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What is Up with Southwest Airlines?

Posted by Bryan Christian

 

Time was that Southwest Airlines wasn't just a cheap way to get across the country -- it was also crawling with total betties like the gals up top. Dig them short shorts!

Cut to nowadays, when the no-frills carrier seems to have some sort of vendetta against pretty girls.

As I'm sure everyone is now aware, last year, Kyla Ebberts raised a huge ruckus with Southwest when they asked her to change out of the skimpy clothing that she was wearing on a flight. She was perfectly warranted in her argument, mind you; as numerous images prove, she wasn't wearing anything more than a tight shirt and a really short skirt.

Now it seems like it's getting out of hand. In the most recent chapter of Skirtgate, two teens flying between Tampa and Los Angeles are crying foul because they were escorted off the plane by security officers (at the destination). Apparently they were causing a disruption on the plane because they couldn't get water when they wanted it and were knocking on the lavatory door while someone was inside.

Seriously, all you frequent flyers out there -- you ever seen any of this sort of thing? Has it happened to you? Or maybe you know something about Southwest's anti-cutie policy? We're tempted to say "it must just be some angry old bats," but maybe there's some wrinkle to this that we're missing?

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Emily Farris said:

Have you ever flown Southwest Airlines? Probably not, because you'd have to go to Ithaca to catch the plane. It's like the shitty outlet mall of airlines. You have to travel really far to even to get to it, and once you do, you're like, "This is what I'm saving money on? Everything here would have been cool about three years ago." Totally worth paying an extra $75 to take another airline out of La Guardia.

February 26, 2008 9:58 AM

Bryan Christian said:

actually, being from Texas, i flew only Southwest for the first bazillion years of my life -- but yeah, i've yet to fly it in to/out of NYC/Ithaca/wherever as it's too hard to get to

February 26, 2008 10:13 AM

Emily Farris said:

Er, Islip. I said Ithaca. But only because I can't spell Ronkonkomo. Anyway, it's far away and hard to get to.

February 26, 2008 10:29 AM

profrobert said:

It's not a useful airline if you're going to/from NYC (it flies into Islip and Philadelphia), but it's a godsend if you are flying in the south-central U.S.  First, you avoid DFW, which is a nightmare (Southwest's hub is Love Field in Dallas), and second, they only fly real airplanes, not the puddle jumpers of American Eagle and Continental Express, which is a real boon if you're a six-footer.

As for the hotties, the crap with the passengers is silly, but I'm very glad we live in a time when women over 40 aren't being fired for looking like women over 40.

February 26, 2008 10:45 AM

MF said:

And we're upset because an airline is dealing with annoying passengers...why? This makes me want to fly Southwest despite it being an econo-airline.

February 26, 2008 11:50 AM

About Bryan Christian

Bryan Christian has worked as a writer for Epicurious, GenArt and ID magazine; a web producer for WWD and Condé Nast; and a cameraman for his friends. He's married with roommate and lives in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.

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Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook will be published in fall 2008. Emily lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with her cat, but just one . . . so far.

Brian Fairbanks is a filmmaker living in the wilds of Brooklyn. He previously wrote for the Hartford Courant and Gawker. He won the Williamsburg Spelling Bee once. He loves cats, women with guns, and burning books.

Nicole Pasulka is a Brooklyn writer and editor who's always on the lookout for the dirty. Her other virtual home is at The Morning News, where things are squeaky clean most of the time.

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