Rights Groups Want Airlines to Issue Dress Codes for Flying
- Posted on November 25, 2011 at 6:32pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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For decades passengers have traveled aboard air carriers without being instructed on the appropriate attire for their sky-bound journeys. And while some travelers have come under fire for donning outfits deemed too outrageous for the friendly skies — namely the male U.S. Airways passenger who wore ladies’ lingerie, stockings and high heels – flyers rights groups are now calling on airlines to publish dress codes in the same manner they publish ticket prices and baggage restrictions.
“People aren’t mind readers,” says Kate Hanni, executive director of FlyersRights.org. “They don‘t know what that flight attendant’s going to want to see when you get on a plane!”
Fox News adds:
She argues the lack of consistency leaves passengers exposed to the judgments of the flight crew, who may take offense at clothing that wouldn’t be considered indecent off the plane, but which leads to an argument and sometimes ends with the passenger getting kicked off. Such an incident happened in San Francisco this past June, when a college football player’s low hung pants- and his refusal to pull them up- caused his controversial removal from the plane.
Most airlines agree that the people running the flight need to know passengers will do what they’re told.
[...] Indeed, most of the major carriers scoff at spelling out specifics, and only give general guidelines in their contracts of carriage. American Airlines, for instance, won’t give a maximum weight limit, but reserves the right to turn away anyone deemed too fat to comply with safety instructions by themselves. The airlines say it also within its right to kick off someone with an offensive odor not caused by an illness or disability. On the question of clothing, passengers can be booted if they’re dressed in a manner “that would cause discomfort or offense to other passengers.”
The proposed policy has also drawn critics, who assert airlines would open themselves up to lawsuits in the event a flight-crew overreacts to a passenger’s form of dress.
Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson told Fox News, ”If an airline’s going to be so unreasonable for kicking someone off a plane for wearing saggy pants or being slightly overweight, to me, it just seems impolite of the airline to behave in that way.”
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Dallasmarine
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 9:50pm@ Silly
Report Post »The world is so upside-down now and with every freak wanting to make their personal fashion statement. I suggest that since you have so many demands and rights why don’t you just demand a gay airline? Just think of the possibilities. “We are the greenest airline since everyone that flies with us are light in their loafers” or come fly with us we have the new improved latex ribbed seating for your flying comfort. The possibilities are endless!
bjornskis
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:38pmthat dude only wore that for shock factor alone and was most likely waiting for a confrontation from the air line or passengers, He probably had some san francisco law firm on speed dial.
Report Post »ss
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 8:29amReally
Report Post »PoliticalJunkieToo
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:40amForgot to mention for item 2 above – If you cover up with clothing, you are less likely to need to use the Airline’s nasty germy blankets and pillow.
Report Post »peaches1
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:28pmIsin’ this the wrong site? Doesn’t that guy belong at Walmart?
Hey Walmart; one of your shoppers got loose.
Report Post »BobtheMoron
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 7:17pmUnintended consequences are rampant in every government program. People always react to the extreme when the government tries to control behavior.
Report Post »Arshloch
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 4:40pmNo one will dress normally when the TSA makes them take off their shoes, and walk on the filthy floor, wads up suit coats, making sure they are well wrinkled, feels them up, under the guise of ‘safety’,and takes nude photos etc,etc and so forth. By the time boarding is complete one wonders if the next stop will be Dachau.
Report Post »krmike
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 4:18pmLet everyone fly in the nude . Then no one can be offended by what someone else wears !!!!!
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 2:15pmif that airline would have sat me next to a freak show like that I would have demanded a different seat or got off the plane
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 2:25pmYour Choice — His Choice! My Choice is not to be issued an Uniformed Jump Suit in order to fly on an AirLines!
Report Post »MadonnaDJ88
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 2:09pmI can assure you…I would refuse to sit next to that person.
Report Post »Structure21
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:21pmI think I just puked in my mouth seeing that “hottie”.
Report Post »LovinUSA
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:10pmLooks like Joe Biden is on vacation again.
Report Post »Structure21
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:39pmI don‘t give a damn who you are that’s funny right there.
Report Post »Hyena
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 2:06pm@ LOVINUSA – I’m still laughing!!
Would it not be a fair assumption a woman in lingerie would be asked to “get dressed” prior to boarding a plane?! This “San Francisco gay-pride parade” look is too over the top and in-your-face to be acceptable ANYWHERE other than a parade, gay club, etc., let alone a trip on a plane.
