Southwest Airlines fires back in fat fight with 'Cop Out' director Kevin Smith

NY Daily News ^ | 02.15.10

[Perdogg]

The Twitter frenzy that erupted on Sunday between Silent Bob and Southwest has now become a blog bout.

Southwest posted its side of the story on its official blog on Monday, while Kevin Smith delivered his own missive on the incident that had the portly writer/director booted from a flight for being overweight.

"Mr. Smith originally purchased two Southwest seats on a flight from Oakland to Burbank – as he's been known to do when traveling on Southwest," said the airline's statement.

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[Perdogg]

ping

[OCCASparky]

Seriously—Kevin Smith? SOUTHWEST??? The “big ghetto bus of the sky”?

[comebacknewt]

I don’t have a problem with SW’s general policy.

I do have a problem with them enforcing it selectively with seemingly no objective standards.

[iowamark]

In the wake of this, the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance is urging for a boycott of Southwest Airlines, telling "people of size to seek out and travel airlines that do not have such discriminatory policies."

LOL

[dblshot]

I have been on flights sitting next to people whose girth pushed against me the entire time, so much so that I had sweat stains on that side. Just because Bob can squeeze into a seat does not mean he has a right to space I paid for.

[KarlInOhio]

In the wake of this, the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance is urging for a boycott of Southwest Airlines, telling "people of size to seek out and travel airlines that do not have such discriminatory policies."

To which Delta, American and United responded: "Noooooooooo!"

[marvlus]

In the wake of this, the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance is urging for a boycott of Southwest Airlines, telling "people of size to seek out and travel airlines that do not have such discriminatory policies."

That is one boycott I fully endorse.

[sjm_888]

I don’t think SW would have a problem with that...

[DogBarkTree]

[KarlInOhio]

Maybe the airlines need a test seat at each gate just like they have carry-on baggage size checkers.

If you can fit in the seat without triggering the spring loaded arms, you only need one ticket. If one of the arms lets loose, you need too seats.

[KarlInOhio]

too->two.

[Secret Agent Man]

Would NOT want to be the guy that had to use that armrest on the next flight. Looks like the fat guys’ ass is impaled on it.

[VRWC For Truth]

The guy buys two seats, gets one seat when HE initiates the change, gets booted with $100 returned to his pocket, and now complains. The guy is a lunatic.

[pogo101]

Sounds like Smith would have gotten his two seats if he had stayed on his original planned flight. But he wanted to fly earlier — he had no earlier RESERVATION — and just expected SWA to have two seats on that flight, standby. Then he bitches about it like a Hollywood primadonna.

Sounds like an easy call, unless I missed something there.

[Timocrat]

In the wake of this, the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance is urging for a boycott of Southwest Airlines, telling "people of size to seek out and travel airlines that do not have such discriminatory policies."

I wish to wholeheartedly endorse this boycott. And yes as a matter of fact I do fly Southwest when I can.

[GeronL]

SHould have stuck with the original plan and 2 seats

[Patas]

No where have I read how big Kevin Smith is.

Does anyone know?

[new cruelty]

Weird. This has to be some sort of gimmic to trump up attention to something related to kevin smith or SWA.

[JRios1968]

That would be a HUGE boycott...