If you like wearing turtleneck sweaters in July, your seat is ready for you!? To recap for those of you that haven’t followed the recent Southwest Airlines media scandal: Two young, stylish women, both dressed age-appropriately, were approached by Southwest employees recently and asked to change their attire or cover up before boarding their respective flights.? Both women were forced to cover up under the threat of not being allowed to use their purchased tickets.? Remember that the airline does not post a formal dress code.
SetaraQassim, age 21, was forced to wrap herself in a blanket for the entire flight from Tucson toBurbank, and in the warm summer months none-the-less.? A week before this Kayla Ebbert, age 23, came forward to report a similar incident during her trip from San Diego to Tucson. Kayla was accused of being dressed too provocatively to fly. She was able to resume her flight after adjusting her outfit and being sufficiently humiliated in front of fellow passengers who were able to hear the conflict.
Chris Mainz, a Southwest spokesman, said “We don’t have a dress code. We rely on our employees to use common sense, good judgment and good-taste.? It’s so rare for us to have to address a customer’s clothing issue.”?
Perhaps a dictionary should become part of the standard Southwest employee uniform so that those speaking realize that “common sense” and “good-taste” are defined subjectively and that two similar occurrences reported within two weeks would not be classified as “rare”.? If other similar complaints are out there, perhaps the recent media frenzy will prompt?those?humiliated and disrespected young women to come forward to report their tales.?
I will leave the readers to judge for themselves and see if they agree that a cable TV show does not make a cattle-class airline into the official surveyors of this country’s morality and standards.
For your review, photos of Setara (bottom) and Kayla (top) are enclosed!
You be the judge!?
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