Update! Southwest comments on whether we're too pretty to fly!
Last week's article on the two young ladies escorted off a Southwest Airlines plane after causing a ruckus caused quite a stir. Seems that many people feel that the girls got what they deserved and were misbehaving on the plane-- while others have jumped to their defense.Unfortunately, most of the details on the issue are still speculation, so we can't really make any definitive statements on who was actually at fault. But Paula Berg from Southwest did decide to chime in on the unfolding events.
She says:
" It is important to clarify a few points:
1. The two ladies are not "banned" from ever traveling on Southwest in the future.
2. Our Crews' decision had nothing to do with the ladies' appearance, but rather their behavior and interaction with another Customer onboard.
3. Our Employees have an obligation to maintain a safe environment onboard.
Clearly, we would have gone out of business a long time ago if we discriminated against beautiful women – or anyone for that matter. We carry 96 million Customers a year, and they're all beautiful in our eyes! "
Perhaps, as the original Gadling article speculated, things have just been blown out of proportion.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Feb 26th 2008 @ 11:18AM
Jenny Sue said...
What a waste of time and energy. Time being all the people such as myself wasting there time reading this B.S. Don't they have anything better to do??? Energy as in I belive there are more important things that the news, Southwest, and those girls could be using all that wastfull energy on. Such as the WAR, Education, and World peace. What kind of world are we living in that these girls think there actuall going to make a buck off this please get a life.
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Feb 26th 2008 @ 12:11PM
Shari said...
Personally, I didn't think either one of these young women was exceptionally beautiful, but in their minds they think they are.
What is sad is the attitude of these young women, lets call it "Paris-wanna-be" attitude, they think their looks entitle them to special treatment and such, and they don't.
Beverage, water and alike are not served till a certain point in the flight, get over yourself, grow up, no-one owes you anything, you could have brought your own bottle of water.
Because of Paris Hilton and the Hollywood young, we are going to see a generation of women who are totally worthless, for some reason they think they are entitled to the rich and famous life style just because of their looks. Outer beauty needs something to back it up, such as intelligence, personality, grace, character, without integrity and the above mentioned, beauty turns can turn really ugly quickly..
As a beautiful older woman, I shake my head at the younger generation of women, please I beg of you, get some class, read a book, serve your community, get your face out of the mirror and contribute.
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Feb 26th 2008 @ 2:01PM
Sara said...
While I do not agree that what these 2 ladies did, how they acted and so on-Shari, I have to "shake my head" at you as well. You claim the "younger generation" needs to get some class, read a book--etc etc.
I am young (23), a woman and beautiful but I am also very educated and not a "Paris-wanna-be".
There is nothing wrong with taking a look in the mirror in the mornings-or out of the bathroom at times. You claim that you are beautiful-how would you ever know that if you didn't look in the mirror? (Did I take your comment literally? I sure did.)
My point, Shari--what these ladies did was ignorant but not all of us from the younger generation are self absorbed, idiotic, know-it-alls. Some of us have managed to get our acts together quite well. Next time you run across a decent looking person that is acting a fool, remember there is another sitting in a library somewhere working on a degree...paper...life...or just plain reading. It's us boring people working on bettering ourselves that will NEVER make it into your news for you to comment freely on.
So please, I beg of you, stop making a sweeping generalization of women that are at very least, decent looking, for we aren't all as idiotic as the two that made this story what it is.
Feb 27th 2008 @ 9:47AM
Bosco said...
I have to agree with you 100 percent. Some of you younger gals may disagree. But look at the behavior of this current generation of girls. Girls gone wild, excessive drinking, promiscuity, look at me me me! They constantly worry about how much and what they eat in front of people, but yet will sit there and have drink after drink after drink without a thought to all the alcohol they are putting down their throats.
There is no shame, class or self respect in this generation of girls.
Feb 27th 2008 @ 3:45AM
kate said...
Shari does not seem to be making the statement that ALL younger women are vapid---but she makes an astute observation about an alarming trend----young women who feel entitled and full of themselves based on very little. Just watch television and you'll see hordes of average looking girls on reality shows who are convinced the world revolves around them. These two on Southwest are as common as cockroaches. Average looking women who delude themselves that they are so very special--and don't seem to have a clue that this specialness exists only in their own minds. Where's the data to back up their feeling of entitlement? WHere are their awards, recognition by peers, accomplishments? The very idea that a hard working flight attendant would single out these "great beauties" out of jealousy is so ludicrous I cringe for them. I personally have modeled, worked in television etc. and find that kudos based on looks--even real kudos---are very empty anyway. And, btw, in my observation, people actually treat good looking people a bit better than those who aren't--not fair, but true. No one is rude to someone who is beautiful and also is nice.
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Feb 28th 2008 @ 11:08AM
AnneM said...
Kudos to you, Sara, for being an example of good judgment, productivity, and responsibility. No, there's certainly nothing wrong with being the best person (physically and socially) that you can be. But I would think that you would be angrier than anyone to have these women getting publicity and, therefore, setting the example for your age group. I know of many women through my children in the college to 30 age group that are way too comfortable with rude behavior and profanity that was much less common or accepted in the former generations. I realize that exposure to the many types of media may be part of the reason but personal choice and responsibility for one's own behavior is the only thing that can overcome this trend. I am quite dismayed at Kyla Ebbert's mother's support of her. She has to be as ignorant and money-hungry as her air-head, homely, overly fake-tanned daughter.
Sara, thank God for you. You are one of the few that gives us hope for the future. Lead by example.
Feb 27th 2008 @ 5:20AM
poll said...
Check out this poll I made with the two girls' picture: are those girls really too pretty to fly?
http://www.pollsb.com/polls/poll/6760/are-uf-students-nisreen-swedberg-and-sarah-williams-too-pretty-to-fly
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Feb 28th 2008 @ 11:07AM
AnneM said...
It's pretty clear to me that they probably thought this a cheap way to get attention and offers from the porn magazines like the first "discriminated-against-me-because-I'm-beautiful" twit did. Nuff said. It was a career move.
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Feb 29th 2008 @ 12:03PM
RightsaidFred said...
I have no problems flying on Southwest even though I am "too sexy for my shirt"
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Feb 29th 2008 @ 12:34PM
Michelle said...
These 2 are about as pretty as my dog's behind! At 18 you'd think they'd learned about getting what you give and if it's an attitude, no one should be surprised they weren't served a bottle of water! Good luck and good riddens to these 2. I am embarassed for them...what a way to open yourself to public scrutiny..."too pretty!" Girls, take the 15 seconds of fame you earned and put it to good use. I hope mommy and daddy took the price of those new airline tickets out of your allowance!!! Rock on SWA...I wouldn't have done it any different :)
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