Ding, You are now free to move about the country (as long as you are covered up)

Kyla Ebbert, a 23 year old college student (and part time Hooters waitress) was taking a flight from San Diego to Tuscon for an appointment with her doctor. Shortly after boarding the plane she was singled out and escorted off the plane and into the jet way where she was told she would have to take a later flight because her outfit was too revealing and Southwest was a "family airline". Full Story Here.

She is pictured here wearing the outfit in question.

Um...WTF?

Ebbert's mother was outraged and sent a letter to Southwest.
Southwest airlines, who admit they do not have a dress code* responded via a letter, stood by their employee and added that they maintained the right to remove any passenger "whose clothing is lewd, obscene or patently offensive to ensure the comfort of children and adults with heightened sensitivities.”

Heightened sensitivities? It sounds like the kind of shit you hear from Islamic countries not from a Texas airline with a reputation for being fun-loving. I don't see anything lewd, obscene, or offensive with the young woman's outfit. Certainly no more revealing than you see in any mall in America. You remember America don't you? the land of "freedom". Apparently, in the People's Republic of Southwest those freedoms don't exist.

Ebbert, her mother, and oh yeah you guessed it: her lawyer, appeared on the Today show with Matt Lauer. The video of the segment is here.

I for one hope she sues the self-righteous bastards for all their ridiculously small sized bags of pretzels.



*A Southwest agent actually told a reporter who called and asked, that a woman would be able to board and fly wearing a bikini top!