Airline Says Woman's Outfit Is Too Revealing

NBC ^ | 9/7/2007 | NBC

[Red in Blue PA]

SAN DIEGO -- A San Diego woman says that after she was escorted off a Southwest airplane, a flight attendant told her the outfit she was wearing was too revealing too fly.

[Red in Blue PA]

Judge for yourself....IMO, she is innocent:

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/slideshow/news/14067454/detail.html

[NonValueAdded]

What, again?

[rface]

maybe she wasn't wearing any panties....and spent a lot of time bending over.....or something like that.

[RexBeach]

Yeah, she’s REALLY innocent. Ahem.

[GBA]

Now that’s a profile I enjoy profiling! I would fly with her any day.

[deport]

Damn Southwest just can't seem to make up their mind...

[1rudeboy]

What’s the problem with that? In-flight entertainment sucks nowadays, anyway.

[VaRepublican]

news?

[R. Scott]

She is an attractive young woman - but I see nothing inappropriate about her attire. I’ve seen much more revealing attire on travelers.

[Scotsman will be Free]

I would tolerate her presence next to me on the airplane.

[kromike]

"Revealing" to whom or what? I mean, geez, everyone's facing the same way in very cramped seats. She wouldn't be able to pull a "Sharon Stone/Basic Instinct".

Whoever complained is a tool and possibly a grossly-overweight jealous 'Rosie'.

[Ron in Acreage]

hopefully!! sweeeeeet!

[Brilliant]

Too revealing to fly? Doesn’t really seem possible. In fact, it might work the other way around.

I bet the stewardess was just jealous. Or maybe Nancy Pelosi was on board the plane (but she has a private one, doesn’t she?)

[DoughtyOne]

When she flew back home the same afternoon in the same outfit, she was welcomed aboard the flight and one flight attendent complimented her on her outfit.

Southwest admits they have no dress code.

[Red in Blue PA]

I see nothing inappropriate either.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Southwest Fashion Police Set No-Fly Zone

[fieldmarshaldj]

INNOCENT !

[ANGGAPO]

I have seen worse going to high school. Fire the stewardess.

[DoughtyOne]

Well... she may not be innocent, but she passes my rigorous flight prep observations with room to spare. Welcome aboard...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Fake hair. Fake boobs. Fake person.

[llevrok]

I'd rather have her sitting next to me than some one who weighs 500 pounds, needs 2 seat belt extenders, and falls asleep before take off and snores all the way (happened to me a few times).

BTW - one time, such a large person was next to me in the exit row. There was no way any one was getting out of that exit window if we had to follow the guy.

[beaversmom]

From the video she states SouthWest supports their employee and “his” decision. May explain a lot.

[beaversmom]

Betcha they would be afraid to say a peep to a Muslim acting suspiciously.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

“In preparation for landing...please return your stewardess to her upright position.”

[Names Ash Housewares]

Dressed normally to me.

Go to any mall.

[hophead]

“Too revealing to fly?”

Was she seated next to the pilot? I would rather have her “attire” next to me than someone with whose name was Akbar!

[Vicki]

Unless she was pulling a Britney Spears, I think they overracted.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Boy — I fly Southwest all the time and I haven’t seen any flight attendants like that lately.

[Brilliant]

They were probably short a seat and decided this was the solution.

[Maelstrom]

She could have sat on my lap and I wouldn’t have expressed so much outrage as you. :-)

[hadaclueonce]

I had the Southwest flight from NOLA to Dallas in 94 with a dancer sitting across from me. I was expecting to pay extra but no! I did not even have to give her a dollar.

[L.N. Smithee]

I recently had the pleasure of flying next to a statuesque brunette who had just graduated from Stanford who was wearing a t-shirt from a sorority rush over a tank top, flip-flops with lovely pedicured and painted toes, and short swim trunks identifying her as a lifeguard. If only the flight had been longer...but I digress.

I wasn't flying Southwest, but my charming neighbor, at first glance, was wearing less than the woman in the picture. Methinks the secret to Southwest's objection -- if she is being honest about what she was told -- lies between those tightly crossed legs.

Perhaps she was hoping to become fodder for future letters to Penthouse. "I've read these letters, and thought they were fake. Surely nothing like that would ever happen to me. Well, I was just flying from San Diego for another boring business conference, and this hot blonde in a miniskirt sits next to me..."

[deport]

Boy — I fly Southwest all the time and I haven’t seen any flight attendants like that lately.

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Yep, they went out with the free beer.

[deport]

“In preparation for landing...please return your stewardess to her upright position.”

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LOL..........

[Redbob]

Yeah, wasn’t this non-news item already posted a couple days ago?

[lepton]

Well, I notice the pictures skipped the middle part of her sitting down before she crossed her legs, and that there are quite a number of times where she is shown pulling the skirt down.

Me? I’m not sure that I care...but I can see how some might.

[Mr J]

Free tickets?

[traumer]

[Wil H]

"Revealing" to whom or what? I mean, geez, everyone's facing the same way in very cramped seats. She wouldn't be able to pull a "Sharon Stone/Basic Instinct".

Actually she would, the front row on SWA face back to the second row.

[fieldmarshaldj]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

It is not such a big deal out and about in the world. But in an airplane you've got people sardined in there for several hours. I think it is refreshing that the airline would make a rule about attire. What woman would want her husband riding next to that for several hours. Or her teenaged son. It isn't asking too much of travelers to dress more appropriately while they travel on an airplane. So what?

It's their company and they get to set the rules. If I fly on their airplanes, I'll be sure and not choose an outfit from my trampy selection of clothing. How inconvenient. /s

Since I am always the one to schedule flights for my family members, I'll prioritize a company with such courteous rules.

[D-fendr]

Matt doesn't see any problem with the outfit..

[D-fendr]

Of course we can see that Matt is executing what is known in the tv biz as the "Self-block" for the offending parts..

[day10]

MAN LAW

(Is it still safe to send these to RR?)

[Deaf Smith]

"they went out with the free beer."

I remember that. How many free beers can you drink in a 30 minute flight from Lubbock to Dallas?

[#1CTYankee]

More evidence to make an informed judgment, drop something on the floor and have her pick it up.

[enough_idiocy]

Southwest used to refuse to hire male flight attendees b/c having sexy female flight attendees was part of their corporate mission. This is too ironic.

[wallcrawlr]

you said that cuz he’s gay right?

[day10]

Nah - that’s a don’t ask, don’t tell thing.

I was thinking that I didn’t want to get him into any trouble as he’s a married man now.........