Airlines insult woman passenger; cover up 'offensive' Crop Top or leave flight

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Passenger Emily O'Connor ordered to "cover up" her crop top or be removed from a plane.
Passenger Emily O'Connor ordered to "cover up" her crop top or be removed from a plane.

New Delhi : In a bizarre incident, a woman passenger of Thomas Cook Airlines was humiliated for the attire she was wearing. She was ordered to "cover up" her crop top or be removed from a plane. Later, the airlines have apologized for their unacceptable deeds.

Passenger Emily O'Connor wrote on Twitter that while preparing to fly March 2 from Birmingham in the United Kingdom to the Canary Islands, she was informed by Thomas Cook staff that her cropped top with spaghetti straps and high-waist pants that exposed a section of her midriff was "inappropriate" and "causing offense."

Yet, Emily went through the airport security, but then at least four staff members surrounded her once she boarded her flight and said they will remove her from the plane if she didn't change her dress. 

In an interview with The Sun, a UK based tabloid, Emily called the incident "the most sexist, misogynistic, embarrassing experience of my life."

"A gent two rows behind me was wearing shorts and a vest top and nothing was said to him," she told the media.

The lady said she asked other passengers nearby if they were offended by her outfit, to which no one replied. Her humiliation was intensified, she said, when someone from the airline made comments over the speaker about the situation.

It left her "shaking and upset," she wrote.

Emily also claims she was harassed by another man on the plane, who shouted, "Shut up you pathetic woman, put a f---ing jacket on." The crew did nothing in response, she said.

Later, her cousin gave her a jacket to wear, but flight staff did not leave until she "psychically put it on."

According to a statement in The Post Wednesday, a spokesman for the airline said Thomas Cooks's cabin services director spoke with Emily personally to offer an apology.

Following an investigation into the incident, the airline says it wants to apologize to Emily again.

"We are sorry that we upset Ms O'Connor. It's clear we could have handled the situation better," the statement read. "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."

Outside of a footwear requirement, the airline's policy specifies articles of clothing with offensive slogans or images, according to a copy of the policy sent to The Post. Thomas Cook says passengers who wear inappropriate attire "will not be permitted to travel unless a change of clothes is possible."