Well, they let the family of their employees fly for free. That sounds pretty friendly to me.

The policy specifically prohibits leggings.

True, but when I go into a restaurant my corporation manages, I don’t dress in casual clothing, I don’t get belligerently drunk, and so on and so forth. Bottom line: These people received a free flight for a non related work experience on behalf of their employer, that asks that they observe the bare minimum of…

I don’t disagree that the enforcement is uneven but it is on the pass traveler to dress as if they all adhere to the stricter standards. In this case it rests on the parents to ensure their kid is dressed for that. My mom worked for Northwest when I was growing up so we had to dress to the nines when we went anywhere…

this. I had a partner for a while with 2 retired United parents - they got several ‘pass flights’ a year as part of their retirement package. The steerage thing is bang on, the example I was given was that a stand-by dog would go before me-the-pass-person, and every time I was lectured up, down and sideways by both…

I’m really not sure how this became such an object of rage, other than the ham-handed social media specialist who did a poor job of replying to the initial dust-up on Twitter. As explained, if they were flying on their own dime, they could wear whatever they want to wear. If the airline is supplying them with free…

C’mon. There’s no universe in which leggings, for anybody, are dressy. The over-the-top protestations aside, most dress codes aren’t particularly onerous. There are a lot of ways for women and girls to be comfortable and still meet guidelines.

Me too. My dad flew NWA. As a kid, if we wanted to fly non-rev from Seattle to Omaha in August for a cousin’s wedding, it was tights, dresses, sweaters, dress shoes (basically my outfit for the wedding), a red-eye flight, 17-minute layover in MSP (which would turn into a 7-hour layover if our connecting flight was…

I a am a United Pass Traveller. When you are signed onto the employees benefits, you are made well-aware of the requirements when accepting this pretty sweet deal. This is a non-story.

When I was younger we frequently used “buddy passes” obtained from family friends which is Delta’s version of this system. Even as a high schooler I would dress in business casual to meet the guidelines.

right, this is news to people who never knew there was a dress code for airline employees. the person tweeting about this (SURPRISE!) didn’t understand the fucking policy, immediately saw sexism, and went straight to the rage machine. the parent should have known the rules before she got to the airport.

My husband’s grandpa worked for American airlines and they flew standby as kids all the time. They dressed up. It was required because you may end up traveling in first class. These folks were flying for almost free. People feel so entitled. I dress comfy to fly because the airline industry makes flying extremely…

Yeah, so employees and their families should dress as befits the standards of the company for whom they are employed, which is also paying for them to fly? QUEL SUPRISE!!!!

When my sister worked for United, we all had and followed the dress code for people getting basically free flights. And often, she and her kids would end up in first class. I really don’t see anything wrong with this policy. The passengers using the pass should have been aware of it too and dressed appropriately. …

I don’t get those alerts for blondes either. Like I said, I only get alerts when there’s specific actionable information. Like a license plate number. There’s only one car with the plate ETZ-468. If I see that plate, I’ll call. But there are a lot of 5'6" blondes, so don’t waste my time.

If this was a business meeting, then my opinion is different, however the facts as currently stated says they went there for an “outing” not for a business meeting. Unless she was expected to be there for some not-yet-stated reason this whole thing is a non-story except for the, seemingly unnecessary, shady action of…

We have a minimum basic income. Food stamps, medicaid, subsidized housing, etc... are all programs designed to care for people’s basic needs when they cannot. There’s no need to provide extra money on top of that, or to provide that money to people who can take care of their own needs.

christ, you too?despite the “patriarchy” korean women are pretty empowered and among the most educated in the world. their country elected a woman president BEFORE the usa. prostitution SHOULD be legalized and women should call the shots, as MANY DO in korea
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That “lies” part is definite BS. So if a guy says he’s the starting QB of the Longhorns next year, so a woman gives it up, but he’s actually the water boy, that has suddenly become rape? Really?

I want to stress that I’m on team “rape is wildly unreported and a fucking massive problem,” (I was assaulted in college and never reported it), but I’m not sure how I feel about the inclusion of “coercion such as lies.” Obviously I haven’t seen the survey, so presumably, hopefully, it was phrased differently and was…