Poll: Should airlines have a dress code?
Sep 15th, 2007, 06:26 PM
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I agree with AnthonyGA. No one has to look if they don't want to and how someone dresses should really only be THEIR business. Afterall, this is still supposedly a FREE COUNTRY and I see freedom to dress as one choices in the same category as free speech.
Sep 16th, 2007, 08:45 AM
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I've seen the footage of the young lady and thought that she was well covered up.
All I can say is that if SWA's rules applied to flights from Malaga to the UK then virtually no woman under the age of 50 would be allowed on board.
All I can say is that if SWA's rules applied to flights from Malaga to the UK then virtually no woman under the age of 50 would be allowed on board.
Sep 16th, 2007, 10:34 AM
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I don't think so, then you get into buses, subways, where does it end...I am trying to sleep and read on flights and don't really pay attention to what others are wearingm if they want to reveal and people gawk, it's tacky but not the airline's job to delay people because of it, especially when passengers did not complain.
I guess they recognized their error-SouthWest gave her two free tickets and then had a "skimpy" fare sale, pun intended.
I guess they recognized their error-SouthWest gave her two free tickets and then had a "skimpy" fare sale, pun intended.
Sep 16th, 2007, 11:55 AM
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It seems that we have to have everything codified today, so the lawyers have something to do.
When I was young (a milenium ago, or so it seems) there were not as many written codes as everyone seems to demand today, but there were clearly standards that placed you in a class. Working men, and women, dressed differently than executives and the "upper" class, and even among classes, there were subclasses. One of the attractions, and strengths, of America was that we were able to improve ourselves, if we wished, and get into a higher class, although there were some barriers, most noticeably racism and ethnicity. We were taught by our parents and friends how to dress to keep from being assigned to a lower class.
Today, of course, we no longer admit to having classes, and the parents of today seem unable or unwilling to tell their kids to do anything. An unfortunate, in my opinion, consequence of this is that our kids seem to pick up the least attractive aspects of the lower classes, rather than striving to improve themselves.
My mother always tried to be polite, so she would certainly not have said that the young woman in question was a tramp, but she would have thought it. I think most middle class people would have been offended at her presence, just as they would have been offended had a prostitute sat down next to them.
I know things have changed, and much of the world now thinks that our society is immoral, but I don't think writing dress codes is the answer (although it is interesting to read that some educators now believe that a strict school dress code can improve academic achievement).
However, I think that many of us believe that how you dress and act reflects your class, and I would not be sympathetic to people who dress and act crudely, and in consequence, are treated differently. I don't think the young women in question should be at all offended if someone offered them fifty cents for a quickie.
When I was young (a milenium ago, or so it seems) there were not as many written codes as everyone seems to demand today, but there were clearly standards that placed you in a class. Working men, and women, dressed differently than executives and the "upper" class, and even among classes, there were subclasses. One of the attractions, and strengths, of America was that we were able to improve ourselves, if we wished, and get into a higher class, although there were some barriers, most noticeably racism and ethnicity. We were taught by our parents and friends how to dress to keep from being assigned to a lower class.
Today, of course, we no longer admit to having classes, and the parents of today seem unable or unwilling to tell their kids to do anything. An unfortunate, in my opinion, consequence of this is that our kids seem to pick up the least attractive aspects of the lower classes, rather than striving to improve themselves.
My mother always tried to be polite, so she would certainly not have said that the young woman in question was a tramp, but she would have thought it. I think most middle class people would have been offended at her presence, just as they would have been offended had a prostitute sat down next to them.
I know things have changed, and much of the world now thinks that our society is immoral, but I don't think writing dress codes is the answer (although it is interesting to read that some educators now believe that a strict school dress code can improve academic achievement).
However, I think that many of us believe that how you dress and act reflects your class, and I would not be sympathetic to people who dress and act crudely, and in consequence, are treated differently. I don't think the young women in question should be at all offended if someone offered them fifty cents for a quickie.
Sep 16th, 2007, 03:33 PM
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While the Bill of Rights guarantees freedom of speech (at least theoretically these days), there's nothing about protecting the right to dress however one wants. I think it would be great if airlines had dress codes--and many workplaces, too.
Sep 17th, 2007, 08:03 AM
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They could always seat them near the galley or exit rows and turn the temperature down on the plane. These seats are usually the coldest on the plane. On a flight last Thursday, I was sitting next to the exit and my leg was so cold, I had to wrap my sweater around my leg.
