Author Topic: Southwest Airlines boots passenger.. (Read 2355 times)

Nilsen · « **on:** October 08, 2005, 02:48:43 AM »

For wearing a t-shirt that they didnt like..

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2005-10-06-swa-tshirt_x.htm?csp=34

Wonder how much cash she will get

Leslie · « **Reply #1 on:** October 08, 2005, 03:01:23 AM »

If it's about getting money then it's fraud on her part. In that case she will need money to get out of jail or pay lawyers.

I feel the airlines acted well within their rights and responsibilities, except the only issue is they should have not allowed her on board in the first place wearing that shirt.

Les

Nilsen · « **Reply #2 on:** October 08, 2005, 03:04:13 AM »

Huh?

You can't wear what you want on their planes? Is there a PC dress code for their passengers?

Leslie · « **Reply #3 on:** October 08, 2005, 03:10:09 AM »

I don't know Nilsen, just sayin if I was pilot of that plane and saw that before taking off, I wouldn't take off. Something like that might start trouble later during the flight. Someone who does know about these matters is Toad. What say Toad?

Les

Fishu · « **Reply #4 on:** October 08, 2005, 03:11:23 AM »

I don't see anything wrong with the T-shirt as described.
Those who complained of it needs to get a grip..
Then again how did more than couple of passengers and a stuert in plane know of the T-shirt while seated?
Guess they might as well boot all ugly and fat people off the flights because other people just doesn't like them that much.

Leslie · « **Reply #5 on:** October 08, 2005, 03:23:56 AM »

Don't see what ugly and fat has to do with it. Just make them pay more. It's the rabble rouser potential T-shirts have that's an issue..

Les

SirLoin · « **Reply #6 on:** October 08, 2005, 04:14:55 AM »

See rule #7

beet1e · « **Reply #7 on:** October 08, 2005, 05:14:58 AM »

ROFL Nilsen!

"Land of the Free"

Nilsen · « **Reply #8 on:** October 08, 2005, 05:41:13 AM »

USS Freedom

Keel has been laid

Leslie · « **Reply #9 on:** October 08, 2005, 06:25:42 AM »

At least we all know who mp5 is now. Beet1e!!!:D I told ya he is a James Bond type.

Les

beet1e · « **Reply #10 on:** October 08, 2005, 07:03:21 AM »

Yes, when Skuzzy asked me which MPx I wanted to be, I chose MP5 so as to be named after the Heckler and Koch machine gun.

Captain Virgil Hilts · « **Reply #11 on:** October 08, 2005, 07:26:13 AM »

Actually, SouthWest has a policy against offensive language, profanity, and such, and as I read the description of the shirt, it fit the policy for LANGUAGE, regardless of who the subject was. Their policy forbids the wearing of clothing with swearing or cursing and such on it. I'd say if the profanity filter here would catch it, they can forbid it from their planes. Don't like it? Don't fly SouthWest.

Nilsen · « **Reply #12 on:** October 08, 2005, 08:01:32 AM »

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Originally posted by beet1e
Yes, when Skuzzy asked me which MPx I wanted to be, I chose MP5 so as to be named after the Heckler and Koch machine gun.

*drool* MP5 is teh kickass gun!

actually they suck bigtime.... no reference to the honorable Mr. MP5 Sir Mr. gentleman dude!

beet1e · « **Reply #13 on:** October 08, 2005, 09:12:52 AM »

Nilsen!

In the early 1990s, I used to spend 2 weeks around Christmas in Tenerife. It was nice and warm down there - T-shirt, shorts and sandals weather! There was a promenade which ran behind the hotels, and we used to walk along there every day. It was nice, but the timeshare touts were everywhere. I got so fed up with being pestered by them that I had a T-shirt made up for the purposes of warding off the touts. I'm not going to model it (!) but here's a picture of it.

I never got into any trouble for wearing this shirt - LOL! - but needless to say, I did not wear it in the hotel dining room.

Guess it just goes to show what we knew all along - we have more freedom here in Europe than they do in America.

Pooh21 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 08, 2005, 09:15:12 AM »

really if you have more freedom why didnt you wear it to the dining room then? and if the hostess said anything about it, you coulda knocked her down?