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Thrown off plane for outfit deemed too skimpy
TODAYShow.com (via MSNBC) ^ | 07 Sep 07 | http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20638479/

Posted on 09/07/2007 8:44:17 AM PDT by Drew68

It doesn’t take much to get thrown off an airplane these days, as Kyla Ebbert found out when a Southwest Airlines employee told her she was too bare for the air. Two months later, she’s still trying to figure out what was wrong with her outfit.

In an exclusive appearance Friday on TODAY, Ebbert modeled the outfit she says she wore on the flight in question. It consisted of a snug-fitting white top with a scoop neck that stopped just short of showing cleavage.

Over the shirt was a green sweater that buttoned underneath her bosom. It was finished with high-heeled sandals and a white denim mini-skirt with a fashionably frayed hem.

It was a lot more clothing than the 23-year-old college student wears on her job as a Hooters waitress. Her mother, Michele Ebbert, said she would have told her daughter if the outfit was inappropriate.

“But her outfit is fine, Michele Ebbert told TODAY co-host Matt Lauer. “She looks like every other college girl in San Diego.”

Not according to a Southwest employee identified only as “Keith,” who approached Ebbert after she had taken her seat on the plane and was listening to the flight attendants go through their pre-departure routine.

“He told me, ‘I’m sorry, but you’re going to have to take a later flight. You’re dressed inappropriately. This is a family airline. You’re dressed too provocative to fly on this flight,’ ” she told Lauer.

“I said, ‘What part of it, the shirt, the skirt? Which part?’ “ Ebbert continued, recounting her conversation with Keith about her outfit. “And he said, ‘The whole thing.’“ I said, ‘I didn’t bring any luggage with me. I don’t have anything to change into. What can I do to make sure I can get onto that flight?’ ...”

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To: Eagle Eye
Yes, the price of freedom includes things that may be distasteful to you.

Airlines are private companies. I am in favoring of them enforcing standards as they see fit. The free market will decide.
241 posted on 09/07/2007 1:20:29 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: Drew68

This woman is 23? She looks about 45.


242 posted on 09/07/2007 1:33:13 PM PDT by New Girl
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To: null and void

She violated Southwest’s clothing rules. She is supposed to wear cut-offs, sneakers, and a titty-holding garment. And be smoking a hooter.


243 posted on 09/07/2007 1:50:33 PM PDT by BobS
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To: NorthFlaRebel
Additionally, it since been revealed that she has a MySpace page with nude and scantily-clad photos which has since been set to "private".

Probably on the advice of her attorney. It'll help her with her settlement.

244 posted on 09/07/2007 1:59:18 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: NorthFlaRebel
Additionally, it since been revealed that she has a MySpace page with nude and scantily-clad photos which has since been set to "private".

Probably on the advice of her attorney. It'll help her with her settlement.

245 posted on 09/07/2007 1:59:25 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: theDentist

I do believe she left out the word “SOME” from the top of her protest sign.


246 posted on 09/07/2007 2:02:55 PM PDT by MarineDad (Whenever mosques and JDAM's meet, civilization benefits.)
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To: CitizenUSA
The problem, though, is that Southwest has opened them up by not having published guidelines. What if this woman was catching an international flight with several connections and a $2500 ticket price? Sure, she might've showed bad judgement by what she was wearing but, technically, what ordanance was she violating? It is perfectly legal for her to walk around town dressed that way and she arrives at the airport and Southwest tells her she can't fly? Sorry, but unless they have guidelines about proper attire written somewhere, they'd better open up their checkbook.
247 posted on 09/07/2007 2:10:55 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: TornadoAlley3

"I'm tired of these %^(#&^# Breasts on this (%$&$&$ Plane!!!"

