Thinking of Cher

[Captain Gary]

I know it's here somewhere, but couldn't easily find it, so started new topic.

Sound familiar?

We used American Airlines this year and traveled coach. Not bad other than the plane was packed. Also I had wore a t-shirt that said “ shit happens when you party naked” and the woman taking our tickets told me I had to turn it inside out.. ya that wasn’t happening!

www.dennyp.com/h3tripreports/2006/michael__suzanne__0406.htm

Gary

[Hazelita]

I don't understand this thinking. I would love to see where it is documented on ANY airlines website that there is a dress code for travelers. The fact that Delta gave Cheryl a hard time about her HEDO t-shirt last December simply astonished me. Now American, too? WTF!?!?!?

[pixiedust]

We had our WWW shirts on that said WET WILD AND WICKED. No one said anything to us on AJ.. Never HEARD of a dress code to fly.... Shoot, I've seen people who look like they just rolled out of bed in attire that they HAD to have worn to bed, IMOHO that's way more inappropriate then a "shit happens" t-shirt.

[Ardbeg... innit]

I find this whole topic interesting. I googled airlines "passenger dress code" and found only 3 hits, one was a blog with some interesting points and a policy reference (for Southwest)...

www.metafilter.com/mefi/45788

The shirt in question bore the phrase "Meet the F*ckers" and an image of US President Bush, VP Cheney and Condoleezza Rice. The passenger, Lorrie Heasley, refused to remove it after other passengers complained. Apparently "Southwest rules filed with the FAA say they can remove a passenger that is offensive, abusive, disorderly or violent or for clothing that is "lewd, obscene, or patently offensive," but the airline says the curse (not the political message) led to her being asked to leave.

I have to assume that other airlines have a similar policy, how it applies to the t-shirt mentioned in this thread is probably up to the interpretation of the ailine employee in question.

It would appear from the comments to the blog that most people favor 'decorum' on airplanes. I guess notice has been (and is being) served, airline cabins are not Hedo.

Gordon

[Cherbunny]

My incident with Delta was over the *Be Wicked for a Week* t-shirt. I attempted to wear it from Tucson to Atlanta. We spent the nite in Atlanta then got on a shuttle back to the airport for our AJ flight to MoBay. Our shuttle was filled with pilots and flight attendants for Delta.

I told them what had happened and asked if Delta had a dress code policy. They said NO and were shocked that I had to turn my shirt inside out.

So, I will continue to wear a mildly suggestive shirt when I fly. If I have to take it off and turn it inside out, I will do it in my seat. But, I will wear the *I'm Fucked* tank top off the plane that was so generously donated to me.

Thanks Edie!

[justheidi]

YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!

[edie2u]

I am still amazed every time I read or think about the "Wicked" T-Shirt!!!!
I can actually understand a shirt that has four letter words or "prurient" sayings/ideas not being allowed due to children on the plane.
I am not saying I agree with it, but many states and cities actually have laws on the books about the use of vulgar or profane pictures and language. There have been so many court cases regarding prurient interests that it is virtually impossible to say what is truly "obscene or pornographic" by statue. I actually made a living by reviewing these types of materials and deciding what "might" be considered obscene or offensive. I didn't have the final say on it but it was my job to cull out the material and forward it on. Of course, this was within the parameters of a very closed society!! This was not meant for the general public or society on a whole.
My question to the airlines would be..."So who gets to decide if something is offensive? Is this person trained to make this decision? Are they following Federal and State guidelines? Or are they just flying by the seat of their pants, and making decisions that have no standing others that how one person "feels" about the subject matter?"
If the airlines have regulations regarding what can be worn (or what is offensive) is it carried out on a fair and equitable basis?
On one the flights to California last month there was a guy who had a shirt on that had the word "FUCK" emblazoned across his chest, and he didn't have to turn his shirt inside out. This was also on American Airlines...was it only because no one "complained"?
Hmmm...inquiring minds want to know...

[edie2u]

You are welcome Cher!! With your tan and big boobs (the shirt is white with hot pink lettering) do you think any one will even notice the "I'M FUCKED" on Cher's shirt? ;D ;D

[Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III]

Great GOD!!

I must be turning into an old fuddy-duddy prude!

We were in Las Vegas and right outside our hotel (Paris) was this add, "FCUK!" . . . now that stands for something I can't quite remember at the moment related to clothing, but it just struck me as wrong. It looked too much like FUCK!

I have no kids, but I could imagine the trouble when my son says, "Daddy, what does "fuck" mean? It's on that ladies shirt."

We can have all kinds of fun when we get to Hedo, but do we *really* have to advertise it on the way down? Most folks on the plane ain't headed to Hedo when you strike out from Detroit, or New York, or where-ever.

I don't mind the shirt that has HEDO on it, or the hat, or what-ever. But having FUCK YOU or something like that on your shirt seems brazen to me.

...........Bob (crawling back into his hole)

[Hazelita]

bobnrhonda said:

We were in Las Vegas and right outside our hotel (Paris) was this add, "FCUK!" . . . now that stands for something I can't quite remember at the moment related to clothing, but it just struck me as wrong. It looked too much like FUCK!

You're right, it is a clothing line called French Connection (UK). I see their ads on NYC buses all the time.

French Connection (FCUK) Spring/Summer 2006

And yeah ... you ARE turning into an old fuddy-duddy prude!