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Why do airline workers go on such a power trip with customers? The customer is ultimately the one who provides their salaries. And they shouldn't care if someone wants to wear leggings on the plane - they are covered up! Not exposing themselves inappropriately.
If you paid for your ticket, wear what you want.
If you are flying for free or reduced cost because an airline employee has shared one of their benefits with you, follow the airline rules and policy.
If you don't know all the facts, don't tweet about the situation.
Why do airline workers go on such a power trip with customers? The customer is ultimately the one who provides their salaries. And they shouldn't care if someone wants to wear leggings on the plane - they are covered up! Not exposing themselves inappropriately.
I'm guessing you only read the title of the thread an nothing else. The two women were not paying customers.
Why do airline workers go on such a power trip with customers? The customer is ultimately the one who provides their salaries. And they shouldn't care if someone wants to wear leggings on the plane - they are covered up! Not exposing themselves inappropriately.
Which are not the facts in this story. The two in leggings were not customers. The person tweeting that caused this story to go viral didn't have her facts straight. No power trip by workers who were only enforcing their employer's rules for dress code travel, per non rev passengers.
The airline doesn't care what their paying passengers are wearing for the most part. Well maybe they have personal opinions, but they keep those to themselves.
My mom was a flight attendant (not United) so I flew under her benefits many times. I'm not sure exactly what the dress code was, but it was definitely no jeans even. Never in a million years would I have worn leggings.
Yep. This whole thread is a non-issue. Anybody flying non-rev (non-revenue passenger) has a dress code. It's been relaxed over the years. In the old days, it was "dress for a business meeting". Now, it's business casual at most airlines. You're flying for free as an employee benefit. You dress as well as the best dressed passenger on the plane. You keep your mouth shut that you're a non-rev and do your best to be invisible. If you're sitting in first class, you defer your meal selection and take whatever is left.
I used to be a 100K+ level elite frequent flyer road warrior for a bunch of years. My then wife was an airline sales director. My stepmother was a flight attendant. The whole non-rev thing was so ingrained that I'd be sitting in first class as a revenue passenger on my upgrade coupons and tell the flight attendant to serve me last with whatever was left.
I wouldn't want to be the employee who handed out those buddy passes. I'd expect to get fired over it. The whole dress code and "be invisible" thing is really drilled into everyone. A viral news story is the antithesis of "be invisible".
Why do airline workers go on such a power trip with customers? .
They weren't customers. They were employee-surrogates. If they'd been bona-fide customers, paying for their tickets, the issue wouldn't have arisen. Also, the rules even for the employee freebies allow for comfortable attire.
Now that more of this situation has been aired in the media I have the following to say: The tweeter should come out and say that she should not have tweeted what she did because she didn't have all the facts; with an apology to United. The people that were flying non-rev and not following the dress code should come forward and apologize to United and ask everyone to stop taking United to task over this. Both parties should ask for everyone to let this go away. I realize that tact and class are in short supply these days. I will continue to dream.....
Yes if this country was still good Beretta thats what would happen!!
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