Obese Have Right to Two Airline Seats

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.

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.

This is a dangerous road we're embarking upon. Obese people are functionally disabled, so!? People with social phobia's are functionally disabled, so we should give them a whole plane to themselves, right? There are a whole host of things that make people functionally disabled, but giving people the bonus of two seats does nothing to help curve the obesity or other functional problems. I have no problem with a person buying an extra seat, or a whole row for that matter, but I do take issue with rewarding them for becoming obese to begin with. I am also not in favor of removing a person's right to most things and especially not because their obese, but rewarding them....come on!