Thu Nov 20, 2:31 pm ET, Yahoo! News
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday.
The high court declined to hear an appeal by Canadian airlines of a decision by the Canadian Transportation Agency that people who are "functionally disabled by obesity" deserve to have two seats for one fare.
So we are now rewarding people for letting themselves go? That'd be like putting free Playstations in prisons because prisoners have the right to a good time.
Simple supply and demand - if two seats are available, and there is the possibility of making twice as much money from two people as they would from one gigantic person... the airline should be able to serve its own interest and make more money.
Plus, they would save the extra fuel cost they now must suffer to service an obese person and the forty-seven Twinkies they have stashed in their carry-on bag.
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