world s largest athletes fly. world champion world wrestler notion he won t fit into a regular seat. he bought a few extra tickets to his flight to italy. an airline representative, can t fly, sorry about that. laura picks up the story. reporter: recent business trip turned into a big disappointment and cancelled ticket for that amateur sumo wrestler who holds the record for the heaviest living athlete on the planet. he stands 6 7 and weighs 700 pounds. he has traveled throughout the years just fine by extra seats. a flight he booked with delta was cancelled without any real explanation. i could see to try to get one seated, they would have an argument but i had three seats paid for. so that is what mystifies me
you get him. you talk about your life without being inappropriate. somebody says whoopi did not like me. what? the news begins anew on studio b. first up, good news for travelers. box one, some flights getting off the ground but one of the busiest airports still shut down. box two, would you do just about anything to get your hand on the ipad? scammers know it and in some cases they re taking advantage. we ll show you what to look out for. plus, an update on spirit airlines, s-p-i-r-i-t airlines. new plans to charge for carry-on bags. we ve been talking about this for days. today the airline representative comes in from the company to join us live on studio b unless breaking news changes everything. first, iran could develop and test a missile capable of reaching the united states? five years. that s the assessment from the
we cannot ensure the american traveling public that some guy, some place else is really qualified to do the work or that we re watching to see how well he does it. my feeling was i want to look out on the ramp from the cockpit and see somebody with the airline representative that i m flying on the back of his uniform. i don t want to see something hidden that i cannot assess and make a judgment. i have to tell you something. you know, when these cockpit crews take off, they often don t know what s going on with the rest of their airplane and it s all a mind-set. it starts at the top, contessa, at the very, very top in terms of what safety is and what it isn t. if the top has the right mind-set it will filter down and get done and get done right every time. jim tillman, here s hoping those executives start joining the rest of us and wondering how safe their planes are. thank you. i hope so. who thinks it s a good idea