Posted on 09/07/2007 8:44:17 AM PDT by Drew68
It doesnt 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, shes 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, Im sorry, but youre going to have to take a later flight. Youre dressed inappropriately. This is a family airline. Youre 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 didnt bring any luggage with me. I dont have anything to change into. What can I do to make sure I can get onto that flight? ...
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This woman is 23? She looks about 45.
She violated Southwest’s clothing rules. She is supposed to wear cut-offs, sneakers, and a titty-holding garment. And be smoking a hooter.
Probably on the advice of her attorney. It'll help her with her settlement.
Probably on the advice of her attorney. It'll help her with her settlement.
I do believe she left out the word “SOME” from the top of her protest sign.
"I'm tired of these %^(#&^# Breasts on this (%$&$&$ Plane!!!"
Actually, there were some nice ones in the movie! lol
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.
Rode hard and put away wet...
That seems likely. I wonder if she was going "commando", a~la Britney?
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.
I hope the still picture just caught her at an awkward moment because she looks like a transvestite.
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.
I think she is a he....
“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.
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. : )
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?
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