Posted on 10/06/2005 1:47:52 PM PDT by crazyhorse691
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A woman was booted off a Southwest Airlines flight for wearing a T-shirt that bore an expletive and images of President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Lorrie Heasley of Woodland, Wash., said she plans to press a civil-rights complaint against the airline over Tuesday's action at Reno-Tahoe International Airport, halfway through Heasley's scheduled trip from Los Angeles to Portland, Ore.
"I have cousins in Iraq and other relatives going to war," Heasley told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "Here we are trying to free another country and I have to get off an airplane ... over a T-shirt. That's not freedom."
Southwest Airlines spokeswoman Marilee McInnis said several passengers complained about the shirt.
Heasley, a 32-year-old lumber saleswoman, said passengers began complaining after she and her husband, Ron, moved to the front of the cabin in Reno.
She agreed to cover the words with a sweatshirt, but when the sweatshirt slipped while she was trying to sleep, she was ordered to wear her T-shirt inside-out or leave.
She and her husband left. They arrived home in a rental car Wednesday afternoon.
McInnis said Southwest rules allow the airline to deny boarding to any passenger whose clothing is "lewd, obscene or patently offensive."
But Allen Lichtenstein, lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union in Las Vegas, said it "might be problematic" that the airline "changed rules in the middle of a flight."
Heasley said she has been in touch with ACLU lawyers in Seattle, and wants Southwest to reimburse her for the last leg of the trip.
Pit bulls. sort of fits, if it is her...
I don't believe she has a leg to stand on. If folks remember the Seinfeld episode where he was taken off of a plane because the Captain didn't like his act the night before, that's not too far from the truth. The Captain has final authority and in this case he had cause - at least he had concern for the passengers not beating the hell out of another passenger.
Just a question: Does anyone remember when women used to be ladies? I guess those days are gone for good.
This woman is a numskull. Just as she doesn't have the "right" to say that she has a bomb on an aircraft (or anywhere else), she doesn't have the right to wear a stupid T-shirt and expect the air carrier to accommodate her stupidity.
Also, just because one has a right to speech doesn't mean they have a right to be heard. Bravo to Southwest Airlines!
LOL Dying for a T-shirt is a bit drastic. I am a pretty outspoken person, and I do things many say are a bit out of the ordinary But I wouldnt wear a F Hillary T-shirt.Even though I might like to say it to her. Only a real piece of trash woman would wear something like this, I feel for her husband, even though he seems as stupid as she. I hope they dont have kids. The Gene pool is bad enough without that.
I saw that picture also, but, I am not 100% sure it is her(the Flady). Gonna try some news sites for pictures.
numskull = numbskull
I love to argue but not with strangers. She is just a stupid b!tch. Also, see my 122.
I am offended by people who show up for a flight dressed as if they are going out to mow the lawn or change the oil in the family car using the excuse that they want to be "Comfortable".
I love the way Michael Savage refers to him and Rush as;
Shawn VANITY and HUSH BIMBO
Can anyone who saw the broadcast of her confirm?
Why boot her off the plane? A bitch slap would suffice.
I keep liking SWA more and more and it is becoming crystal clear to me that UAL and NWA are goners. Can't wait for SWA to get into the international market after the dinosaurs kick the bucket.
If no one evere confronts these imbeciles, they will assume that their behavior is acceptable and will continue and push it even further.
Sometimes being a moron rises to the level where there are consequences. She could have turned the shirt inside out, but instead decided to drive 500 miles in a rental car. That tells you the quality of thinking that is going on here.
AND, she's an avid golfer!;)
I know what you meant, but if someone can not understand the difference between private entities and government control they won't understand your comments.
Sure looks like the broad I saw in the news video clip.
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