Passengers flying with Spirit Airlines have been warned that “offensive” tattoos and inadequate clothing could see them denied boarding or even kicked off a flight. The airline updated its ‘ Contract of Carriage ’ on January 22, which lays out the terms and conditions that passengers must abide by if they want to fly with the carrier. In Spirit’s update, it says that a guest will not be permitted on board the aircraft or may be required to leave the plane if they are “barefoot or inadequately clothed,” which it defines as see-through clothing , not adequately covered and the exposure of breasts, buttocks or other private parts.
The airline will also not tolerate clothing or body art such as tattoos that are “lewd, obscene or offensive in nature”. The guidance also states typical reasons why a passenger may be removed from a flight, such as being disorderly, abusive, violent, intoxicated, having a contagious disease, unwilling or unable to sit with a seatbelt fastened or having an “offensive odor unless caused by a qualified disability”. Guests will also be removed if they attempt to interfere with the flight crew's duties or pose a security risk onboard.
There have also been several debates over what is considered as clothing inadequate enough to be removed from a flight. In October, two guests were supposedly removed from a flight from Los Angeles to New Orleans for wearing crop tops. One passenger named Teresa took to Instagram to claim that a “sexis.
