WN (Southwest) Passenger Removed For Obesity: No, Not What You Think

Are we fatheaded for believing this story contains traces of irony?

Southwest Airlines made headlines earlier this year for kicking overweight actor-director Kevin Smith off a flight because he took up more than one seat.

Now we're hearing the airline recently removed a 5-foot-4, 110-pound Sacramento-area woman from a plane so a hefty passenger could have an extra seat.

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