Posted on 05/12/2011 11:55:20 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
After losing 120lbs flying has become less of a big issue for one woman.
But Kenlie Tiggeman, from Galliano, Louisiana, was cruelly reminded of her battle to lose weight this Easter when Southwest airlines said she and her mother were 'too fat to fly.'
Miss Tiggeman, a political strategist, and her mother Joan Charpentier, were on a stop-over in Dallas when they were singled out by an official in front of some 100 other passengers because of their size.
Another larger lady due on the same flight had also been targeted
'I asked him what the weight restrictions were and he said that he didn't know, just that we were too heavy to fly. Too fat to fly,' Miss Tiggeman told WDSU News.
The airline's 'customers of size' policy states passengers have to purchase a second seat if they cannot fit between the armrests, which are 17-inches across. However customers may be able to claim the money back if the flight isn't sold out.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
She works in NYC and flies JetBlue and could be trying to provoke a lawsuit settlement. Sounds like a liberal to me.
I’d just like to thank everyone for sharing their stories of air flight.
I have not been on a plane post 9/11 nor do I plan on it. Your stories just reinforce this.
If I can’t load myself in my comfortable full size car and drive there. I am NOT going.
Ups will strap her to a pallet.
JetBlue? Where did you get that?
Yep. Sulfur surprise.
From an article I just posted:
“I know that I have a lot of weight to lose but I am definitely not too fat to fly. I do it all the time, domestically and internationally, and I have never had anyone approach me and particularly in the way that they did. I was embarrassed, humiliated.” Tiggeman wrote on her blog that she usually likes to fly JetBlue because “the jets feel more spacious and the customer service is consistently extraordinary”
If that’s not a plug for it, I don’t know what is.
She’s not fat, she’s “fluffy.”
And Fluffy should get an RV for travel instead of making other people uncomfortable.
Next!
It really is a safety issue, if the plane crashes and the exit windows are the only way out do you want this person stuck in the exit window.
I’ve sometime jokingly suggested that they shpuld put an aircraft seat (behind a screen) in the boarding area to find out if they’re too large to fly or need to buy an extra seat.
FWIW, she could be attractive if she did lose more weight.
I should have told the FAs in the future, should this happen that I would report their behavior and their disregard to FAA regulations.
the tweerp in the reclined seat in front of me with his seat jammed into my knees
That “twerp” paid for that recline capability, and frankly, I don’t believe that it crushed your knees, with your feet on the floor.
Touche! lol.
These two blimps have nobody to blame but themselves.
People are fat for one reason and one reason only...they eat too damn much. PERIOD.
No one holds a gun to some fatso’s head and tells them to eat.
I’m sick and tired of FAs who refuse to follow federal safety mandates, rather than do her/his job. I know that they are protected by their unions so I don’t expect anything will take care of their rude, obnoxious behavior but it’s a real shame, especially those with “an attitude.”
I was waiting outside the terminal in Detroit in preparation for my flight when I saw a humongously obese kid being let out of a car. I said to myself, God, I pity anyone who has to sit next to this boy.
Guess what.........This kid was not only obese but was mentally disabled and all he did on the flight while sitting and squashing me was eat potato chips and apply skin moisturizer to his hands and arms. Talk about being grossed out!
Finally, after about an hour and a half the stewardess came over to him and removed him from his seat and took him into first class!!! Give me a F'n break, I earned that first class seat but the kid got it instead..........
Overweight people already pay more when they ride in their own cars, so why not expect them to pay more when they ride on an airplane? Perhaps not twice as much, but, 1/3 or 1/4 more for that second seat?
I always wonder what kind of caloric intake is necessary to maintain that kind of body mass. I'm a guy who weighs 160 lbs and can't envision eating 2x or more my daily ration.
Then they whine about being fat.
DUH!!!
Hey, don’t let it get you down. Being seated next to someone who slops over into your space does seem to bring out the hate in people.
I’ve read these threads before and it’s interesting.
I have absolutely no disagreement with the policy but the ticket agents should take a course in how to handle these situations. My daughter is an HR manager and they do sexual harassment courses all the time.
The agent should ask to speak to the person privately and there should be a private place for the seriously overweight individual to sit in a prototype airplane seat. It should be quickly obvious if an extra ticket is necessary.
Perhaps a conversation ahead of time when you plan to fly would let you know your options and prevent the danger of being bounced.
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