Comments on: Kyla: Your 15 Minutes of Fame Are Up

By: Jim B

Jim B — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:28:14 +0000

Apparently the family that complained and the SW employee have never been on a SW flight bound for Las Vegas from Dallas, what she’s wearing I’ve seen more than once.
Hopefully she doesn’t actually sue, I can’t see what she would sue over in fact. She was allowed to stay on the flight.
My modest prediction: everyone will forget about this in about 2 weeks.

By: Jilly Dybka

Jilly Dybka — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:48:29 +0000

“Remember What It Was Like Before Southwest Airlines? You Didn’t Have Hostesses in Hotpants. Remember? ”

That is a commercial for Southwest Airlines from 1972. On the Southwest website. The page is here.

It doesn’t matter that the woman worked at hooters, dressed skimpily, was on her way to a post-breast-enlargement drs appt, etc. The airline treated her badly and (seemingly) outside of their policy.

By: domajot

domajot — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:30:35 +0000

I totally disagree with the disparaging way the incident is being treated.
If an airline has dress codes, then they should make clear what those codes are before,,or at the time of, issuing tickets. What is inappropirate is a highly subjective demarcation, and embarrasing passengers is not the best way to enforce the airline’s particular interpretation.

Did the lady overdo her chagrin? Yes.
However, just like it should not be necessary for the victim of rape to lead the life of a nun in order to have her complaint investigated, a case of unnecessary embarrassment should not be dismissed lightly just because a lady has a flamboyant dress style.

I’d be curious to know on who’s complaint and/or authority the employee acted. If we’re going to pass judgment, we should know what the whole picture is.