Couple kicked off Miami-New York flight because of T-shirt

Palm Beach Post ^ | 8/1/04 | AP

[Oblongata]

"The couple, making a connecting flight from Costa Rica, said nobody on the earlier flight objected to the shirt and claimed the airline violated their constitutional right to free speech."

Well they could almost make that argument. American Airlines is practically a government agency considering how much funding it gets from taxpayers.

[Grig]

"It's a picture of a man and woman, and the woman's breast is showing," Tow said. "The flight attendant basically walked up to us and yelled, 'You have to take off that shirt right now.'"

And here I was expecting something related to the war on terror.

Pretty tacky shirt if you ask me, and prettly low class insist on wearing it out in public, but if she takes off the shirt 'right now', it wouldn't exactly end the exposure of bare breasts.

[Normal4me]

Sounds like a real classy couple there. Oh, and they left an "O" out of his wifes name. ;-)

[G.Mason]

Oscar Arela and his girlfriend, Tala Tow will, perhaps, be paid a vist by some representatives of the other passengers.

Well, one can always hope. ;)

[Shaddap IV]

Whatta coupla boobs!

(Can I say that?)

[Atlas Sneezed]

I was on a Southwest flight last month with Mrs. B, and there was a tattooed guy with a shirt that had the F-word prominently (I don't recall the full message except that it was a hostile tone.) As we were toward the end of the boarding line, one of the few seats left was next to this creep. I whispered to Mrs. B as we approached down the aisle to go past him.

Thanks SWA!

[dwilli]

Some people are too stupid to ride a bus, much less an airplane.

[Major Matt Mason]

The guy was wearing the shirt, not the woman.

[McGavin999]

"If they want to permit this kind of action by flight attendants, then they better have a clear policy that is announced in advance and made known to passengers in advance."

Well, perhaps they are not used to having people who are so dumb they don't know what is proper attire. It's their airline, they don't have to fly you if they don't want to.

[G.Mason]

after he refused to change the shirt or turn it inside out at Miami International Airport.

That clear it up for you?

[MonroeDNA]

Bare breasts, even in a picture, are the devil!

[cinFLA]

but if she takes off the shirt 'right now', it wouldn't exactly end the exposure of bare breasts.

she >>> he

[kcar]

There's a nip in the air.

[Cobra64]

This country has gone down the toilet in terms of class and etiquette. When I flew back in the 1960s from the East Coast to Denver, going to college, we wore coats and ties.

Today, people come on wearing sleeveless shirts, raising their arms exposing armpit hair, a lot in need of a shower, shave and deodorant; playing their dopey rap music, and thumping other passenger's seats. Few have any respect for others' space in public transportation. I don't fly anymore. I'll take the Beemer, set it on cruise, and play Mozart, Rachmoninov, or Lizst.

[Dacus943]

"Whatta coupla boobs! (Can I say that?)"

Bust in the mouth coming!!!

[JLS]

"I'd like to figure out how a T-shirt that offends one member of the crew somehow impacts the safety of the flight or the ability of the flight to continue to New York," said Howard Simon, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. "If they want to permit this kind of action by flight attendants, then they better have a clear policy that is announced in advance and made known to passengers in advance."
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The Airline is afterall responsible for assuring their employees do not have to work in a harrassing environment?

[Dallas59]

I've seen so called "classy" people run thru the airport with barely a stitch of clothing on. I suggest next time they go on vacation she wear something skimpy instead of pictures depicting skimpy.

[Fizzie]

Had the offending T-shirt been worn by someone who "fit the profile" the couple would have had clear passage.

I'd put money on it.

[Max Combined]

"but if she takes off the shirt 'right now', it wouldn't exactly end the exposure of bare breasts."

SHE? You didn't read the first sentence too close, did you?

"was ejected from an American Airlines flight because the MAN was wearing a T-shirt depicting a bare breast."