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An American Airlines passenger says she would like reparations from the airline after she found herself ‘sandwiched’ between two overweight passengers.
Sydney Watson, an Australian-American conservative political commentator, says she will ‘stand by everything I said’ after documenting her struggle for personal space and comfort on Twitter during a three-hour-long flight on October 11.
She says she has ‘come to find out what happened to me went against American Airlines’ own policies regarding overweight passengers.’
‘I’d like some reparations pls,’ she tweeted Friday night, after her story was widely shared by news-outlets and became a popular talking point on social media.
American Airlines, however, does not appear to have a public-facing policy regarding overweight passengers, which could explain the airline’s response to Watson.Â
American Airlines’ official Twitter account responded Monday: ‘Our passengers come in all different shapes and sizes. We’re sorry you were uncomfortable on your flight.’
Deeply unsatisfied with the corporation’s response, Watson wrote, ‘This is really their official reply to me being sandwiched between two obese humans.’
Competitor Southwest Airlines’ ‘Customer of Size and extra seat policy’ says ‘customers who encroach upon any part of the neighboring seat(s)’ are required to purchase additional seats.
The Australian-American conservative political commentator, says she will ‘stand by everything I said’ after documenting her struggle for personal space and comfort during a three-hour flight
 On Saturday, Watson said she was ‘totally fine with being in the news for fat shaming’ and added the public response to her tweets has been ‘unhinged.’ ‘I’ve been getting unhinged emails, messages and comments all evening and couldn’t work out why,’ she tweeted
Watson received national media attention and backlash for her tweets – a response she appears to have taken to
On Saturday, Watson said she was ‘totally fine with being in the news for fat shaming’ and added the public response to her tweets has been ‘unhinged.’
‘I’ve been getting unhinged emails, messages and comments all evening and couldn’t work out why,’ she tweeted.
‘Now, I realize it’s because I took issue with people putting their fat rolls on my body without my consent.’
She shared grabs of an email and Instagram replies cursing at her, with one commenter vowing to squeeze up against her should they ever find themselves seated next to Watson on a flight. Â
During the flight Watson tweeted that she was ‘literally – WEDGED between two OBESE people on my flight.’
‘This is absolutely NOT acceptable or okay. If fat people want to be fat, fine. But it is something else entirely when I’m stuck between you, with your arm rolls on my body, for 3 hours,’ she wrote, accompanied by two pictures of the arm rolls in question.Â
‘Holy sh*t. So, I’m expected to have only a quarter of a seat when I fly?’
‘I just experienced getting sweat on, touched without my consent, smacked in the face and subjected to hours of no personal space.
‘And your response is essentially ‘too bad’? Is that what I’m getting here?’ she wrote, tagging the airline.
Sydney Watson documented the process of enduring a three-hour flight stuck between two obese siblings for her Twitter followers
American Airlines told Watson it caters to passengers of all shapes and sizes
Watson took issue with the dismissal, pointing to specific ways in which she was uncomfortable during the flight because of the limited space she was afforded
Watson shared another picture of her skinny legs squeezed between the bodies that surrounded her
The picture Watson mentioned here never materialized
Watson is an Australian-American conservative commentator with more than 300,000 Twitter followers
She previously documented many moments of her unpleasant flying experience to her 317,000 Twitter followers.
‘I don’t care if this is mean. My entire body is currently being touched against my wishes. I can’t even put the arm rests down on either side because there’s no f***ing room.’
‘I’m sick of acting like fatness to this extent is normal. Let me assure you, it is not.’
‘If you need a seat belt extender, you are TOO FAT TO BE ON A PLANE,’ she wrote. ‘Buy two seats or don’t fly.’
Watson wrote that she initially asked one of the obese passengers if he’d like to swap seats with her. He was apparently siblings with the woman who bordered Watson on her either side.
‘He says, ‘no. That’s okay :),” she wrote. ‘…and then I started shrieking internally.’
Watson seemed in disbelief that American Airlines failed to acknowledge her gruesome experience
American Airlines said passengers can select how much space they get on a flight by picking their seat ahead of time – and possibly paying more to ensure personal space
She later wrote that ‘Both the fats are sweating on me.’
‘Have realized if I learn forward, I am less crushed. Only draw back is the man in front of me has his seat back and I keep getting smacked in the head when he adjusts in his chair.’
‘Humiliating,’ she wrote, followed by two crying emojis. ‘This will begin my villain arc.’
As the saga concluded, Watson wrote, ‘I am off the plane!!’
‘The ONLY saving grace was that EVERY flight attendant apologized to me. We had a laugh.’
‘They said they’d have given me free booze if I’d asked.’
Watson added that she had not personally booked her middle seat on American Airlines, rather it was booked for her by a company that paid to fly her to an event.
One Twitter user responded to American Airlines: ‘If your passengers come in all different shapes & sizes, why are your seats only wide enough for medium-sized people?’
‘We offer a variety of seat sizes and styles, so our customers can select what works best for them,’ replied the corporate account before linking to a page that shows the various classes (economy, business, first) passengers can sit in.
American Airlines did not return Daily Mail’s request for comment.
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