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Short Skirt Doesn't Fly at Southwest

'Family' airline asked co-ed to change out of revealing attire

By Caroline Zimmerman,  Newser User

Posted Sep 8, 2007 12:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – A San Diego co-ed (and Hooters employee) nearly got kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight for showing too much skin. A  flight attendant called Kyla Ebbert to the front of the plane and asked her to change out of her 'revealing attire' or take a later flight. Ebbert brokered a compromise and remained aboard, but now she may sue Southwest over the ordeal, ABC reports.

Ebbert settled on pulling down her skirt and pulling up her sweater, and spent the flight buried under a blanket. Southwest is sticking to its guns because it's a 'family' airline. "Her outfit is fine," said her mother. 'She looks like every other college girl in San Diego." The story made headlines when Ebbert appeared on "The Today Show."

 hedge future fuel costs. Shares of Southwest fell 42 cents, or 2.7 percent, to $15.24 in morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
hedge future fuel costs. Shares of Southwest fell 42 cents, or 2.7 percent, to $15.24 in morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)   (Associated Press)
Mini-skirt? Nuh-uh, says Southwest Airlines.
Mini-skirt? Nuh-uh, says Southwest Airlines.   (Shutterstock.com)
A Southwest Airlines passenger jet takes off from Dallas Love Field in Dallas, Tuesday, July 17, 2007. Southwest said Wednesday that its second-quarter profit fell 17 percent as rising fuel costs weighed on the discount carrier. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
A Southwest Airlines passenger jet takes off from Dallas Love Field in Dallas, Tuesday, July 17, 2007. Southwest said Wednesday that its second-quarter profit fell 17 percent as rising fuel costs weighed...   (Associated Press)
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