They threatened a woman to get her off the plane because she was considering wearing "inappropriate" clothes

March 14, 2019

Emily O 'Connor told the story on their social networks and the publication had such an impact that the airline had to apologize.

The crew of the British company Thomas Cook Airlines He threatened to take a 21-year-old girl off the plane, thinking that his clothes were torn. "Inappropriate" and "Offensive" for the rest of the pbadengers.

"From Birmingham to Tenerife, Thomas Cook told me that they would pull me out of the flight if I did not" cover up ", because I was" offensive "and that it was" inappropriate " "" he writes. Emily O'Connor in your account Twitter And to add the young woman dressed in high and high-waisted pants: "They were surrounded by four flight attendants ready to take my luggage and get me off the plane."

Thomas Cook, who was flying from Bham to Tenerife, told me that they were going to leave the flight if I did not "hide" it because it was a "crime" and was "inappropriate". There were 4 crew members around me to pick up my luggage and get me off the plane. pic.twitter.com/r28nvSYaoY

– Emily O'Connor (@emroseoconnor) March 12, 2019

According to the woman, He was wearing a jacket that covered his torso while waiting for the flight inside the airport. However, O 'Connor decided to take it out and put it in the suitcase before boarding the plane. Once on board, the flight manager and four staff members They approached her seat and threatened to lower her if she did not put it back.

"The staff members commented on the situation with the speaker and, after reaching their goal, they left me alone, upset and shaking," she said. In addition, the young woman stated that during the discussion, she had risen to ask her traveling companions if someone was offusing her dress and that no one answered in the affirmative.

Due to the big impact that the young woman's publication had on social networks, which got nearly 35,000 "likes" in just two days, the airline Thomas Cook He decided to apologize in a statement, where he said: "We regret that you have disturbed Miss O. Connor, it is clear that we could have handled the situation better."

He forgot his baby in the terminal and the plane had to go back to the airport

Finally, the company said that, like many of its competitors He has a strict clothing policy for men and women. "Our teams have the difficult task of implementing this policy and they do not always do it well," they said.

According to the company's regulations, customers who wear "inappropriate attire, including articles with slogans or shocking images, will not be able to travel unless it is possible to change clothes."