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A nice antidote to the usual reporting on this issue!
http://www.smh. com.au/travel/ obese-have- the-right- to-two-seats- court-
20081125-6gn3. html
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.
The airlines had lost an appeal at the Federal Court of Appeal in May
and had sought to launch a fresh appeal at the Supreme Court. The
court's decision not to hear a new appeal means the one-person-one-
fare policy stands.
The appeal had been launched by Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz and
WestJet.
Megan (in Sydney, Australia)
http://www.smh. com.au/travel/ obese-have- the-right- to-two-seats- court-
20081125-6gn3. html
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.
The airlines had lost an appeal at the Federal Court of Appeal in May
and had sought to launch a fresh appeal at the Supreme Court. The
court's decision not to hear a new appeal means the one-person-one-
fare policy stands.
The appeal had been launched by Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz and
WestJet.
Megan (in Sydney, Australia)