Report Post »KevinCole
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 2:37pmLove that comment. Didnt know ole Joe would look that good in blue. lol I agree, atleast require passengers to cover in a semi-modest attire. kev
Report Post »AZBUFFETT
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 10:49amCall me anal, but how clean is the exposed part of this guy’s backside? EW!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Cavetroll
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:26pmWow, I have visions of skid marks dancing in my head. Next time I fly, I think a towel will be in order.
Report Post »usmc1063
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 10:31amOHHHHH GEEEZ LOUISE !!! Just another example of how freedom of expression has run amuck. What ever happened to good old common sense and decency? I‘ll tell ya it’s called diversity.
Report Post »rsletto
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:30ami believe there was a time in history when people had common sense…what happened to it? people used to get dressed up when they went on flights or trains.
Report Post »The Scarecrow
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:08pmCommon sense is pretty much gone and probably will be extinct in the near future. I’ve seen people running around in public in their pajamas and house shoes like they are the most stylish people around.
Report Post »rdsxfn
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 7:05am#1 – Cross-dressers are not necessarily homosexuals, #2 – It would not be appropriate for ANYONE, man or woman to dress like that while traveling.
The only reason someone would dress like this is for shock value and attention which he/she got plenty of. Sad really.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 10:27amDon‘t care about these people’s personal lives. Just don’t dress like a female or male Whore out in public, especially on public transportation. I wouldn’t want to sit next to something dressed like that, other than at the beach or pool. Common sense, just don’t allow public absurd expression of near nudity where someone has to sit next to an anomaly.. duh?
Report Post »WireWizard
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 4:48amI think it is a mistake to make guys pull up their pants.
Report Post »They should be told to leave. As soon as they are away from the enforcer the pants go back down.
So show them the door, they can try again tomorrow.
sillyfreshness
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 2:36amIt used to be a man dressed up like a woman would be locked up in the mental institution, but now you will be locked up in the institution if you don’t agree with it.
Report Post »sillyfreshness
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 2:35amDiscriminating against some old qu*eer dressed in women’s lingerie shows how closed minded and hateful you are. You suffer from the mental illness condition diagnosed as “homophobia.” It’s you and not the man dressed like a woman, who has the mental illness. You are mentally ill for not thinking that’s normal. That’s how times have changed.
Report Post »PKama
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 3:29am@SILLYFRESHNESS..then you can say that I have the condition that you call Homophobia because I will NEVER accept a grown man wearing women undies to an airport to take a flight as normal. There is a something very very wrong with people like this person and you, who try to push this sick behavior on the rest of us to accept. This sick person has every right to dress anyway he wants as long as he does not break the law, but PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do not try to brand the rest of us as the sick ones for not accepting the ridiculous behavior of people like this.There was one time that I made a wrong turn in San Francisco and we ended up with my family in the homosexual part of the city. My little 5 year old daughter yelled from the back seat, daddy, daddy, look at those 2 men kissing, and these men were really going at it.I had to answer a lot of questions from her because of that.I told her that what these men were doing was not normal and it is wrong according to our belief. As a Christian, that is what I believe and that is what I will teach my children. You can dress anyway you want and flaunt your lifestyle anyway you want and I will teach my children the way I believe is right. If you call me a HOMOPHOBIA for that, so be it. I know that when there is an opposing view to any homosexual behavior, that person will be called Homophobic by people like you. If that is how you see it, then I am a Homophobic. Last time I checked, it is still a free country. May God bless you.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 6:10amPsychiatrists have classified mental phobias and illnesses that affect almost 1/3 of the population. With such a broad sweeping study, why is it that queers were left out.
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:12pm@……………If I were on a train, plane, or bus, I’d refuse to sit next to a freak show like this guy in
Report Post »women’s underware. Just won’t happen under any conditions and should not be allowed in public. These people crying out for attention need to be where they are appreciated, not in public view.
Do The Right Thing
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 12:39am@ Sillyfreshness… No, thats how you’d like things to change… Big difference!!!
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:48amNo shirt, shoes, pants, no service. Commonsense people. Yes you have the right to be offended but you do not have the right right to offend us a public situation. Are you are that hard up for 15min of shame? The looneys are running the asylum!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:05amNazi Uniforms…
Report Post »Sunset1221
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 12:53amGod people should have some pride in themselves and dress appropriately.People have
Report Post »no self respect.No,I don’t want to see the crack of some guys a** or someones
underwear I really don’t.There should be a code of dress like when you go to a
restraunt no shirt ,no shoes no service.
KingCanon
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 11:45pmLike to see American men’s pants back up to the crack and away from the knee pits first. Then we can work on the fly! :o
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