Spirit Airlines will ban “offensive” tattoos and revealing clothes

If you are traveling on Spirit Airlines, wearing a short short that reveals your chest or having certain tattoos may now be enough to take off from a flight.

The airline has recently updated its policies to explicitly describe the unacceptable outfits and appearances of passengers, going beyond the vague policies of most other airlines. In his transport contract, which is a legal document describing the responsibilities of the airline and passengers, Spirit declares that “a guest will not be authorized to board the plane or may be forced to leave the plane “If the passenger is” badly dressed “or” including a garment or an article, including bodily art, is obscene, obscene or offensive.

The term “badly dressed” is now defined as having the breasts, buttocks or other private parts, or to wear transparent clothes. But what exactly an offensive tattoo is not clear.

Clarification of all this generally amounts to employees of airlines, including navigating staff. In recent years, Spirit and other airlines have prevented passengers from climbing their flights due to all kinds of clothing or their absence: leggings, clothes printed with slogans loaded with juries, short shorts and not carry a bra.

Overall, most airlines leave a lot of room for interpretation, said Bobby Laurie, a former on-board agent and co-host of the travel program “The Jet Set”.

“It’s very subjective,” said Laurie. “What someone could find offensive or obscene, someone else may not find it.” In general, the decision to withdraw a flight traveler would require the consensus of several employees of the airline, he added.

Here is what some large national airlines say about the passenger clothing code in their transportation contracts.

Spirit airlines

The airline has announced that it would also prohibit boarding barefoot passengers.

Airlines in the Southwest

Passengers cannot wear “obscene, obscene or manifestly offensive clothes,” said the airline, without further details.

United airlines

The airline declares that it will not carry barefoot passengers or passengers who are not “properly dressed” or whose clothes are “obscene, obscene or offensive”.

Delta airlines

An outfit which leads to an “unreasonable risk of offensive or discomfort for other passengers” is enough to have a passenger expelled, according to the Delta transport contract.

American airlines

American asks passengers to “dress properly”. This means no bare feet or “offensive” clothes.

JetBlue Airways

Travelers over 5 years old cannot walk barefoot, says the airline. Again, no “obscene, or obviously offensive” dress.

Alaska airlines

Alaska Airlines also prohibits passengers from being barefoot and will exclude travelers whose dress creates “an unreasonable risk of offense or discomfort for other passengers”.

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