Wearing a crop top that exposes your neck or having some piercings could now be sufficiently to force you to board a Spirit Airlines journey.
Beyond the obscure guidelines used by most other airlines, the flight recently updated its policies to directly format undesirable customer clothing and appearance. In its commitment of vehicle, which is a legal record outlining aircraft and passenger responsibilities, Spirit says” a guest may not be permitted to board the aircraft or may be required to leave an aircraft” if the passenger is “inadequately clothed” or “whose clothing or article, including body art, is vulgar, obscene or insulting in nature”.
Poorly clothed is then defined– having breasts, buttocks or other personal parts exposed, or wearing large apparel. However, it’s unclear what exactly constitutes an unpleasant scar.
Clarifying all of this typically falls under the control of the airport, even the flight crew. In recent years, Spirit and different airlines have stopped people from boarding their planes for all kinds of clothes or have thereof: leggings, clothes printed with expletive-laded slogans, short shorts and not wearing a blouse.
Overall, most airlines leave a lot open to interpretation, said Bobby Laurie, a former flight attendant and a co-host of travel show” The Jet Set”.
” It’s very subjective”, Laurie said. Someone else might not find what someone might find offensive or vulgar. Generally, a decision to remove a traveler from a flight would require consensus from multiple airline employees, he added.
What do some of the top domestic airlines have to say about the passenger dress code in their travel contracts.
Spirit Airlines
Additionally, the airline says it will prohibit barefoot passengers from boarding.
Southwest Airlines
Passengers can’t wear clothes that are “lewd, obscene, or patently offensive”, the airline states, with no further detail.
United Airlines
The airline says that it will not transport barefoot passengers, or passengers who aren’t “properly clothed” or whose clothing is “lewd, obscene or offensive”.
Delta Air Lines
Attire that leads to an “unreasonable risk of offensive or annoyance to other passengers” is enough to get a passenger removed, according to Delta’s contract of carriage.
American Airlines
American asks passengers to “dress appropriately”. This means no bare feet or “offensive” clothing.
JetBlue Airways
Travelers over 5 years old can’t be barefoot, the airline says. Again, no “lewd, obscene, or patently offensive” attire.
Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines also forbids wearing barefoot, and it will take off passengers whose attire “amounts to an unreasonable risk of offense or annoyance to other passengers.”
