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Jury: Airline not racist
seacoastonline ^

Posted on 02/13/2006 11:51:51 AM PST by SmoothTalker

"A jury on Friday said Southwest Airlines did not racially discriminate against an overweight passenger when she was asked to buy a second seat on her flight."

"The jury deliberated for a little over an hour before finding against Nadine Thompson, who sued Southwest in federal court. She claimed that she was singled out because she is black and that the airline’s "customer of size" policy was unfairly applied to her after she boarded a flight at Manchester Airport in June 2003."

" Southwest’s policy states that a "customer of size" is someone who can’t sit in a seat without having the armrest raised and is sitting on part of the adjacent seat. Thompson, who said she doesn’t consider herself a customer of size, didn’t challenge the policy; rather, she claimed, it allows any random employee to operate "in a discriminatory way about that policy." "

"Joel Drake, a Southwest employee, testified earlier Friday that Thompson accused him of being a "motherf--- racist pig" and wished that his family would die from cancer when he tried to explain the company’s policy to her."


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airlines; bigfatmama; choosesalad; fat; food; fork; hollottawoman; lawsuit; obesity; passengerofsize; racistfatpig; ruling; southwest; southwestairlines; xxl
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To: TXBSAFH

Wrong planes. That fat a** would need a C5 and about 3000 more feet of runway.


121 posted on 02/13/2006 1:59:51 PM PST by hdstmf (too)
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To: silverleaf

Nasty!


122 posted on 02/13/2006 2:00:30 PM PST by gogeo
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To: Xenalyte

I have a problem with anybody who wants to seperate me from my head, I'm saying that as a fat woman too.


123 posted on 02/13/2006 2:05:56 PM PST by processing please hold (Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
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To: pbrown

Did you laugh at the cartoons?

If so, you are as bad as those who laugh at fat people, by your own standard.


124 posted on 02/13/2006 2:06:54 PM PST by Xenalyte (Can you count, suckas? I say the future is ours . . . if you can count.)
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To: SmoothTalker

Obviously this was the right verdict, and ideally the plaintiff should have to pay attorneys' fees for wasting everyone's time. But one thing I've not heard explained: what exactly happens after the fat passenger pays for the extra seat? Does the person next to them get a partial or full refund? If not, it kind of defeats the purpose: the harm isn't to the airline, but to other passengers who are deprived of the full use of the seat that they paid for.


125 posted on 02/13/2006 2:14:07 PM PST by ThinkDifferent (Chloe rocks)
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To: silverleaf

no, it's the cheap shots that are flying around here. It really is shameful.


126 posted on 02/13/2006 2:22:30 PM PST by justche (Many at FR would respond to Christ "Damn straight, I'll cast the first stone!" - MeanWestTexan)
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To: Xenalyte
Why do you insist on bringing islam into it? When groups of fat 'youts' start rioting and burning property because the owners were skinny, I'd see a correlation between being fat and being an islamofacist hell bent on killing infidels.
127 posted on 02/13/2006 2:25:08 PM PST by processing please hold (Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
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To: pbrown

As I've said twice before, it's an analogy.

Some people, here on this thread and in Denmark, are laughing at a situation that offends other people. Can you truly not see the parallel?


128 posted on 02/13/2006 2:26:31 PM PST by Xenalyte (Can you count, suckas? I say the future is ours . . . if you can count.)
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To: Xenalyte
I caught it the first time.

I didn't see any embassies being burned to the ground or marches by the tens of thousands shouting death to any religion when 'Christ in piss' or 'Mary' in elephant dung was declared "ART."

129 posted on 02/13/2006 2:36:58 PM PST by processing please hold (Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
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To: pbrown

Nope, because we're better than that.


130 posted on 02/13/2006 2:46:50 PM PST by Xenalyte (Can you count, suckas? I say the future is ours . . . if you can count.)
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To: pbrown
Let's see some of them substitute the word black or Jewish to their comments instead of fat

"Black" or "Jewish" doesn't spill over into the next seat.

"Black" or "Jewish" doesn't require extra fuel to cart around the countryside.

131 posted on 02/13/2006 2:56:42 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Xenalyte
I watch the show, Airport, I think is the name of it. It's a series with real passengers in real situations at the airport. I've seen a couple of episodes where they have charged a large person for a second seat. They have an employee come out and ascertain whether or not that person is too big for one seat. I haven't seen any of them go over the edge like the woman in this thread.
132 posted on 02/13/2006 3:00:22 PM PST by processing please hold (Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
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To: DuncanWaring

Welcome to the club.


133 posted on 02/13/2006 3:03:31 PM PST by processing please hold (Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
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To: pbrown

I love that show!


134 posted on 02/13/2006 3:05:41 PM PST by Xenalyte (Can you count, suckas? I say the future is ours . . . if you can count.)
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To: I see my hands
So that's how you do it! ;-) Do you do it in Word and then paste?


135 posted on 02/13/2006 3:15:08 PM PST by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: -YYZ-
I tend to think, given the numbers of people who are on the heavy side, that the airlines should probably be making some sort of accomadation for them.

They do. It's called first class.

136 posted on 02/13/2006 3:15:27 PM PST by PAR35
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To: -YYZ-
"the airlines should probably be making some sort of accomadation for them."

I agree. Let's see, we have Virgin Airlines, and Hooters, why not FATASS AIRLINES. "Yehahaaaa!! Soooeeee" could be the boarding call!!

Why should I show respect and deference to someone grossly obese. That tells me they have no self respect or control. Same as a smoker. I should not be penalized for their indulgences.
137 posted on 02/13/2006 3:19:20 PM PST by Tahoe3002 (Death to Terrorists!! USMC 1970-1981)
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To: pbrown

Someone was giving me a hard time because I am bald. Actually this happens all the time.

My retort is that I did not chose to be bald. I do chose not to be fat and obnoxious.

Growing up, most adults in my family were overweight and smokers. I decided not to be either. For 90% of people, being fat (like smoking) is a PERSONAL CHOICE.


138 posted on 02/13/2006 3:26:48 PM PST by Tahoe3002 (Death to Terrorists!! USMC 1970-1981)
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To: mewzilla
She didn't fit so they had to acquit

Ding ding ding. We have a winner.
139 posted on 02/13/2006 4:07:00 PM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: pbrown
Welcome to the club.

I take this to mean you're sticking with your cockamamie assertion that "fat" is the same as "black" or "Jewish".

140 posted on 02/13/2006 4:11:11 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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