Is this what we should now expect?
Posted on 09/13/2007 12:09:35 PM PDT by Froufrou
A second young woman has come forward to claim that Southwest Airlines Co. employees made her cover up on a recent flight.
Setara Qassim told KNBC-TV in Los Angeles that a flight attendant confronted her during the trip from Tucson, Ariz., to Burbank, Calif., and asked if she had a sweater to go over her green halter-style dress.
Qassim, 21, said she was forced to wrap a blanket around herself for the rest of the flight. She complained that if Southwest wants passengers to dress a certain way, it should publish a dress code.
Last week, 23-year-old Kyla Ebbert said a Southwest employee pulled her aside as she was preparing to board a plane departing San Diego for Tucson in July and told her she was dressed too provocatively to fly on the plane.
Ebbert said she was humiliated and felt the stares of other passengers who had overheard the verbal dressing-down.
Airline spokesman Chris Mainz said the company had no record that Qassim ever complained.
Messages left with Qassim, who lives in southern California, were not immediately returned to The Associated Press.
Mainz said Dallas-based Southwest — which dressed its stewardesses in hot pants and called itself "the love airline" back in the 1970s — relies on employees to decide if a passenger's attire may offend other customers.
"We don't have a dress code. We rely on our employees to use common sense, good judgment and good taste," Mainz said. "It's so rare for us to have to address a customer's clothing issue."
American Airlines claims the right to refuse to carry passengers for a variety of reasons including being drunk, barefoot, having an offensive odor or being "clothed in a manner that would cause discomfort or offense to other passengers."
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I think that this is not so much about anybody’s idea of proper dress as it is about power.
I don’t stop at airlines. I believe skin belongs on the beach, in your home or backyard, or at the pool. Hence, I agree with the shoes and shirt dress code espoused by restaurants. I just go a bit further to include sleeves and shorts/skirts that don’t permit a view of your crotch.
What’s wrong with wanting people’s germs, stench, and general unattractiveness to be hidden from public view ? There’s a reason, besides a cold climate, that we wear clothes.
IslamoFascist Thong Alert!! I repeat! IFTA!!!!!
My God man! This young lady needs to see a doctor immediately! She has two large green growths on her chest!
And here I was thinking God had stopped making that model! Stupid me!
I can hear a lawyer yelling now, “if it covers the t#ts, you must acquits!” Ugh.
No. She sags. That beige band should not be covered. Only the perky can properly wear that.
Don’t you read Glamour? Or watch those fashion police shows?
If it’s such a wonderful look, why doesn’t Ann Coulter or Michelle Malkin like it?
Oh, I forgot, those are two smart women [smart as in well-dressed: “you look smart!”]
You went *quite* a lot further in your post:
"All bottom attire must reach close to the waist and extend to near the knee at least"
What’s wrong with wanting people’s germs, stench, and general unattractiveness to be hidden from public view ?
Wearing a skirt above the knees, or wearing a sleevless garment is equivalent to "germs, stench, and general unattractiveness"?
I don't think I want to live in your world. It sounds like the Middle East.
Oh, yeah! Of course! I never miss my them! And Vogue, Cosmo, and a dozen more!
I mean, how could I ever go out in public without getting advice from the whacked out media???!!!!
/sarcasm (like I really needed to provide a caveat)
For a really good time, check them out online! It’s amazing what some think looks good and what some think doesn’t!!!
OMG!!!! They showed.... err.... SKIN!!! The horror!
Both Ann and Michelle will experience future banning from Southwest Airline flights.
http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/whatnottowear/fashion_tips/quiz/hard_to_fit.html
I really dislike that picture of Michelle!
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