If you read this thread properly Joshg is not obese. BMI is a scneening tool not an assessment of obesity. some of the subsequent remarks are way out of line.
This may merely be the first case and more may follow. I agree the word imbecile is unacceptable. It is merely a new policy that needs thinking through and modifying.
Joshg I think you should politely write to the CAA on the basis that the screening is flawed. There are many experts in bariatrics, indeed a big centre exists at the private hospital at Gatwick
I am no expert but a five minute consultation with a nutritionist or bariatric consultant would have been cheaper, faster and more 'accurate' than what you appear to have been subjected to.