Thanks for the link. Guess it's because the overweight person was a minor and they didn't want to babysit.
I am always saddened when I see overweight children, seems to be many many more then in the 60's- 70's -80's. My good old days without cable TV, soda was a rare treat (no machines in school lobby) , fast food was rare occasion, and didn't have a cupboard full of chips/cookies either.
I had a flight attendant last trip be loud and rude when the over head bins were full of "emergency equipment" aka audio equipment over our seats and had no choice but to put mine a few rows behind (which makes it hard to get after landing). I had not even said anything to him, but had remarked to my friend. He went on saying you can't put items in rows ahead of your row either, as that was an option I saw. He continued to going on how there was life saving equipment! and what did I think was more important!
Later while in flight ,same as above, after being asked by a lady in our row we changed seats with her dtr and grandchild who were in seats a few rows ahead and moved our carry on's
[QUOTE ww.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/27/southwest-airlines-fat-pa_n_660323.html"]article[/URL] was that a 110lb woman was booted in favor of an overweight 14-yr old who had only paid for one seat.[/QUOTE]