Tuesday, February 16, 2010


Kevin Smith, producer of Good Will Hunting and director of Zach and Miri make a Porno, was ejected from a Southwest Airlines plane friday because he was dubbed "too fat."

Smith said that a pilot felt that he didn't fit properly on the seat and he needed to be removed from the flight or buy another seat.

After this incident happened, Smith took to his Twitter page and said, "I'm way fat, but I'm not there just yet," and "If you look like me, you may be ejected from Southwest Air." Also posting the picture above with his tweet.

Yesterday, Smith and Southwest Airlines spokesperson, Linda Rutherford, traded words through blogging and this is what each party had to say...

SWA:
"I (Linda) had the chance this afternoon to speak directly with director Kevin Smith. I let him know that in my 18 years here at Southwest, I have never dealt with a situation like what has been unfolding in the last 48 hours. I let Kevin know we have refunded his airfare. I told him we made a mistake in trying to board him as a standby passenger and then remove him. And I told him we were sorry."
Smith:

In a post titled "My Boring A** Life," he wrote, "Linda told me that, before I got anywhere near the plane (remember: I was hoping to get on standby), they were having a space issue on board with another passenger who'd purchased two seats, and they were having a problem moving already-seated passengers to accommodate this person. Enter me, who -- Linda admitted -- WAS NOT A PROBLEM. She fully acknowledged that I wasn't bounced by the Pilot… BECAUSE THE PILOT PROBABLY DIDN'T EVEN SEE ME.

"According to Linda, with the melee surrounding boarding and finding a second seat for the other passenger, the Pilot called for a quick settlement of any outstanding issues so that they might take off. And even though I was already planted in my arm-rest lower-able, seat-belt-buckle-able seat, I got the hook."


After this, Rutherford had called Smith telling him she had posted a new blog post and wanted his opinion on it.

Rutherford said to Smith that the people seated next to him were complaining he was oversized and they were leaning away from him because he was taking a lot of room. Smith replied and said that those people were already leaning away once he got to his seat and he even asked them if he was a problem and the passengers had said no.

Smith concluded his latest blog post with this statement,

"You guys screwed up, SWA; why's it so hard to own up to it?"

"So, Linda: I appreciate the effort you made, the time you spent with me on the phone, and the work you put into this. You, too, were a reasonable cat during our conversation,"

"Southwest, I appreciate you refunding my airfare. But if you're not gonna admit I wasn't 'Too Fat To Fly,' then I'll cover it."


To read Smith's full blog, CLICK HERE

To read Southwest Airlines' full blog, CLICK HERE

Rose :)

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