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Southwest Airlines Hates Hot Chicks

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 7 2007 8:00 PM

Submitted by RileyStClair. Edited By erin_broadley.

TAGS: dress code, miniskirt, Southwest, retarded

So ladies (and gents), apparently it's not safe to fly anymore without doing a preliminary high school dress code check (ahh, fond memories of "how can I make this skirt longer than my fingertips?" moments in front of the mirror).

Kyla Ebbert was sitting on the plane waiting for her flight home to Tucson from her college in San Diego to depart when she was informed by a Southwest employee that her outfit was inappropriate.

Kyla, who is 23 , works at Hooters and was going home for a doctor's appointment was clad in

a snug-fitting white top with a scoop neck that stopped just short of showing cleavage.

Over the shirt was a green sweater that buttoned underneath her bosom. It was finished with high-heeled sandals and a white denim mini-skirt with a fashionably frayed hem.

Kyla wasn't about to let this go without a fight, however:

I said, �What part of it, the shirt, the skirt? Which part?� � Ebbert continued, recounting her conversation with Keith about her outfit. �And he said, �The whole thing.�� I said, �I didn�t bring any luggage with me. I don�t have anything to change into. What can I do to make sure I can get onto that flight?� I had a doctor�s appointment. I had to be there.�

�He said �You can go to the gift shop and you can buy something to wear there. Until then, you�re not flying on this flight,� � Ebbert said.

A compromise was finally reached when Ebbert promised to pull up her top, which wasn�t showing cleavage to begin with, and pull down her tiny skirt.

I'm sorry, but when did Pat Robertson become head of the FAA? I think we can all agree that her skirt was quite short (and shrugs are so 2005) but seriously? Seriously? I've seen more cleavage than this in court.

This doesn't just make for titillating news--it genuinely worries me for a couple of reasons. First, although I try to keep my potentially subversive fashion statements out of the friendly skies (I usually wear pajama pants and a hoodie to the airport), I cherish my right as a card-carrying, ticket-purchasing U.S. American to wear a short skirt on a flight if I'm so inclined. Jesus gave her those legs, goddamnit, she can show 'em off if she wants to! Second, how will Bai Ling ever be able to use air travel again?

All in all, it's pretty ironic, considering airlines only hired young, unmarried, attractive white women as flight attendants for decades.

Fuck you, Southwest, fuck you. I'm sticking with Jet Blue, where a burka is not required to fly in 100-degree weather.

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_kungfoo_

Altadena, CA

April 2005

SEP 07, 2007 08:06 PM

The outfit in question.

It's quite obvious she hates baby Jesus.

fjori

Louisville, KY

OLD SKOOL

SEP 07, 2007 08:09 PM

I saw her on the Today Show this morning wearing that outfit. What I found amusing is when she sat back down during the interview, you could very easily see up her skirt until she crossed her legs. I suppose that could offend some people, especially if she was sans-panties on that flight.

When they replayed the interview it cut to Matt Lauer when she sat down instead of showing her...

Gillionaire

Manchester, NH

February 2007

SEP 07, 2007 08:14 PM

That outfit is offensive? Really? I was expecting to see tits popping out everywhere from some tiny little outfit based on the reaction of the employee but that looks pretty normal to me.

Seriously, people really've got to stop worrying about the clothes other people choose to wear.

Cassiel

Aurora, CO

September 2004

SEP 07, 2007 08:17 PM

I'd hit it.

Bai Ling too.

mellon

Tucson, AZ

October 2004

SEP 07, 2007 08:27 PM

Someone should organize a boycott.

nobodaddy

Burlington, VT

August 2003

SEP 07, 2007 08:46 PM

LordHAlmighty

Citrus Heights, CA

July 2007

SEP 07, 2007 08:46 PM

... or a girlcott... or a girl on a cot...

Jah

I'm lost

August 2005

SEP 07, 2007 08:52 PM

Obviously, she's a terrorist. Those boobies look like bombs too me.

mattacme

Calistoga, CA

February 2006

SEP 07, 2007 08:57 PM

Well thank goodness the nice people at Southwest were there to punish and correct such sinful behavior as this, AND offered the poor young woman some sound advice regarding appropriate attire.

BULLSHIT!

I think all hot chicks should boycott SW. Just say no thank you and fly Jet Blue. Or maybe I should start a Hot Chicks only airline so they only have to suffer one lecherous bastard...
...me.

JunkyardAngel

San Gabriel, CA

February 2006

SEP 07, 2007 08:59 PM

Wow. WTF? I've flown more scantily clad (short shorts, tank top over double-'d boobs).

I HATE SUE-HAPPY PEOPLE, but I hope she sues their asses off.

WOW.

Dr_U

Cincinnati, OH

November 2004

SEP 07, 2007 09:00 PM

Then again she is wearing white after Labor Day.

Morgan

SUICIDEGIRL

Morocco

SEP 07, 2007 09:00 PM

I heard about that yesterday. That's complete bullshit, and is just another negative story I've heard about SW airlines. So fuck them.

WyattForMayor

Gilbert, AZ

October 2003

SEP 07, 2007 09:01 PM

They had to kick her off the plane to make a space for the woman in the head to toe burka screaming; "JIHAD!" who's only English is "Spin wash, tumble dry." and "Down to U.S.A.!"

PointBlank

New York, NY

November 2004

SEP 07, 2007 09:04 PM

That sucks, no wonder she has such a long face.

InnocentSid

Providence, RI

June 2007

SEP 07, 2007 09:08 PM

WyattForMayor said:
They had to kick her off the plane to make a space for the woman in the head to toe burka screaming; "JIHAD!" who's only English is "Spin wash, tumble dry." and "Down to U.S.A.!"

No need for the racist rant, no matter how tongue in cheek it might be!

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