Spirit Airlines will ban ‘offensive’ tattoos and revealing clothes

On By Littum

If you fly Spirit Airlines wearing A crop top that reveals your upper body or having certain tattoos may now be enough to get you thrown out of a flight.

The airline recently Updated its policies explicitly outlining unacceptable passenger clothing and unacceptable appearance that goes beyond the vague policies most other airlines have. In his transport contract, which is a legal document describing the airline and passengers’ responsibilities, says Spirit “A guest should not be allowed to board the aircraft or may be required to leave a plane” if the passenger is “inadequately dressed” or “If clothes or objects, including body art, are obscene, obscene or offensive.”

Insufficiently dressed is now defined – having breasts, buttocks or other private parts exposed or wearing clean clothing. But what exactly is an offensive tattoo is unclear.

To clarify all this tends to fall on the airline’s employees, including the flight crew. In recent years, Spirit and other airlines have prevented passengers from boarding their aircraft because of all kinds of attire or lack of the same: leggings, Clothes printed with slogans filled with explosive chargesAt Short shorts and not wearing bra.

Overall, most airlines are very open to interpretation, said Bobby Laurie, a former stewardess and co -host for the travel show.Jetset. ”

“It’s very subjective,” Mr. Laurie. “What someone can find offensive or obscene, another can’t.” In general, a decision to remove a traveler from an aircraft will demand consensus from several airline employees, he added.

Here’s what some major domestic airlines say about the passengers’ dress code in their transport contracts.

The airline says it will also prevent barefoot passengers from boarding.

Passengers may not wear clothes that are “fornication, obscene or overtly offensive,” the airline StatesWithout further details.

The says the airline that it will not transport barefoot passengers or passengers who are not “properly dressed” or whose attire is “victory, obscene or offensive.”

Dressing that leads to an “unreasonable risk of offensive or bothersome to other passengers” is enough to have a passenger removed, according to. Delta’s transport contract.

American the passengers ask to “dress appropriately”. It means no bare feet or “offensive” clothing.

Travelers over 5 years of age cannot be barefoot, says the airline. Again, no “fornication, obscene or obviously offensive” attire.

Alaska Airlines also prohibits passengers From being barefoot and will remove travelers if attire creates “an unreasonable risk of insult or irritation to other passengers.”

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