Obese Flyer Sues Southwest

This is off topic for MISC.CONSUMERS. Please trim headers.


Pete wrote:

The real question in this case is whether or not society believes we
ca use a person's size as a basis for permissible or impermissible
discrimination. Southwest believes that it should be allowed to
discriminate, contrary to the assertion of its spokesperson.

Wasn't it a former Supreme Court Justice who claimed that "your
right to wave your arms stops at my nose" or something like that? The
weight-challenged equivalent is "your right to spill your huge fat body
ends at the border of my airline seat." What we need are passenger
templates, similar to the baggage templates seen at airports, so that
we can objectively measure whether a passenger can fit into one seat
or will be required to buy a second seat. And then we need to enforce
it upon everyone.

Pete