21-Year-Old Woman Passenger of Thomas Cook Airlines Ordered to Cover up Crop Top Or Else Removed from FlightTop Stories

March 14, 2019 12:49
21-Year-Old Woman Passenger of Thomas Cook Airlines Ordered to Cover up Crop Top Or Else Removed from Flight

(Image source from: Twitter/Emily O'Connor)

The 21-year-old passenger of Thomas Cook Airlines was ordered to cover up herself and was threatened to with being kicked off because of her inappropriate outfit.

According to reports, Emily O’Connor from Solihull, West Midlands, was flying with her family from Birmingham Airport to the Spanish island.

Emily wrote on Twitter that while preparing to fly from Birmingham in the United Kingdom to the Canary Islands that she was informed by Thomas Cook staff that her outfit was “inappropriate” and “causing offense.” Emily was wearing a cropped top with spaghetti straps and high-waist pants.

She tweeted about the incident, saying: “Thomas Cook told me that they were going to remove me from the flight if I didn’t ‘cover up’ as I was ‘causing offence’ and was ‘inappropriate’.”

When O’Connor refused to change, a manager left to get her bag in order to remove her from the flight.

In an interview with The Sun, a tabloid based in the United Kingdom, O’Connor called the incident “the most sexist, misogynistic, embarrassing experience of my life.” Emily said she then put on a jacket lent by her cousin, who was also on the flight. She says was left “shaking” and upset by the incident, as comments were made over the plane’s speakers about the situation.

In a statement to The Post Wednesday, a spokesman for the airline said Thomas Cooks’s cabin services director spoke with O’Connor personally to offer an apology.

Thomas Cook in a statement said, “We are sorry that we upset Ms. O’Connor. It’s clear we could have handled the situation better. In common with most airlines, we have an appropriate attire policy. This applies equally to men and women of all ages without discrimination. Our crews have the difficult task of implementing that policy and don’t always get it right.”

By Sowmya Sangam

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