Two California women and one of their toddlers were flying from Los Angeles (LAX) to New Orleans (MSY) on Spirt Airlines over the weekend and their trip is hitting the news waves because they claim a male flight attendant discriminated against them for wearing crop tops.
One of the travelers, who goes by @Teresa_aroundtheworld on Instagram, posted the video embedded below with the caption: “Hi friends! This is usually not the type of post I share on here but wanted to share my story because I’m still in shock- Please help us by sharing this post since we already tried to contact Spirit Airlines and no answer until now.
My friend and I had a terrible experience on Friday on the flight 387 from Lax to New Orleans with @spiritairlines
We were harassed by a male flight attendant who told us to “cover up” because we were wearing crop tops. Everyone else (including flight staff) agreed though that there was nothing wrong with what we were wearing and that crop tops are not against their dress code. He then continued to treat us poorly and give us no reasoning as to why he wanted to kick us off. Other passengers joined in and tried defending us but ultimately a supervisor liked to us and told either we would leave the flight or she would bring the police. She told us she would rebook our flight and then once out of the plane she said there are no flights and also refused a refund. I then had to pay $1,000 to book a new flight with another airline.
This is appalling service, that in 2024 we are getting kicked out of a plane for ONE MALE flight attendant not liking our shirts. Everyone working at the airport agreed this was an act of prejudice, discrimination and misogynist and that we should take legal actions. We spoke with the police which said the same. We were refused their full names, a refund, rebooked flights or anything all because of a sexist and rude flight attendant.”
Watch the video below:
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In the video, one of them can be heard saying, “There’s nothing that says you can’t wear a crop top.” That’s actually not true. Almost every airline, including Spirit Airlines, has a dress code policy. In Spirit’s contract of carriage on page 10, section 4.3.1 under Conduct/Condition, the airline states: A guest shall not be permitted to board the aircraft or may be required to leave an aircraft if that guest: is barefoot or inadequately clothed, or whose clothing is lewd, obscene, or offensive in nature.”
There’s a lot of grey area here because what one person might deem ‘inadequately clothed’ another person might not. The general rule is that if a flight attendant asks you to do something and you don’t, be prepared to be removed from the flight if passengers are still boarding, returning to the gate if the aircraft is taxiing (as in this case), having the pilot divert to the closest airport if in the air or be met by law enforcement upon arrival.
As I’ve written before, the captain almost always backs their flight crew and whatever the captain says, goes. Another angle of the incident was filmed by a passenger in the row in front of them:
@teresa_aroundtheworld Here is the full story about what happened on Friday when we got kicked out by a male attendant for wearing crop tops. Blow this up!!! We won’t stop until justice is made!!! @Spirit Airlines ♬ original sound – Teresa Around the 🌎
Because of the incident, the plane was 59 minutes late, according to FlightAware. See screenshot embedded below:
The vast majority of social media users were on the side of the women:
glamgoddessnikki: @spiritairlines this behavior is criminal please don’t hire people in customer service that don’t know how to treat people with kindness and respect. Do better
dearvodka_itsmeceire: every single passenger should have walked off that plane with you all. absolutely ridiculous. so sorry you had to deal with this, but glad you’re advocating for yourselves.
Heidigirlxoxo: Add this to the long, long list of why NOT to fly Spirit.
Cleaningqueensllc: simply states its passengers must “dress appropriately; bare feet or offensive clothing aren’t allowed.” Spirit Airlines also bans barefoot passengers, as well as clothing that is “lewd, obscene, or offensive in nature.” Plus someone must’ve have said something to the flight attendant in order for the flight attendant to come to them and say something you had an option to cover up or get off.
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