We're totally considering boycotting Southwest Airlines after reading this article about a 23-year-old female passenger who was nearly removed from a flight for wearing what crew members of the airline considered a revealing outfit.
The college student was on a flight from San Diego to Tuscon when she was accosted by flight attendants and told that she needed to buy new less-revealing clothes before getting on a later flight. She had a doctor's appointment to make so she compromised by adjusting her clothing and covering herself with a blanket - and frankly, her outfit looked just fine. (See picture above.)
"She looks like every other college girl in San Diego," said her mother, Michele Ebbert. As a female San Diego college student ourself (we just graduated this June,) we completely agree.
We would also like to point out to Southwest that San Diego has been going through a record heat wave recently - one that has been deadly for some and has everyone in the city wearing as little as possible. We are seriously disturbed by the misogynistic implications of the decision made by Southwest and its employees both initially and its subsequent decision not to apologize to the woman.
We think she has an outstanding case for a lawsuit and at this point almost a moral obligation to fight back against the budget airline.
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