Remember Kyla Ebbert?
She was the young blonde who was tossed off a Southwest Airlines flight because she was wearing this outfit:
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A male airline employee informed her the outfit was inappropriate.
When Ebbert asked nicely what was wrong with her ensemble, she was told, "Everything."
Once the world saw the outfit, Southwest was wiping the omelette off their corporate face.
Now Southwest is in the midst of another, "Too sexy to fly" controversy.
Here are SOME of the
details.OK.
That's one account.
Now.....
Here is a statement issued by Southwest Airlines:
"Southwest Airlines would like to set the record straight regarding a situation involving two female Customers, Ms. Sarah Williams and Ms. Nisreen Swedberg, on Flight #3600 from Tampa Bay to Los Angeles on February 14, 2008. During this flight, the Flight Crew and several witnesses confirm that Ms. Williams and Ms. Swedberg's unruly behavior was touched off by an occupied lavatory. After banging on the door, Ms. Williams and Ms. Swedberg became verbally abusive and threatening toward the Customer who had been using the lavatory.
When Our Flight Crew addressed the situation with Ms. Williams and Ms. Swedberg, the two Customers continued their threatening behavior and abusive language. At this time, the Flight Crew requested that local police meet the flight upon its arrival in Los Angeles. The police questioned several witnesses, as well as Ms. Williams and Ms. Swedberg, who were later released. Contrary to reports, we did not ban these Customers from flying Southwest Airlines.
Our Employees must maintain a Safe and comfortable environment onboard the aircraft at all times. Despite some news reports, this story has nothing to do with Ms. Swedberg and Ms. Williams' appearance, but rather, their use of what other Passengers tell us was profanity and threatening behavior onboard one of our flights. Finally, we would have gone out of business a long time ago if we discriminated against beautiful women -- or anyone else for that matter. We carry almost 100 million Customers a year, and they are all beautiful in our eyes." Based on what we know, in my view Southwest dropped the ball on Kyla Ebbert. That outfit is conservative using 2008 standards.
Southwest did get it right when employees objected to behavior on an airline flight that would have been unacceptable pre-9-11. Those 18 year old women didn't act like adults but instead behaved like spoiled brats. Probably accustomed to getting what they want with little discipline from Mommy and Daddy, they thought their demand sof rbottled water NOW and a toilet NOW should have been honored because the rest of the plane wasn't as drop dead gorgeous as they were.
Prediction:
This isn't over.
Mommy and Daddy have to talk to their lawyers.
After all.
Poor darlings had to wait for a glass of water and to use the bathroom.
Oh, the outright discrimination.
Oh my goodness.
The blatant discrimination.
It's tough being so good looking.
CFSW HAS WORKED HARD TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY- NOW IT'S TIME TO SAY THANK YOU !And yes, tickets will be available at the door if you decide you'd like to come out and just party with some very nice people!
