A lot of you are familiar with the Southwest Airlines Customer who was asked to cover up her outfit, and there has been a lot of attention devoted to this subject. In fact, the Customer was on the Today Show this morning. You might be interested in the perspective of one of the show's producers, Dan Fleschner.
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I was very disappointed to read about Southwest's treatment of Kyla Ebert (see http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070905/news_1m5braun.html)
Passengers are paying customers who can choose which airline they fly. United Capt. Denny Flanagan seems to understand this. (see
http://www.azcentral.com/business/consumer/articles/0828biz-Unitedcapt28...)
I, for one, cannot afford to trust my travel or patience with to a company that is liable to make an arbitrary person decision like this.
Southwest airlines is helping us find halloween costumes, but for one airline customer that was asked to depart the plane - - her outfit was considered leud. White mini skirt, sandals,sweater top with undershirt and bra. She looked like any college student on a 106 degree day. Unlike Britney she had on all of her undergarments and no one ever had a glimpse at her underthings, so what was it Southwest didnt like? Check the outfits of some of the male customers and you will see butt crack, hairy chests exposed,hairy armpits exposed. I think one of the modern day skanky flight attendance didnt like looking at a far more attractive woman than herself on that four hour flight.When I contacted the airlines about dress code they said there is no dress code-a bikini would be fine they said as long as it covered all the right spots.
It looks like you have to be particular about what you pack if you want to fly on Southwest...
http://feministing.com/archives/007683.html#more
I find it hard to believe that Southwest would police a dress code for their airline. The girl with the mini skirt is too much. There is no other industry in the world that is run as poorly as the airline industry.
Southwest Airlines blew it this morning when they allowed NBC to report on the 'Hooters' girl who was humiliated on a flight because of her attire. Southwest should have apologized. Now it looks like a lawsuit is coming. Horrible damage control.
My daughters, who I consider modestly attired, dress no different and I am afraid to let them travel any longer on Southwest Airlines for fear of similar humiliation.
I wish to comment on the little rucus your people had with a HOT young lady that was wearing a short dress. Well allow me to say that probably not one red blooded man had a problem with that short dress. Nor did they have a problem with her looks or her manor of respectability. The problem came from a woman, no doubt. One sentence "Leave the skirts alone".
I am so glad you are ok with costumes and have this fun blog to cover the fact that your airline is disgusting, misogynist, and abusive towards customers. I, of course, refer to this bit of filth here:
http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/09/06/hooters-hottie-on-no-fly-list
Your summer of luv, your costumes, your veiled innuendo in the blog, yet you abuse customers for wearing normal clothing. I am disgusted.
With the amount of business travel I do, I'll avoid Southwest. I put in a couple thousand a month at the minimum, and I'd rather see someone else get it if you are going to abuse your customers and try to shame them.
You have lost another customer in me and whomever flies within my employ as well. I had been flying SW for well over decade.
The nerve that one of your stewards had the unmitigated nerve to question a passenger about her apparel with such callous disregard.
NEVER will I or anyone I can convince to fly Southwest again.
Where do you get off? How dare I hear that SW is a family airline while simultaneously handing out drink coupons.
Wow, Southwest used to have their flight attendants in very short attire and now you kick people off your planes for a short dress? Let me guess it was some conservative Christian bitching about what a young woman on her way to Tucson has one. How stupid of Southwest to kick her off the flight. I hope she sues the crap out of you!!! You deserve everything bit of bad press you get on this. What morons!
The handling of the young lady because of her attire is outrageous!!
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