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PASSENGERS CAN RUN AFOUL OF AIRLINE DRESS CODE
August 26, 2012 6:53 AM GMTUpdated: 08/26/2012 12:53:24 AM MDTBy David Koenig
The Associated PressAssociated Press
DALLAS — Airlines give many reasons for refusing to let you board, but none stirs as much debate as how you're dressed.
A woman flying from Las Vegas on Southwest last spring says she was confronted by an airline employee for showing too much cleavage.
In another recent case, an American Airlines pilot lectured a passenger because her T-shirt bore a four-letter expletive. She was allowed to keep flying after draping a shawl over the shirt.
Both women told their stories to sympathetic bloggers, and the debate over what you can wear in the air went viral.
It's not always clear what's appropriate. Airlines don't publish dress codes. There are no rules that spell out the highest hemline or the lowest neckline allowed. That can leave passengers guessing how far to push fashion boundaries. Every once in a while, the airline says, "Not that far."
"It's like any service business. If you run a family restaurant and somebody is swearing, you kindly ask them to leave," said Kenneth Quinn, an aviation lawyer and former chief counsel at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
The American Airlines passenger, who declined to be interviewed, works for an abortion provider. Supporters suggested that she was singled out because her T-shirt had an abortion-rights slogan.
A spokesman for American said the passenger was asked to cover up "because of the F-word on the T-shirt." He said the airline doesn't take sides in the abortion debate.
Last week, Arijit Guha, a graduate student at Arizona State University, was barred from a Delta flight in Buffalo, N.Y., because of a T-shirt that mocked federal security agents and included the words, "Terrists gonna kill us all." He says the misspelled shirt was satirical and that he wore it to protest what he considers racial profiling.
"I thought it was a very American idea to speak up and dissent when you think people's rights are being violated," Guha said. The pilot thought it scared other passengers.
American and Delta are within their rights to make the passengers change shirts even if messages are political, said Joe Larsen, a First Amendment lawyer from Houston.
The First Amendment prohibits government from limiting a person's free-speech rights, but it doesn't apply to rules set by private companies, Larsen said.
Guidelines of biggest u.s. airlines
• American Airlines:Bans passengers who "are clothed in a manner that would cause discomfort or offense to other passengers."
• Delta Air Lines: Reserves the right to remove passengers "for the comfort or safety of other passengers or Delta employees" or to prevent property damage.
• Southwest Airlines: Forbids passengers "whose clothing is lewd, obscene or patently offensive."
• United Airlines: Bars anyone over 5 who is barefoot "or otherwise inappropriately clothed, unless required for medical reasons."
Maybe the swinging chick in Vegas lost her blouse in a strip poker game!!
PASSENGERS CAN RUN AFOUL OF AIRLINE DRESS CODE
August 26, 2012 6:53 AM GMTUpdated: 08/26/2012 12:53:24 AM MDTBy David Koenig
The Associated PressAssociated Press
DALLAS — Airlines give many reasons for refusing to let you board, but none stirs as much debate as how you're dressed.
A woman flying from Las Vegas on Southwest last spring says she was confronted by an airline employee for showing too much cleavage.
In another recent case, an American Airlines pilot lectured a passenger because her T-shirt bore a four-letter expletive. She was allowed to keep flying after draping a shawl over the shirt.
Both women told their stories to sympathetic bloggers, and the debate over what you can wear in the air went viral.
It's not always clear what's appropriate. Airlines don't publish dress codes. There are no rules that spell out the highest hemline or the lowest neckline allowed. That can leave passengers guessing how far to push fashion boundaries. Every once in a while, the airline says, "Not that far."
"It's like any service business. If you run a family restaurant and somebody is swearing, you kindly ask them to leave," said Kenneth Quinn, an aviation lawyer and former chief counsel at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
The American Airlines passenger, who declined to be interviewed, works for an abortion provider. Supporters suggested that she was singled out because her T-shirt had an abortion-rights slogan.
A spokesman for American said the passenger was asked to cover up "because of the F-word on the T-shirt." He said the airline doesn't take sides in the abortion debate.
Last week, Arijit Guha, a graduate student at Arizona State University, was barred from a Delta flight in Buffalo, N.Y., because of a T-shirt that mocked federal security agents and included the words, "Terrists gonna kill us all." He says the misspelled shirt was satirical and that he wore it to protest what he considers racial profiling.
"I thought it was a very American idea to speak up and dissent when you think people's rights are being violated," Guha said. The pilot thought it scared other passengers.
American and Delta are within their rights to make the passengers change shirts even if messages are political, said Joe Larsen, a First Amendment lawyer from Houston.
The First Amendment prohibits government from limiting a person's free-speech rights, but it doesn't apply to rules set by private companies, Larsen said.
Guidelines of biggest u.s. airlines
• American Airlines:Bans passengers who "are clothed in a manner that would cause discomfort or offense to other passengers."
• Delta Air Lines: Reserves the right to remove passengers "for the comfort or safety of other passengers or Delta employees" or to prevent property damage.
• Southwest Airlines: Forbids passengers "whose clothing is lewd, obscene or patently offensive."
• United Airlines: Bars anyone over 5 who is barefoot "or otherwise inappropriately clothed, unless required for medical reasons."
