An American Airlines passenger went online to blast the carrier, “They made me cover my butt because my shorts were too short!”
She says she was told by the gate agent that the flight crew saw her outfit and “said that [she] needed to change” in order to “cover my butt.” The passenger points out that she’s about to ‘sit on her butt’ on the plane, so what does it matter what’s wearing on it?
Her language here is not safe for work, and not safe even for work from home:
I made the mistake of looking at this woman’s Twitter account. She appears to post herself engaged in porn. And I found that she shared another video of herself walking around the airport. She should probably be kicked out of the airport, not just refused boarding from the flight (made harder, of course, because nearly all airports in the U.S. are government-owned and operated).
In fact, American changed its policy back in November and concerns that aren’t related to safety or security need to originate with another passenger, not with crew.
The airline expresses its goal to “welcome all customers unless there is a risk to the safety or security of the flight” so they shouldn’t be kicking passengers off over what they are wearing – especially if other passengers do not express concerns. So while the gate agent may have enforced a dress code that no longer appears backed by American’s internal rules.
This change was made after eight black men were removed from an aircraft over a reported body odor issue (the men did not know each other and were not traveling together, and the NAACP threatened to reinstate its travel warning against flying American as a result).
Here’s women in swimsuits checking in for an American Airlines flight while the carrier’s agents reacted as though it is ‘no big deal.’ This is an airline with a hub in Miami, after all! Rules in Dallas are very different than in Miami!
Well, this seems like a fun flight ✈️ pic.twitter.com/brFDpHXzdo
— Saianel (@saianel) April 12, 2022
Yet at the same time, American told a curvaceous woman to wear a blanket in order to fly and refused boarding to a Turkish fitness model. They even told a former Miss Universe that her athleisure wear wouldn’t fly when she was more modestly dressed than another passenger on the same flight.
@yahooentertainment #AmericanAirlines told #OliviaCulpo to “cover up” her #sportsbra and #bikeshorts or else she wouldn’t be able to fly to #Cabo ♬ original sound – Yahoo Entertainment
Leaving things like behavior and attire standards up to the airline’s customers, rather than asking a flight attendant to guess at what is offensive, and asking more than one employee to be involved in the decision seem like reasonable steps to address ambiguity. And when immediate safety isn’t a concern, bringing in the company’s perspective seems like the better move here.
And yet… surely asking this attention-seeking woman in this outfit to cover up seems like the right choice in the old Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart sense that it’s difficult to draw clear lines but you still know it when you see it.
YGBSM. Where do these people get the money to fly?
Long flights are boring. Skimpy clothes on women can sometimes make them less boring but only if you are seated nearby.
When the buns are split by floss, you are not wearing shorts.
@Craig Jones. She probably is on Only Fans and banking big bucks. Crazy the money these so called influencers / strippers can make.
As long as pax are wearing something to cover their private parts (top and bottom), why does it matter?
These people think porn/sex is something perfectly ok to be presented in public. Cover yourself up. It’s not that difficult. Would you all want a guy with his junk hanging out sitting next to you?
Whatever you do for work in private as a SW that’s on you. But have some class—especially if kids could be present. Sheesh. I would wear those shorts to a rave
Assuming most of these people can actually read- much less read a contract of carriage is a tall order.
Gate agents need to better enforce denying pax boarding if their dress doesn’t conform to being tasteful in a public space AND deny boarding to anyone who smells like weed.
Both poor dress and being high present safety concerns in the unlikely event of an evacuation.
It’s time for people to have a little class again.
What was it from the Sermon on the Mount? “Judge not, lest ye be judged…”
However, those are a bit too short, in my opinion. So, should we institute a ‘morality police’ as some above are suggesting? I think not. Yet, there is a ‘line’ and this passenger may have crossed it, clothing, language, or otherwise. Still, she covered up (so, good news, @Raphael), she can use profanity if she wants (though, for real, keep it to yourselves), and should still be able to fly (I know, that’s hard for some of y’all.)
@Craig Jones — As always with your comments, it’s ‘thinly veiled.’ Hmm.
@George N Romey — Emphasis on ‘in-public,’ because that’s the issue. Though, some would like to ban those things in private, too. See Utah Senator Mike Lee’s latest proposal… making such things a federal crime, public or private! Yikes. That’s a bit far, isn’t it?
@JCW — No, this ‘outfit’ was not a legitimate safety concern. That’s hyperbolic. Class? How subjective. Ah, yes, bring out your tuxedos for American Airlines. Indubitably!
Why would any young woman go around dressed like that?
My view is that she’s selling herself & other passengers do have to look At someone’s butt.
When you walk thru a concourse at least 1000 passengers get to be insulted by crude behavior.
The agent was correct !
I find her attire far less offensive than clothing with imagery or wording that is intended to be hostile, offensive, racist, homophobic or overtly religious. That said, I’m adult enough to just roll my eyes and move on. I don’t have to wear it, so I don’t care.
@Parker — Well said, and you’re doing the right thing there.
Oh, the irony that many who outwardly proclaim their ‘faith’ rarely practice what is preached… often, not loving or even ‘tolerating’ their neighbors (as some above already show). Hmm.
Sure there’s a limit (whether by rule or morally) to everything, more so if minors are around but in general I’m sure I’m not alone in ignoring 99.99% of people on the plane and at the airport anyway so I think we’ll all be okay to add one more to that list
She’s both ghetto and ratchet at the same time. I would’ve denied her boarding also. This is the future of our country folks right there
@John T Burkholder — Ah, there it is… slightly less ‘thinly veiled’…
It’s not so much her display of cheek that’s in poor taste, but the tattoos that seems to be draining out of the butt area.
Don’t have anything against tattoos, but she seems to have doubled and tripled down on rando econo ink. I don’t understand why people put names of everyone that they have ever ‘encountered’. She’s met a lot of people it seems.
@TXP — Since you brought it up, these days, it seems mere ‘tattoos’ are grounds for extra-judicially renditioning anyone (legal resident, citizen, visitor, or otherwise) to a foreign gulag! (Of course, that’s also vile, wrong, and against our Constitution, etc.)
@Craig Jones:
By either: proceeds from their baby daddy’s sale of narcotics or from one or more of the various public “assistance” programs.
I think she’s actually a hooker. Her twitter posts her number, but I’m sure you’ve already taken note of that.