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Old Nov 30, 2011 | 11:47 am
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Originally Posted by N830MH
This is so ridiculous!!! He forced to stand during 7-hour in-flight from ANC-PHL nonstop this last summer. Why he got 400 pounds obese? He can't have fit inside the seat.

He could be denied boarding. He can't get inside the seat.

http://www.elliott.org/blog/forced-t...n-hour-flight/

US has already gave him fully refunded the money back but, he just paid $800 for his entire trip.

Good riddance to US!!! Where WN need to get enforced the seat policy?
When I saw the headline I assumed it would be Spirit or perhaps RyanAir but US???

Hopefully a DOT complaint will be filed and US will be fined heavily for violating safety regulations. Alas the passenger is probably unable to obtain anything more than a refund for breach of contract, though if I were him I would milk this on the talk shows, etc. as US ought to pay additional compensation for its failure to follow its own rules as well as DOT regs.
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