MrsSpringsteen
Blue Crack Addict
I wasn't aware of any official airline passenger dress codes. And I have definitely seen more revealing outfits at the mall.
San Diego Tribune article
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070905/news_1m5braun.html
Pascual detected sexism in the way Ebbert was treated, wondering if a man would have been asked to change clothes. Do men dress inappropriately? “I see butt cracks, a lot of butt cracks,” she said.
In its letter, Southwest said “there were concerns about the revealing nature of her outfit.”
USA Today Sept 6th
Flier claims Southwest attendant played fashion police
Southwest is in the news in San Diego after a flight attendant apparently objected to the outfit worn by college student and Hooters waitress Kyla Ebbert. At least that's the word from San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Gerry Braun, who writes that Ebbert was "escorted off a Southwest Airlines flight two months ago" for wearing "a white denim miniskirt, high-heel sandals, and a turquoise summer sweater over a tank top over a bra." (Check out the Union-Tribune's photo of the outfit Ebbert says she was wearing for the flight.) Ebbert says that after she had taken her seat, a flight attendant asked her to come out into the jetway and asked her to change.
"I asked him what part of my outfit was offensive," Ebbert says to Braun. "The shirt? The skirt? And he said, 'The whole thing.' " Ebbert adds she was lightly dressed because she was taking a same-day trip to Tucson and back for a doctor's appointment. The temperature in Tucson that day was forecast to be between 100 and 110. Ebbert says she was asked to go home and change and return for a later flight with a less-revealing outfit. She refused, and the airline eventually relented.
Braun writes that Ebbert "kept her composure until the plane landed, when she called her mother and broke down. She took a photo of herself with her cell phone so her mother could see her clothes." After the incident, Southwest wrote in a letter to Ebbert's mother that "there were concerns about the revealing nature of her outfit." When he interviewed Ebbert, Braun says he brought two fellow journalists along for their take on seeing the outfit that ran Ebbert into trouble. "I was expecting to be shocked, and I was shocked the other way," says Chrissy Pascual, who previously helped write a "Seen on the Street" feature for the Union-Tribune.
What do you think? Check out the photo of Ebbert on the Union-Tribune's website and tell us your thoughts. The subject has also been a hot topic on airliners.net, where one reader even posted a 70's-era photo of Southwest flight attendants dressed in mini-skirts.
San Diego Tribune article
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070905/news_1m5braun.html
Pascual detected sexism in the way Ebbert was treated, wondering if a man would have been asked to change clothes. Do men dress inappropriately? “I see butt cracks, a lot of butt cracks,” she said.
In its letter, Southwest said “there were concerns about the revealing nature of her outfit.”
USA Today Sept 6th
Flier claims Southwest attendant played fashion police
Southwest is in the news in San Diego after a flight attendant apparently objected to the outfit worn by college student and Hooters waitress Kyla Ebbert. At least that's the word from San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Gerry Braun, who writes that Ebbert was "escorted off a Southwest Airlines flight two months ago" for wearing "a white denim miniskirt, high-heel sandals, and a turquoise summer sweater over a tank top over a bra." (Check out the Union-Tribune's photo of the outfit Ebbert says she was wearing for the flight.) Ebbert says that after she had taken her seat, a flight attendant asked her to come out into the jetway and asked her to change.
"I asked him what part of my outfit was offensive," Ebbert says to Braun. "The shirt? The skirt? And he said, 'The whole thing.' " Ebbert adds she was lightly dressed because she was taking a same-day trip to Tucson and back for a doctor's appointment. The temperature in Tucson that day was forecast to be between 100 and 110. Ebbert says she was asked to go home and change and return for a later flight with a less-revealing outfit. She refused, and the airline eventually relented.
Braun writes that Ebbert "kept her composure until the plane landed, when she called her mother and broke down. She took a photo of herself with her cell phone so her mother could see her clothes." After the incident, Southwest wrote in a letter to Ebbert's mother that "there were concerns about the revealing nature of her outfit." When he interviewed Ebbert, Braun says he brought two fellow journalists along for their take on seeing the outfit that ran Ebbert into trouble. "I was expecting to be shocked, and I was shocked the other way," says Chrissy Pascual, who previously helped write a "Seen on the Street" feature for the Union-Tribune.
What do you think? Check out the photo of Ebbert on the Union-Tribune's website and tell us your thoughts. The subject has also been a hot topic on airliners.net, where one reader even posted a 70's-era photo of Southwest flight attendants dressed in mini-skirts.
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