The Province (Canada): Disabled, obese allowed free extra plane seat — Top court refuses airlines’ appeal of ‘one-person, one-fare’ ruling
Canada’s two largest airlines must give disabled and morbidly obese passengers an extra free seat on domestic flights, beginning in January, after the Supreme Court refused yesterday to consider the carriers’ appeal of a federal order.
The Supreme Court, by convention, gave no reason for declining to intervene in the case.
The decision ended a six-year battle by disabled travellers to secure two seats for the price of one if they need inflight attendants. Obese people can also qualify if they are too large to fit in a single seat.
Air Canada and WestJet failed in their pitch for the court to consider a January 2008 decision from the Canadian Transportation Agency that gave them one year to implement new policies in the absence of being able to show that a “one-person, one-fare” structure would cause undue hardship.
“This means I’m equal now,” said Joanne Neubauer, a Victoria woman whose severe rheumatoid arthritis requires her to use a wheelchair. “I’m just so excited and happy that justice prevailed.”
Ah, the irony.
Joanne, not only are you unequal by virtue of this ruling, but you’re tone deaf as fuck too.
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[...] bringing 150 lbs of luggage, guess what.. you and the 230-pounder are going to pay the exact same fare. To expect otherwise is both dishonest and greivously [...]
Picture if you will: A 320 lb linebacker that plays for the Toronto Argos football team. He is purposely on an 8000 calory diet to maintain his hugeness. He, although massive, is in peak physical form.
He now gets two seats for the price of one–even though he purposely eats 8000 calories a day to stay huge.
Yup, that equality sure is sweet.