US holiday company claims first nude flight

Ananova ^ | January 17, 2003 | Ananova

[MadIvan]

A Texas travel agency which organises clothing-optional holidays, is to run what it claims is the world's first nude flight.

Houston-based Castaways Travel says sex won't be allowed on the flight from Miami to Cancun in Mexico.

It has chartered a Boeing 727 for up to 170 passengers for the May 3 flight to the El Dorado Resort & Spa.

The crew will be professionally dressed, and passengers must be fully-clothed for check-in and takeoff.

Company owner, James Bailey, said more than half the seats on the flight and rooms in the resort have already been booked, reports the Miami Herald.

He told the newspaper: ''Inappropriate behaviour is not condoned. This is not a Mile High Club, not a bunch of groupies or anything. It's just a fun flight."

Only when the plane has reached its cruising altitude can the passengers strip off.

The Federal Aviation Administration said: ''We have no regulations pertaining to nudity on board an aircraft. It's not a safety issue."

[MadIvan]

Whether or not it is a safety issue would depend on the attractiveness of the passengers, I suppose. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

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[princess leah]

Well, atleast you wouldn't have to worry about terrorists packing weapons with this flight!

[Semper Paratus]

Mile High club bump.

[Steve_Seattle]

"it's not a safety issue"

On the contrary, if all passengers are required to fly nude, it would be much harder for terrorists to smuggle weapons or bombs on board. I wonder why Ashcroft didn't think of this.

[DonQ]

Has anybody considered what the airliner's plasticized upholstery will feel like for a one hour flight?

Think about it; these people are supposed to be fully dressed when going in and out of the airport. That means they get on board in clothes, and have to strip in the aisle of the plane - we know how crowded that can be. Then they'll be belted into the seats for most of the one-hour trip. Then they'll have to get dressed in the aisle of the plane.

Somehow this doesn't sound quite to sensuous as it first did.

[areafiftyone]

QUICK! - Someone tell BUBBA!!!

[Redcloak]

Well, atleast you wouldn't have to worry about terrorists packing weapons with this flight!

Don't laugh. Someday this may be a requirement on all flights!

[MadIvan]

On the contrary, if all passengers are required to fly nude, it would be much harder for terrorists to smuggle weapons or bombs on board. I wonder why Ashcroft didn't think of this.

Well I can think of several complications - one, what happens if they spill the hot meal on a longer flight? Or indeed, the coffee - what kind of lawsuits will occur?

Coach class is also cramped enough - are they going to reckon that without clothing, that they can reduce the seat sizes still further?

And be honest, the most attractive passengers would find they were more popular than the in-flight movie. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[ladtx]

I keep picturing the time I had an aisle seat and the fat guy next to the window wanted out to go to the lavatory. Ugh!

[Steve_Seattle]

I was being facetious, of course, but as DonQ pointed out, this probably wouldn't be nearly as sexy as it sounds. With my luck, I'd probably be seated next to a Sumo wrestler.

[Steve_Seattle]

Ugh!

lol You just spoiled my lunch with that image.

[MadIvan]

Well on my last flight back to Britain, I was seated next to a pair of newlyweds. They were "affectionate" enough as it was. Without clothes, it probably would have been 9 1/2 Weeks, the Sequel.

Regards, Ivan

[Uncle George]

If plane should fly upside down, there would be big crack-up.

[Ben Hecks]

I'm betting some Freeper has already made a reservation for Janet Reno.

[MadIvan]

I'm betting some Freeper has already made a reservation for Janet Reno.

And that same Freeper has put Bill Clinton in the seat next to her. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[upchuck]

Similar article w/ a lot more info here^.

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