Woman told to 'cover up' on Thomas Cook flight

[NorthernBullet]

news.sky.com/story/thomas-cook-apologises-to-woman-forced-to-cover-up-on-flight-11664376

Thoughts? I personally wouldn't have even noticed what she was wearing, she looks nice and it's not like she's parading round in a thong and nipple tassels!

Looks like a bra to me. Wtf is a 'bralet' if not a small bra? The woman wanted attention and she got it albeit not the sort of attention she'd hoped for.

What I find weird about her outfit is that she has just a bra on her top half and long baggy trousers on her lower half. If you are warm enough to go out in a bra, aren't your legs warm in all that fabric? ( I never saw the point of sleeveless polo neck tops which many women wore in the '90s either.)

Fashion isn't really supposed to serve a functional purpose, Housewife2010

She was wearing underwear and was asked to cover up. next!

Attention seeker wears bra and gets attention.

A man in a cropped vest with belly on show would also not be suitably dressed.

I wouldn't be surprised if she turns up in the next series of Love Island.

It was a Thomas Cook flight afaik.

It's underwear.

"Ms O'Connor claims she asked other customers if they were offended by her clothing, but no one answered."

I bet no-one answered because they agreed with the airline.

It's naive to make statements like 'men in vest tops are also inappropriately dressed etc'.

Underdressed men and underdressed women evoke very different reactions from the opposite sex.

Everyone understands that (we may not like it, but it is a fact)

“Have you actually seen the photo? What part of her do you think would be ‘spilling’ anywhere?”

You can’t have one rule for young, slim, firm people and one for everyone else, can you?

Doobigetta posted the ‘spilling out’ comment that others (and I) were referring to.

It wasn’t a crop top, it was a bra top and she made a big attention seeking scene on the plane. I was with the airline on this one.

She wanted a reaction and she got one.

Why would you want your bare skin touching a seat that thousands of people have sat on , meaning there's probably more sweat and dirt in the cover than I care to think about.

It's up to her what she wears but I bet she didn't think of what she was leaning back against.

ALanister sadly some of what you say is true, when it comes to clothing choices the double standards sadly are still HUGE.

If only this hadn't been on a plane waiting to take off I think the overall reaction from people would have been very different. Many women in history who publicly take no shit from the patriarchy could be described as "attention seeking ". This thread has been an interesting read

Ha ha. She is playing right into the patriarchy with her foolishness. Her right to have a lot of flesh on show - ladette style. The patriarchy would give her top marks.

It’s perfectly simple. Wear clothes suitable to the situation and that includes following the dress code where there is one as long as it applies to everyone - which this one did.

But honestly I’m less annoyed from a feminist perspective than because she’s an attention seeker and I have no time for those people. I bet her fellow passengers were pissed off.

This isn't Afghanistan, people can wear what they want
No they really can't, at least not in public spaces, or in other people's privately owned spaces. Plenty of businesses have dress codes and refuse admittance or service on the grounds of that code. It's a shame that some people don't seem to understand that now, hence Tesco,eg, having to actually specify 'no pyjamas', but there you go. It would appear some people are a bit thick, and/or think that rules just don't apply to them.

Her outfit is hardly "tits out for the lads !" . Regardless it helps to demonstrate beautifully an age old double standard which is still going strong.

I think that if there is a dress code the airlines should advertise it in the airport in the same way that bag size and contents information are displayed

i also think the top was fine

She wanted her 5 minutes, she got it!

Appropriate clothes for different situations is a normal part of life. She looked like she was wearing a bra and simply should have covered up when asked to do so by the flight professionals. Why take it personally, be outraged and disrupt a flight fgs? Just who does she reckon she is? Absolutely ridiculous.

I'm waaay older than her, have literally flown hundreds of times and have never been aware of a dress code.

Every days a school day.

If my holiday flight was being delayed because of someone dressing in a bra inappropriately, I would be annoyed too. She had a choice: put on a cardigan or get off the flight. The airline staff were there to get her bags and escort her off if she chose to leave. She's just an attention seeking twat if she wore the same outfit on the return flight again.

I'm waaay older than her, have literally flown hundreds of times and have never been aware of a dress code

Absolutely tell

Ive obviously heard rumours of how you should dress to get bumped up to 1st class

But thats about it

I wish they would institute a "no flip-flops" rule. Bare feet on a plane... utterly disgusting.

I feel when I see photos of plane travel in the 1950s and everyone is dressed very smartly. Plane travel now is often hell.