Nearly thrown off plane for wearing this 'skimpy skirt' - Singapore's Online Community

**uyen** · 11-09-2007, 11:24 AM

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MS KYLA Ebbert thought she was making a fashion statement.

But that statement almost got the 23-year-old US woman thrown off a Southwest Airlines plane.

When she boarded a flight in San Diego headed for Arizona on 3 Jul, she was led off the plane by an airline employee because her skirt was too skimpy, the Associated Press reported.

Ms Ebbert, a student who was headed to Tucson for a doctor's appointment, said last Friday on NBC's Today show that the employee told her she would have to catch a later flight.

The video has since made its rounds on the Internet and has been the subject of much controversy.

'You're dressed inappropriately. This is a family airline. You're too provocative to fly on this plane,' she quoted the employee as saying.

'I said, 'What part is it? The shirt? The skirt? Which part?' And he said the whole thing.'

Ms Ebbert was eventually allowed back on the plane after offering to adjust her sweater but said she was humiliated and embarrassed.

She wore the same outfit she had on the flight during theshow.

Mr Chris Mainz, a spokesman for the airline, said a customer service supervisor asked Ms Ebbert to leave the plane and addressed her in the walkway leading back to the terminal, 'away from the other customers'. The employee felt the outfit 'revealed too much' but was placated after Ms Ebbert made adjustments that included covering her stomach.

Ironically, Ms Ebbert claims that on her return flight with the same airline on the very same day, one of the stewardesses complimented her on the same outfit.

source: http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/st...41512,00.html?

**Stellycia** · 11-09-2007, 02:30 PM

Her outfit seems fine to me~~

**sunnygalisbobo** · 11-09-2007, 03:10 PM

i think her outfit was ok leh..hahaha...though it was a bit on the short side

**whisper** · 11-09-2007, 03:33 PM

her skirt ain't short , fit the above requirement .
i see there's no reason for them to thrown her off the plane .

**wenchong1985** · 11-09-2007, 04:24 PM

i think this part
"eventually allowed back on the plane after offering to adjust her sweater "
is the solution.

let say it this way , u r a customer, u sure have the rite of a customer, but if u are only paying the amount that will need u to share the services with other customers, u still need to respect other customers. What the company is doing is just to try their best to serve all customers. unless u can book the whole plane for yourself only... then u really can do anything u wan.

**tcs9423** · 11-09-2007, 11:48 PM

Yes, i think her outfit looks okay too .. hmm:speechless:

**dandan.** · 12-09-2007, 12:28 AM

ya lor . looks alright leh . it not super mini skirt ma .

**KaLeen** · 12-09-2007, 01:18 AM

she looks ok leh...those ppl siao liao

**genzo2106** · 12-09-2007, 09:46 AM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by wenchong1985
	i think this part "eventually allowed back on the plane after offering to adjust her sweater " is the solution. let say it this way , u r a customer, u sure have the rite of a customer, but if u are only paying the amount that will need u to share the services with other customers, u still need to respect other customers. What the company is doing is just to try their best to serve all customers. unless u can book the whole plane for yourself only... then u really can do anything u wan.

well what you say is partially true..Yes, definitely one has to respect others as all are paying customers for the same flight. But the issue here is that the lady's outfit wasn't really that skimpy as it was made out to be and thus she shlouldnt have been subjected to such undue embarrassment and treatment by the airline staff..

Besides, no other passengers was reported complaining to the staff abt her outfit either...So were the staff over-zealous in this instance??

**wenchong1985** · 12-09-2007, 09:50 AM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by genzo2106
	well what you say is partially true..Yes, definitely one has to respect others as all are paying customers for the same flight. But the issue here is that the lady's outfit wasn't really that skimpy as it was made out to be and thus she shlouldnt have been subjected to such undue embarrassment and treatment by the airline staff.. Besides, no other passengers was reported complaining to the staff abt her outfit either...So were the staff over-zealous in this instance??

maybe the company staffs want to provide the first class services, "do even before any customers come and complain"....

sometime good services == dont even need the customer to say out, u already provide the services le...