Actually, there were some nice ones in the movie! lol

248 posted on 09/07/2007 2:13:51 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Get a colonoscopy - Ron Paulyps could be cancerous!)
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To: Drew68

But she wasn’t thrown off the plane...she was asked to leave, she argued against it, and the flight attendant let her back on once she adjusted her clothing. She did not miss her flight, and sat in her seat with her legs crossed and a blanket covering her lap. I’d think she’d have more of a chance of a settlement if she had been booted off, but she wasn’t.


249 posted on 09/07/2007 2:17:07 PM PDT by Mrs.Liberty
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To: Mrs.Liberty
But she wasn’t thrown off the plane...she was asked to leave, she argued against it, and the flight attendant let her back on once she adjusted her clothing. She did not miss her flight, and sat in her seat with her legs crossed and a blanket covering her lap. I’d think she’d have more of a chance of a settlement if she had been booted off, but she wasn’t.

Next time I will read the article I'm posting more carefully! LOL!!! I could swear the first time I read it she had to catch another flight.

250 posted on 09/07/2007 2:32:33 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: New Girl
This woman is 23? She looks about 45.

Rode hard and put away wet...

251 posted on 09/07/2007 2:42:31 PM PDT by null and void (I hate to suggest something this radical, but why not let the policy follow the facts? ~ReignOfError)
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To: starfish923
There is MORE to this than we are getting....guaranteed.

That seems likely. I wonder if she was going "commando", a~la Britney?

252 posted on 09/07/2007 2:46:56 PM PDT by Charles Martel (The Tree of Liberty thirsts.)
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To: Mrs.Liberty
Exactly. I am surprised the media is making such a deal over a crude woman such as Kyla Ebbert who looks like a trailer park denizen.
253 posted on 09/07/2007 2:47:48 PM PDT by Dante3
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To: latina4dubya

Look at hip points. If she pulled the skirt down half an inch we be talking PG-13. X-rated if she is going “Commando”

Cute girl and I wouldn’t have complained. But I agrree with SouthWestern.


254 posted on 09/07/2007 3:05:42 PM PDT by RedMonqey ( The truth is never PC)
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To: Drew68

I hope the still picture just caught her at an awkward moment because she looks like a transvestite.


255 posted on 09/07/2007 3:06:06 PM PDT by panthermom (DUNCAN HUNTER 2008)
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To: CitizenUSA

If the airline wants to start this trend toward enforcing fashion modesty, then it has an obligation to announce it in advance, provide the guidelines, and then enforce it for everybody. Like I said before, one thing I don’t want is to have people treated capriciously based on the whim of whoever happens to be on the plane at that time.


256 posted on 09/07/2007 3:07:24 PM PDT by wolfinator
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To: Drew68

I think she is a he....


257 posted on 09/07/2007 3:08:40 PM PDT by devane617 (Stop Illegal Immigration. Call your Senator today. Senate Switchboard at 202-224-3121.)
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To: EGPWS

“That’s still her personal problem not anyone else’s.”

Fine as long as the person in question is a young, pretty girl with a good figure.

Imagine a grossly fat, unattractive Hildebeast with a “I’m too sexy for myt shirt” attitude sitting near and hitting on you the WHOLE flight.

No thanks.


258 posted on 09/07/2007 3:09:36 PM PDT by RedMonqey ( The truth is never PC)
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To: RedMonqey
Imagine a grossly fat, unattractive Hildebeast with a “I’m too sexy for myt shirt” attitude sitting near and hitting on you the WHOLE flight.

Read a book, watch a movie if available, or work on the laptop.

Nobody is forced to look!

My imagination doesn't usurp Captain Kirk and the Enterprise in "going where no man has gone before".

It helps me to maintain sanity. : )

259 posted on 09/07/2007 3:21:38 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: RedMonqey
If she pulled the skirt down half an inch we be talking PG-13. X-rated if she is going “Commando”

Oh, so as in broadcast, we now need to create a rating system for apparel?

What will the wanton quest for loss of personal rights end with?

260 posted on 09/07/2007 3:25:56 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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