Controversy takes off: Spirit Airlines Passengers wearing offensive clothing or tattoos banned
Spirit Airlines has updated its policy to include a stricter dress code for passengers. Violators of this dress code can expect to be removed from or denied access to flights.
The update, effective on January 22, stipulates that passengers can be denied boarding or removed from a flight due to their clothing or offensive tattoos.
The additions to the contract now specify that passengers who are inadequately clothes, such as wearing see-through clothing that exposes breasts, buttocks, or other private parts, are subject to being grounded.
What is Contract of Carriage? The New policy of Spirit Airlines
The Contract of Carriage document lists examples of near-nakedness, including “see-through clothing; not adequately covered; exposed breasts, buttocks, or other private parts.” Customers “whose clothing or article, including body art, is lewd, obscene, or offensive in nature” will also be kicked off the aircraft, the document states.
According to the new rule, a passenger with a tattoo can be grounded if an airline employee deems it violated the spirit of the non-offensive rule. The contract also makes clear that passengers may not be barefoot, which is a policy on other airlines as well.
Another addition to Spirit's policy is the appearance of offensive tattoos, which is not a common cause for removal on other airlines. The new policy comes after clothing infractions reportedly caused issues for some Spirit passengers.
Background of the controvert policy
In October of last year, two women were removed for wearing crop tops on the airline. Last week, a man from Texas was removed from a Spirit flight for wearing what was deemed an offensive hoodie. The passenger eventually removed the article of clothing but was still escorted from the plane.
Back in that month, two female passengers got kicked of their flight for wearing crop-tops, when they were flying from Los Angeles to New Orleans and a male employee said their clothes were too revealing. The pair of would-be vacationers named Teresa and Tara disputed the claim of the nagging airline employee, but were eventually kicked off the plane without a refund.
Photo taken by Teresa for her Instagram account (@teresa_around theworld). Photo: Aviation24.be.
Spirit Airlines didn’t respond to The Post’s request for comment by the time of publication.
