'Silent Bob' actor Kevin Smith has spoken of his humiliation being kicked off a commercial airline flight for being too fat.
The 39-year-old indie filmmaker was already seated on a Southwest Airlines flight on Saturday night (local time) from Oakland to Burbank — both cities in California — when a flight attendant told him his size posed a "safety risk" to others, according to Smith's own tweets.
"What, was I gonna roll on a fellow passenger?" he said on Twitter.
The plane's captain determined that Smith, who was holding a standby ticket, was too big for one seat in what was a full plane and he was put on a later flight.
He was given a $100 voucher for his troubles.
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