Here's the woman and outfit in question:
Posted on 09/07/2007 8:44:17 AM PDT by Drew68
It doesn’t take much to get thrown off an airplane these days, as Kyla Ebbert found out when a Southwest Airlines employee told her she was too bare for the air. Two months later, she’s still trying to figure out what was wrong with her outfit.
In an exclusive appearance Friday on TODAY, Ebbert modeled the outfit she says she wore on the flight in question. It consisted of 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.
It was a lot more clothing than the 23-year-old college student wears on her job as a Hooters waitress. Her mother, Michele Ebbert, said she would have told her daughter if the outfit was inappropriate.
“But her outfit is fine, Michele Ebbert told TODAY co-host Matt Lauer. “She looks like every other college girl in San Diego.”
Not according to a Southwest employee identified only as “Keith,” who approached Ebbert after she had taken her seat on the plane and was listening to the flight attendants go through their pre-departure routine.
“He told me, ‘I’m sorry, but you’re going to have to take a later flight. You’re dressed inappropriately. This is a family airline. You’re dressed too provocative to fly on this flight,’ ” she told Lauer.
“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?’ ...”
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Here's the woman and outfit in question:
The worker was either gay or jealous.
The skirt’s up to her crotch. Maybe OK for her Hooters job, but she looks tacky and underdressed. Good for Southwest.
There is MORE to this than we are getting....guaranteed.
The outfit looks trashy...but I’ve seen similar.
Was she wearing undergarments?
Oh please. Go outside much?
That ain’t skimpy.
Just to be consistant INNOCENT!
I was expecting something more revealing after reading this story. It looks good on her/she looks good in it...
I’d better stop here.....
Breasts On A Plane.
Huh. Put that outfit on Helen Thomas and I bet....
Nevermind.
I was wondering the same thing. I would bet she wasn't, just because of how tight her skirt is. There would be no way to avoid a panty line...unless the fabric is pretty thick.
Actually, I suspected a bit of “sharia law” here somewhere. I really wonder who complained.
I’d throw her off for looking like a bow-wow.
While I wouldn’t want my daughter to dress like that, I’ve seen far more revealing outfits and not been phased by them - and neither were others around me. I think the attendant had a bad day/week/year/life.
Oh, and that outfit is hideous, no matter the length of the skirt.
she is showboating for tv.........witnesses said her skirt was way higher and her panties showed when she sat.......boot her off
I don’t think it’s inappropriate either...unless she’s bending over and/OR has no underwear.
She is lucky she didn’t object too much so that they could arrest her on some kind of trumped up terroristic charge. Boy things are wacky these days. People dress just like that in my office and nobody goes after them and I work for the DoD.
Or didn’t want to offend any muslimes onboard.............
Looks like a skank. She needs to pull that sweater over her face to make the outfit look better.
Meow. I added that because I knew I would hear it! LOL
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