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If you thought dress codes were reserved for country clubs and high schools, think again. The rise of baggy pants and revealing clothing has led many airlines in the US to deny more and more passengers boarding.
Last month, Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight because he refused to pull up his sagging pants.
And in 2007 a 23-year-old woman wearing a mini skirt, a tank top, and a sweater was asked her to make her clothing less revealing by covering herself with a blanket before she was allowed to fly.
The dress code on each airline differs,
American’s policy states that it can refuse to transport you, or may remove you from your flight for reasons including “being clothed in a manner that would cause discomfort or offense to other passengers.”
JetBlue warns that it can remove passengers “whose clothing is lewd, obscene, or patently offensive.”
US Airways’ contract of carriage states that it can remove passengers from a flight if they are “inappropriately clothed.”
The one thing that all airlines do agree on is that all adult passengers must wear shoes””so make sure you don’t leave yours behind at security.
Read the entire article at CNN .