woman was "too fat" to board plane

[Amby 490]

EasyJet is being sued by a passenger after check in staff refused to let her board because she was "too fat."

Instead check in staff handling the internal Italian flight from Bari to Rome asked her to jump on scales in front of a queue of other travellers and said she could only fly if she bought two tickets.

"I'm sorry, but you're too fat and if you want to fly with us, you have to buy two tickets," the check-in girl told the astounded passenger, reports La Repubblica newspaper.

Anna Delluci, 55 - who tips the scales at 15 and a half stone - stormed off and is now suing EasyJet for the humiliation they put her through.

EasyJet executives issued an apology.

Thomas Meister - corporate communication manager - said: "It was an unforgivable mistake. We'll investigate to establish what had happened. Our company doesn't have special rules about people's weight."

He added: "We only have a rule about minimum space between seats (17 inches) and we expect customers buy two tickets if they know they cannot fly comfortably.

"But we don't ask them their weight, let alone have them weighed in front of the other customers."

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3453692.html?menu=

[Chica Yeyé 41]

She actually said "fat" or did she say "passengers of size need to pay for another ticket"?

This might be a good thread, so here: let's share some

[Donna A 4]

actually they should have to make it clear that if u weight over a certain weight that u would require two tickets. she could have found another airlines and saved herself the embarrasment. its not good to book ur flight then all of a sudden find out u need another ticket.

[Amby 490]

easy jet is super cheap. it's a budget airline.

Edited August 24, 2009 by Amby

[Fandango 1,439]

well cman, 15 and a half stone

[Amby 490]

That's like 217lbs

[The Dude 206]

[HAL 9000 96]

easy jet is super cheap. it's a budget airline.

And not bad for those London (Luton) to Madrid jumps at 50 pounds including taxes RT.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Just terrible.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Brother Rob, #######!!!

[Deryck and Miho 0]

HAHAH.... "Passengers of size" good one.

[forchika 4]

That's like 217lbs

I was just about to ask the same thing.....What is 15 and a half stone? If you weigh 217lbs u need two seats?

That person may need three seats to a whole row....that is over 217lbs for sure!!!!

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

She actually said "fat" or did she say "passengers of size need to pay for another ticket"?

This might be a good thread, so here: let's share some

careful, that might be how the passenger in the op got that way

[familyguy 2]

217lbs at 4'5" is quite different to 217lbs at 6'5" just sayin'

The staff on the ground were better able to "weigh up" the situation than us

Edited August 24, 2009 by familyguy

[Chica Yeyé 41]

She actually said "fat" or did she say "passengers of size need to pay for another ticket"?

This might be a good thread, so here: let's share some

careful, that might be how the passenger in the op got that way

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