Director who plays 'Silent Bob' ejected from flight because of size

[undeterred]

Director Kevin Smith was ejected from plane after being deemed "too fat to fly," he says on his Twitter account.

After delivering a speech in San Francisco, he boarded a Southwest Airlines flight to Burbank and was seated on the plane but then was thrown off the flight Saturday evening. The director of Clerks and other movies, who is also known for playing the movie character Silent Bob in many films, fired off a round of Twitter messages aimed at Southwest. Among them, "Fair warning folks: If you look like me, you may be ejected from Southwest Air." A spokesperson for Southwest Airlines wrote an apology on the company's Twitter account. The message, from an unnamed representative, says "Hey Kevin! I'm so sorry for your experience tonight! Hopefully we can make things right." -- Lorena Blas



http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/02/director-who-plays-silent-bob-ejected-from-flight-because-of-size/1

edited to add:

"I'm way fat, but I'm not there just yet," Smith wrote on his Twitter.com account after the incident, adding that he was able to lower both arm rests at his seat. "I broke no regulation."

Southwest Airlines measures whether a customers too large to fly based on the passenger's ability to lower both armrests while sitting on the plane. If the passenger cannot lower one or both armrests, the carrier typically requires the passenger to purchase an additional seat or make arrangements on other flights that may accommodate for extra space.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/ktxl-news-silentbob0214,0,5181078.story

Maybe they need to start making the seats a little bigger and more comfortable for everyone.