[Responsibility2nd]

Can someone please find the information in the article where it said the teenager was late arriving?

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Not in the article, but if you know how standby works, then you know: The obese kid was late. Missed the boarding call.

[achilles2000]

Good point. You are absolutely right.

[libertarian27]

This is the original article
(You had to click two links to get to it)
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/24/2911747/petite-flier-booted-off-southwest.html

“”A late-arriving passenger required two seats because of her girth.””

“”Why the extra concern? The person requiring two seats was just 14 years old.””

[erkyl]

I thought there was one extra seat next to the teen. That was the seat they sold to the standby not the seat the teen had purchased. That is the seat in dispute. Isn't it possible that the teen wasn't necessarily late, but it may have been assumed the teen was going to fit when she boarded, so they sold the ticket for the seat next to the teen to the standby. Meanwhile, on the plane, the teen didn't fit, the standby guest gets on the plane. The teen had to buy the next seat or get off, called a parent, got the ticket paid for. The standby woman had to leave because the teen was on the plane with a reservation, boarded and because of Southwest's policy had to buy an extra seat.