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Telling passengers what to wear is not about the first amendment but it is about fair application of policy. Southwest had no clear dresscode and until they do they will be caught in difficult spots like this.

When, even with her skirt pulled WAAAAYY down, she showed her everything on national TV, I think she was showing her all to everyone that boarded the plane. And, if the rumor be true, that she was going commando, I think they had every right to tell her to cover up or not fly.

This particular story really does show the hypocrisy that America and Americans have been throwing around for years. At first we find it amusing and throw the truth in the face of the offending party but when they try to do something to regulate the issue we snap and tell them that they are taking away our rights. A line must be drawn, where do the 'Rights' stop and required decency begin? Because we've all seen the sign No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service. Maybe a similar sign would do the trick: No Jacket, No pants, No Boarding?

In all honesty things really need to be put in perspective a dress code for flying is a pipe dream, much like a required dress code for a public school in the US, it just won't fly. That is the rough medicine. We as a society have failed to stop stupid things like this from happening simply by not thinking about if stupid things could happen. We spend so much time thinking about the stupid things that have happened and how stupid they were, that we fail to think about even more stupid things in order to be prepared the next time something stupid happens.

So think stupid and be prepared for when the next idiot walks out into traffic against the light, because you could be the one to run them right over with logic and forethought.

I hope she sues the pants off of them

The problem is the inconsistency of application. If Lindsay Lohan came on board dressed like that they wouldn't get kicked off, and that's what makes this wrong. Personally she I don't think she looks inappropriate but I could see how some people might be uncomfortable. Southwest needs to step up and make this right.

She was not detained from flying. She was requested to 'adjust' her clothing. To pull down her skirt and to pull down her tank top. In other words... what she's been seen wearing has not been a true indication of how she was wearing it when she was asked to adjust her clothing. Time to move on people.

I'll move on when Southwest pulls its head out of its own ace

Yo she is freakin hot!

People should be allowed to wear wat ever they want, but the airline should be able to boot thme based on how attractive they are. 300 pound dude in banana hammock = get off the plane. Bangin hooters girl in tight mini = free drink.

If they followed the Ron Paqul philosophy I would certainly fly alot more

I sure think the airlines have a lot more important things to worry about than busting some broad over her clothing. Most especially um terrorists?

Maybe if the airlines had stewderesses in hotpants like they used to there would be less terror, did you ever think about that?

Maybe if the airlines had stewderesses in hotpants like they used to there would be less terror, did you ever think about that?

I really don't like looking at men's hairy legs. Can we ban those, too?

I would ban anyone who is not wearing deodorant, come on, the 60s are over, if we lost the mini-skirts the stink should go too

I love that you can almost see her soft white panties up that skirt.

Unless she was commando under that skirt, they really should have kept their mouth shut. It's more likely a case of a jealous old bag flight attendant not wanting the competition on board. Honestly, where does the moral policing end?

If she can't fly as is, then I don't want to be forced to sit next to a smelly, hairy, burping fatty spilling over into my seat, ever !

The angle that we don't want an airline policing attire unless there is a dress code is the exact reason we need to pay attention to this closely. Do businesses need to post dress codes now? The more codes and laws we demand the less freedom we really have.
I watched Kyla on Dr. Phil receive her apology which she now claims was not good enough because of its word play.
I've been playing devil's advocate with Kyla Ebbert's story since I read it last week. And I find myself asking questions which lead me to seriously consider if the airlines acted justifiably. The outfit we see Kyla wearing on The Today Show and in The San Diego Union-Tribune is now in its most conservative state. In all likelihood the skirt was higher and the shirt was pulled down so the public could admire the new breast augmentation. While watching the clip from The Today Show I could see clearly see the crotch of Kyla's white panties.
Remembering this is in its most conservative state we have to ask ourselves to what degree could this same outfit be in its most liberal state. Is it possible she wasn't wearing panties? Is it possible her wardrobe was inappropriate? This is a good story because of its shock value and because it involves a local, young college co-ed. If a 300lb man were sitting next to me on a plane in nothing more than a Speedo I would ask a representative of the airlines to address the situation. Is it illegal? No. Inappropriate? Yes.
If a passenger boarded the plane wearing a shirt with a swastika logo, I would be offended even though that original symbol is thousands of years old its Nazi implications are overt. It is implied that we as individuals use good judgment when interacting with each other. And when someone doesn't show good judgment, as is very possible in this situation, we ask a representative of the business to use their good judgment on our behalf. If you go to original Kyla's myspace page, the first photo she chooses to represent herself is her in a black bra and black panties wearing high heels with a few friends dressed the same way.
What we are doing by giving Kyla so much attention for this story is encouraging some of the same behaviors many of us find nauseating: Litigation because a business refuses to apologize for using what may have been good judgment. Does every business and public place need to outline a proper dress code? If we keep flaming this story from the perspective that Kyla is a victim of big business without first giving the airline the benefit of doubt, we are doing all of ourselves a disservice. It seems to me Kyla enjoys using her new breasts and her body, in general, to get attention and financial reward: her myspace page, Hooters, the lack of wardrobe, her many flights via Southwest, etc... And that is fine in the appropriate venues.
She is making the circuit on as many of the media outlets which will have her before she ends up nude in December's issue of a men's magazine. But before we all feign outrage, I suggest we consider the flip side of this coin. It is possible she was dressed inappropriately. It is legal for a private business to weigh the circumstance and make a judgment. I would much rather Kyla's stay offended during this media blitz because she didn't receive an apology than for me to have to succumb to a detailed, written dress code in every public place I go. I prefer to use my own common sense when dressing, and would hope I don't get pulled aside and asked to change my outfit because it is inappropriate or take a shower because my body odor is intolerable or stop using profanity while drinking too much or any one of many things which are legal but tasteless.
Kyla was on KGB 101.5 on 09/12 in San Diego. She mentioned she flew with Southwest more than 100 times last year. Why and Where? Vegas perhaps. Also on her original (below) myspace she mentions she is "retired". From what?

http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:http://www.myspace.com/PrincessKyla

Dress codes for an airliner is not a malgnant idea at all.. after all we do have dress codes for certain public places,dont we? What if somebody insisted on travelling in natural clothes?? Freedom of expression can be stretched only too far.

Kudos to Southwest for standing up for what is right. It's called common sense. Cover your body parts when you are out in public. If you want to dress like that, go to where that is appropriate. Flying on an airplane full of families and children isn't. That's common sense. I would be shocked if she even had a case considering her past of working at Hooters and finding her on porn sites. Give me a break.

It seems like Southwest did everything correctly- they didn't announce it in public, they did so discretely. They didn't refuse her boarding, they just asked her to stop showing everyone her panties- or no panties. She wears that and then complains that she felt shamed by the episode? What?!?

Ultimately we have to depend on common sense in public- the sense of a citizen to wear what he or she thinks is appropriate but also the sense of a private business (i.e. an airliner) to determine what the lowest standards of appropriate are for its business and other customers. Please woman, grow up- and go to the beach instead of a plane.

ill hit that

They should just stick to their guns and tell her to shuv the 1st amendment up her ass. Because its obivious its not right "dress Aproperatly on all Airline flights" so she got embarrassed and threw a hissy fit. Personally though if i owned an Airline i would allow you to wear anything so long as you are apropriatly good looking. So hissy fit women you have a free ticket on my Airline.

Problem, Kyla says her rights were violated. That it was embarrassing. Yet whe works for Hooters and posed for Playboy. Perhaps Southwest made a mistake , but Kyla is profiting for the "embarrasing" exposure by exposing more. Her suit should be thrown out of court.