Thrown off plane for outfit deemed too skimpy

TODAYShow.com (via MSNBC) ^ | 07 Sep 07 | http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20638479/

[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?’ ...”

[JamesP81]

Skirt is too short. My 1st grader’s teacher tells the girls “If the ends of your fingers are longer than the end of your skirt, it is inappropriate.” Good advice.

This woman is not a first grader, and the flight attendant isn't her school teacher. If her mode of dress isn't illegal, then Southwest's employee needs to mind his own business.

[L98Fiero]

“When I am on the bus it is very embrassing to set across from a women who skirt is so short you can see her underware!”

They don’t mind showing it but will have you arrested for looking at it.

[Doctor Raoul]

Would anyone like to theorize that "Keith" might have, at some point, defected to the other team?

My theory is that Keith was jealous that she could fit into that Little Black Dress and he couldn't...

I'm betting that's Mom in the background and that as "best friends" they "go shopping" together.

[Lazamataz]

I hate to see people criticized for having the looks God gave them. What do you want her to do? Plastic surgery? Lot’s of makeup? Let’s see your pic.

Okay.

[seanmerc]

A pox on you for bringing such a horrible image to mind!

[bigfootbob]

My thoughts, too. Two O clock tavern beauty!

[Right Wing Agitator]

Check out the distance from the button on the waistline of the skirt to the hem. Also, it looks like she is wearing the skirt a little low in the picture. If she was wearing it a couple of inches higher, then I think the airline made the right decision. There isn’t a lot of fabric between the button and the hem.

[restornu]

Yikes he is ulgy!

[CindyDawg]

She’s a pretty girl. The skirt is low at one end and short at the other though and I suspect she might have had trouble keeping covered while bending, sitting and reaching overhead while wearing a stand up only outfit.
I know some of yall will probably howl but I wish that more places had the “no boobs/ no belly, no butt showing” rules.

[Lazamataz]

I can’t help it if I am malformed. DON’T YOU OPPRESS ME!!!!

[lesser_satan]

I’d like to see her in just the skirt and blue-green top, minus the T-shirt. Yummy!

[Xenalyte]

Damn, Laz! I don’t recall you looking that ghey. ;)

[Lazamataz]

I know some of yall will probably howl but I wish that more places had the “no boobs/ no belly, no butt showing” rules.

Personally, I'm getting sick of the "No Nipples/No Genitals Showing" rule.

[Lazamataz]

I ain't gay.

I'm just vulva-appreciation-challenged.

[NorthFlaRebel]

The girl went on a news show wearing the outfit and they had to blur out her crotch when she sat down.

Additionally, it since been revealed that she has a MySpace page with nude and scantily-clad photos which has since been set to "private".

[massgopguy]

Could Mom stand up as well so we can get a gander at her?

[JamesP81]

I know some of yall will probably howl but I wish that more places had the “no boobs/ no belly, no butt showing” rules.

The problem with this case is that Southwest doesn't have that rule. In fact, in the first article posted about this, it was either the girl or her mother called Southwest and asked about dress code. Southwest told her that they don't even have a rule against her flying in just a bikini top. So now you see the problem. They tried to refuse to honor a ticket that she paid for based on a rule that they don't have.

[lesser_satan]

Wow Laz, I had no idea you worked in ghey pr0n on the side!

[null and void]

That's Skanks on a Palne:

Palne with suspected bomb grounded in Italy

[restornu]

A smile would have helped or maybe a mustache or a beard! LOL