It's rare to find an article that tries as hard not to smirk as this one, which discusses the delicate manuevers of airlines trying to deal with euphemistically designated "passengers of size" challenged by standard 17-inch airline seats. The piece manages to straight-facedly quote the spokesperson for the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance as well as the new policies of Air Canada and Westjet, both of which now require doctors' notes (complete with cheek-to-cheek measurements) from those trying to avoid paying for a second seat by claiming to be "functionally disabled by obesity."
You can't make this stuff up.
