mpenguin1
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President of a Cosmetic company, a little on the cheap side to be flying Southwest. I guess this fattie missed the episode or episodes of how Southwest treats the People of Size! 300 pounds, you know that fat is flowing over the armrest, they should have posted a photo of the porker....
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2006/02/08/woman_claims_southwest_airlines_worker_discriminated_against_her?mode=PF
Woman claims Southwest Airlines worker discriminated against her
By Kathy McCormack, Associated Press Writer | February 8, 2006
CONCORD, N.H. --An African-American woman claims Southwest Airlines unfairly subjected her to its policy requiring large passengers to buy two seats because of her race, her lawyer said at the start of her federal trial against the airline.
She was told at the plane's loading bridge she needed to buy a second seat for "her comfort and safety," Osborne said, even though no one was sitting next to her. At the time, the 5-foot-8-inch Thompson weighed between 300 and 330 pounds, according to court records.
Garry Lane, a Southwest lawyer, said the airline's "customer of size" policy, introduced in 2002 in response to "squished customer" complaints and safety concerns about evacuations, wasn't written clearly at the time, that the employees made some mistakes in explaining it but they did not act out of racial bias.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2006/02/08/woman_claims_southwest_airlines_worker_discriminated_against_her?mode=PF
Woman claims Southwest Airlines worker discriminated against her
By Kathy McCormack, Associated Press Writer | February 8, 2006
CONCORD, N.H. --An African-American woman claims Southwest Airlines unfairly subjected her to its policy requiring large passengers to buy two seats because of her race, her lawyer said at the start of her federal trial against the airline.
She was told at the plane's loading bridge she needed to buy a second seat for "her comfort and safety," Osborne said, even though no one was sitting next to her. At the time, the 5-foot-8-inch Thompson weighed between 300 and 330 pounds, according to court records.
Garry Lane, a Southwest lawyer, said the airline's "customer of size" policy, introduced in 2002 in response to "squished customer" complaints and safety concerns about evacuations, wasn't written clearly at the time, that the employees made some mistakes in explaining it but they did not act out of racial bias.
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