And the link in post 47 says - what we already know - that the obese kid was a late arriving passenger.
This is the crux of the matter. As far as I’m concerned - the kid was a no-show. Missed boarding - therefore missed the flight.
So the skinny woman had every right to be on that flight - even as a standby.
But she got bumped. And because she was not a 300 pounder, she was discriminated against.
I see a year’s worth of free flights for the skinny woman.
If the fat teen paid for only one seat, they had not right to bump the thin woman. Having said that, I’d be willing to be wrongfully bumped if I could get a free year’s worth of flying ;-)
She was discriminated against (apparently) because she wasn't a 14 year old girl (seemingly) flying by herself.
We'll never know the full reasoning in why the airline needed to put this 14 year old kid on the plane - Parents/Guardian left airport already...Maybe? Who's going to watch the kid if guardian has left? would there be another article about abandoning children in waiting rooms?
We just don't have any more info than fat kid/short woman