Ms. Watts went over to the neighboring gate and saw a “frantic” family with two young girls, one of whom was also wearing
leggings, engaged in a tense exchange with a gate agent who told them, “I don’t make the rules, I just enforce them.”
Ms. Watts said the girl’s mother told her the two teenagers had just been turned away
because the gate agent said their pants were not appropriate travel attire.
After Barring Girls for Leggings, United Airlines Defends Decision -
By LIAM STACKMARCH 26, 2017
United Airlines barred two teenage girls from boarding a flight on Sunday morning
and required a child to change into a dress after a gate agent decided the leggings they were wearing were inappropriate.
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Jonathan Guerin, a spokesman for United, confirmed
that two teenage girls were told they could not board a flight from Denver to Minneapolis because their leggings violated the company’s dress code policy for “pass travelers,” a company benefit that allows United employees and their dependents to travel for free on a standby basis.
They’re a staple, a go-to clothing item.”
Mr. Guerin said the company was aware of the criticism leveled at its social media team, but said they were “working as hard as they can.”
“We could have stopped to immediately ask the right questions,” he said.
