Burlesque dancer told to change outfit before JetBlue flight
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A JetBlue plane took off at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in April 2013. A burlesque dancer says JetBlue employees at Boston’s Logan International Airport forced her to change clothes before she was allowed to board a connecting flight to Seattle.
BOSTON » A burlesque dancer says JetBlue employees at Boston’s Logan International Airport forced her to change clothes before she was allowed to board a connecting flight to Seattle.
The 26-year-old dancer uses the stage name Maggie McMuffin. She tells The Boston Globe she was waiting for her flight May 18 when a JetBlue employee requested that she change out of her high-waisted shorts or risk not being admitted onto the plane.
McMuffin says her black-and-white short shorts “covered everything” and her body was “90 percent” covered, given that she was also wearing thigh-high socks and a sweater.
JetBlue spokesman Doug McGraw says airline employees discussed McMuffin’s clothing and determined it might offend families on the flight.
McMuffin complied but called it embarrassing and vowed to never fly JetBlue again.
17 responses to “Burlesque dancer told to change outfit before JetBlue flight”
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Do we need cloths cops to tell us what we can wear &/or can’t wear? Interestingly enough judges in our court rooms require male lawyers before the court to wear ties.
Only if they think it is offensively against society’s code of decency! Personally, decent clothing to keep one warm in the usually cold interior of an airplane is an act of common sense – a rare thing these days!
There’s a dress code for female attorneys too. I know a judge who throw out a female attorney until she changed clothes.
Court rooms are freezing cold. I guess it’s because judges are wearing heavy robes. Attorneys and witnesses need winter clothing even in Hawaii.
This is news worthy of print? Must be a slow news day!
Why do the story if there are no pics?
Why show the pic of an airplane?
Dowdy airline workers! Would enjoy a flight with a stripper on board as long as she doesn’t spoil the furniture with her nakedness. Perhaps I am a dirty ole man
A G string would cover the essentials too, but I don’t think you board a flight wearing that.
Why not? Are you offended? Or are you afraid of having the birds and bees talk with your kids, even though they are 21.
That’s one sexy airplane!
Sounds like Maggie McMuffin just wanted publicity…and she got it.
Unfortunately, a lot of these dancers are slightly over the hill.
“burlesque dancer”!! Haven’t heard that in decades! You mean “stripper”??
Fee publicity for an over-the-hill dancer. And nice ordering of photos. First, you see the “provocative” shorts, front and back. Next, the big phallic symbols of the jet AND the tower.
Burlesque? She can sue for age discrimination.
Granny panties are not appropriate attire for an airline flight.