OTTAWA — A federal transportation watchdog must take a fresh look at a consumer advocate’s complaint on behalf of obese airline passengers, the Supreme Court of Canada says. In a 6-3 decision Friday, the high court said the Canadian Transportation Agency failed to reasonably exercise its discretion in dismissing Gabor Lukacs’s grievance about Delta Air Lines. Lukacs, a mathematician with an interest in the rights of Canadian air passengers, lodged a complaint in August 2014 alleging Delta’s practices discriminated against “large” people. The appeal court ordered the transportation agency to reconsider whether to investigate the complaint, examining factors other than standing. The transportation agency might also wish to consider whether the complaint is based on sufficient evidence or raises a serious issue, she wrote.

Source: National Post January 19, 2018 15:26 UTC