A woman claims she waskicked off a Delta Airlines plane after she was told her clothes were too revealing. The passenger,Lisa Archbold, says the incident took place on a flight from Salt Lake City to San Francisco on January 22.
According to the New Zealand flier, the airline’s gate agent gave her a “super weird” welcome, but she thought nothing of it until a few moments later when she boarded the plane.
HighlightsA woman claims she was removed from a Delta flight for not wearing a braThe incident occurred en route from Salt Lake City to San FranciscoDelta reserves the right to refuse or deplane fliers when “the passenger’s conduct, attire, hygiene, or odor creates an unreasonable risk of offense or annoyance to other passengers.”
A woman claims she was removed from a Delta Airlines flight for not wearing a bra and was judged based on her appearance
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Her first reaction was to link the unexpected call to the contents of her checked luggage. As a publicist, she had attendedthe Sundance Film Festivalto promote an actor’s liquor brand, which is why her bag was full of vodka bottles.
However, she later realized that the issue wasn’t related to the liquor she carried inside her luggage but to the fact that she wasn’t wearing a bra.
The Kiwi woman, named Lisa Archbold, says the incident took place on a flight from Salt Lake City to San Francisco on January 22
Archbold says the airline’s gate agent gave her a “super weird” welcome, but she thought nothing of it until she boarded the plane
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“It is Delta’s policy to remove anyone in revealing clothes from the aircraft,”Archbold, who identifies as queer,claims to have been told.The Delta Airlines staff warned: “I will allow you to stay on the plane if you put your jacket on.”
Then, the former judo champion was reportedly summoned to the front of the aircraft.
“I was dressed like a little boy in baggy pants and shirt. I had no idea what she was talking about,” said Archbold, sharing a photo of her casual outfit.
The Kiwi expatriate maintains she was being targeted because she was wearing “men’s clothes” and was unfairly treated based on her appearance. Additionally, she said that her choice not to wear a bra should have been immaterial.
Delta does not have an official dress code for travelers.
Under its domestic contract of carriage, however, the airline reserves the right to refuse or deplane fliers when “the passenger’s conduct, attire, hygiene, or odor creates an unreasonable risk of offense or annoyance to other passengers.”
“I will allow you to stay on the plane if you put your jacket on,” Archbold claims to have been told before she was summoned to the front of the aircraft
The woman believes she adhered to the dress code, arguing the airline employee “weaponized Delta’s policy to humiliate and abuse a woman [who] she didn’t think was being a woman in the right way.”
The passenger filed an official complaint with the airline and is waiting to hear back, according to The Herald.
The passenger filed an official complaint with the airline and is waiting to hear back
Archbold is based in New York and travels regularly for work. She said that she had never experienced similar issuesin her four years of living in the United States.
Many people agreed with Delta Airline’s decision to remove the woman from the plane
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