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Too Fat to Fly?

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    'The Five' takes a closer look at a Louisiana woman's lawsuit against an airline

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A Louisiana women is suing Southwest Airlines after she was told she was too fat to fly.

She weighed 300 pounds at the time that can lead -- watch the airline to better define its customers of size policy.

Which requires passengers to buy a second see if they can't fit between the arm rest which measures seventeen inches across.

This why you mr.

This is a sensitive budget gap -- delicate matter Bob.

-- -- little we can Begin with you what do you think about -- -- a matter for me but.

I've -- I've got 73 quarters inch.

You measure yourself now but I think that says it's legitimate case for for people who like Dana size for him to get -- -- -- minutes.

A little bit of like counter but I felt out of I think they've got to have uniform policy that allowed instead of K confronting her when she gets to take it -- is it in the present and how they don't -- And this is that how to get -- -- -- credits to Dale Watson did a lot of -- didn't I -- Well they answer a direct hit Dana when she she was actually on the -- she -- she wants to have it done ahead of time that they tell with the policies -- will not saying a page you blog about this on her website all the way dot com.

-- -- -- -- So what does he went up -- million and -- -- the other passengers for their heightened.

Excuse me promise you -- what size do you Wear.

Well hopefully that we're a little bit more sensitive than not having an in house as a spirit if you -- the gate agent and and you had to say something I mean it's.

-- instead of guts so to the extreme that you're right.

When you buy your ticket you have to just put in your weight.

Because then you have to it's annoying passengers also include people like -- to check check the box -- future with your mouth open right you have -- services or whatever might be but I think.

This Atlanta that was directed at me about -- back thank you for noticing I'm.

Just in all the articles I read there was nothing about the passengers that are seated next to somebody -- Maybe it's spilling out over and the other seat if that it gives you that person's paid for their ticket as well.

And they should be able to riding comfort practice not peace need to -- is not an answer nobody -- -- it.

And effort rank grass is different -- -- Isn't this just a safety issue is that what we're talking about here -- -- -- if somebody is too too big to fit their seat that's a problem maybe it's a problem for put somebody getting outs that's connected to our mind that does not yet I mean if -- better -- a small plane would have.

They're moving everybody around you get the right that's always freaks me out it's like that's what's keeping us in the air.

Is balance of weeks that frightens me -- -- -- -- -- -- do why the airlines in every society in their seats.

And really like honey yeah obviously just funny when they didn't do it all those solar plane on the on the -- tough why it really the only way you can do it fairly is through wait.

And in the the only issue is how do you and I think I got -- someone like weighing them before.

Everybody outside I like I have to admit that I was five feet tonic couldn't make it budget what do you put on your license -- on lies on -- license.

They I guidelines I'm gonna -- change it I get my -- lankans because it's actually not true I hops.

I knew -- What I mean if you had -- put in your weight so there would have this big wave machine Geithner had a -- -- -- just walked up there and.

Don't eat the TSA neglect some insecurity when you go through that machinery up -- the -- security Beckett actually beat.

Of secret I don't -- well what is it put a sticker on it.

-- -- -- This is a great idea somebody should do this and then at 88 Graham which is you gotta get it wouldn't patent that right now right now on that -- I had gotten -- that's a good light in DC and like take this stuff -- -- so backed it and get a picture and it's like have a -- there in my unit underwear yep it's that it isn't and at how do you I didn't who's overweight and who's not you like yeah I policy that was the take action is not -- out here though that not look.

We're all having yeah.

Let's just bounces from that it's not I -- -- -- shoot for policy that's -- a lot monetary damages Bob I want to thank you -- and -- theory -- mark on this thing --

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