Save the crop tops for Florida’s beaches and keep your feet in your shoes as Spirit Airlines is cracking down on ‘inadequate’ clothing on its flights.
On Wednesday, the company quietly updated its contract of carriage for passengers, which includes updating its dress code for passengers flying the budget airline.
The new rule dictates that a guest ‘shall not be permitted to board the aircraft’ if they are ‘barefoot or inadequately clothed.’
Among the examples of inappropriate travel outfits include: see-through clothing, exposed breasts, buttocks, or other private parts; lewd, obscene, or offensive clothing and tattoos.
The new regulation comes after multiple incidents of passengers being confronted over their attire.
Earlier this month, John Garcia Jr. was kicked off a Spirit flight for wearing a hoodie with the words: ‘FVCK HATE WORLD TOUR.’
Garcia was first confronted as he started to place his luggage in the overhead locker on January 13. A female flight attendant approached him to ask if he was in the right seat.
Garcia said she later told him to remove his hoodie because of the ‘obscene language.’
On Wednesday, the company quietly updated its contract of carriage for passengers, which includes updating its dress code. The new rule dictates that a guest ‘shall not be permitted to board the aircraft’ if they are ‘barefoot or inadequately clothed’
Among the examples of inappropriate travel outfits include: see-through clothing, exposed breasts, buttocks, or other private parts; lewd, obscene, or offensive clothing and tattoos
‘It caught me like totally by surprise,’ Garcia told the San Antonio Express-News. ‘Like: “Man, are you serious?”‘
Garcia refused to remove the hoodie at first. The flight attendant responded by telling him she was going to report him to the captain. A security guard and male flight attendant then joined in, telling Garcia he had to remove his hoodie or get off the flight.
He eventually departed the plane, and got a rescheduled return to San Antonio. Garcia said he wore the same hoodie on this flight without any problems.
In October, Tara Kehidi and Teresa Araujo were kicked off a Spirit flight for wearing crop tops.
They had boarded the plane wearing pants and sweaters but removed them to cool down when they said the flight attendant told them to cover up.
The friends asked the man to explain what dress code rule they had violated when they claim the situation escalated and they were kicked off the plane without a refund.
‘It’s just humiliating having to be escorted and treated like a criminal just because we were wearing crop tops. It was such a dehumanizing experience. We wasted our time, other people’s time, our money, our dignity,’ Tara exclusively told DailyMail.com.
Teresa is a travel influencer with nearly 40,000 followers and the two were heading to New Orleans to celebrate Tara’s birthday.
Before boarding the plane, the duo had recorded a video showing their outfits with Teresa wearing ripped jeans, a white crop top and a green striped sweater. Tara wore striped pants, a white crop top and navy zip-up jacket.
In October, Tara Kehidi and Teresa Araujo (pictured together) were kicked off a Spirit flight for wearing crop tops. Spirit Airlines said contract of carriage may explain why two women were kicked off a flight
John Garcia Jr. was kicked off a Spirit flight for wearing a hoodie with the words: ‘FVCK HATE WORLD TOUR.’
‘It’s very warm and humid and hot in the plane because they don’t have the A/C or anything on, so we just take off our sweaters and the single male flight attendant comes up to us and says “You guys need to put your sweaters back on right now,”‘ Tara said.
‘We were both just a little shocked, and like covering ourselves with our sweaters a little bit because we were nervous, and we had no idea what was going on.
‘We were sweating because it was so hot, so we took the sleeves off our sweaters, but we were covering our stomachs and cleavages with the sweaters because apparently that was so offensive to him.’
Spirit Airlines said that a legal agreement called their ‘Contract of Carriage’ may explain why two women were kicked off a flight for wearing crop tops.
Spirit Airlines previously told DailyMail.com that all passengers are technically notified they have to dress a certain way to board flights when they sign their 60-page Contract of Carriage.
‘Our Contract of Carriage, a document all Guests agree to upon making a reservation with us, includes certain clothing standards for all Guests traveling with us,’ the airline said.