HALIFAX — A Halifax man is in Federal Court to argue that his complaint against the way one ******* treats obese travellers should not be dismissed because he himself is not obese.

The Canadian Transportation Agency dismissed Gabor Lukacs’ complaint in ******** 2014 about Delta’s “discriminatory” practice of bumping large passengers from its flights and forcing them to buy two seats.

The quasi-judicial regulator found that Lukacs had no private or public standing in the matter.

Lukacs argued before a three-member panel in Halifax Monday that to dismiss his complaint because it didn’t affect him directly is akin to disregarding someone’s concerns over contaminated food just because they weren’t made **** by it.

He says that he has filed more than two dozen successful complaints with the agency and, as a result, has brought about improvements of the industry.

He says the 46 mentions of his name in agency decisions show that he has a “long-standing, real and continuing interest in the rights of air passengers.”

“The ******* is discriminating based on size,” he said in court. “It could be eye colour.”