Too Pretty to Fly? Does Judgment Equal Discrimination?

Can you really be too pretty too fly? According to Tampa Bay's Channel 10, two teenage girls are claiming that they were discriminated against by Southwest Airlines over their looks. Recently in the spotlight for asking a girl to cover up a provocative ensemble, Southwest Airlines are no strangers to passenger appearance controversy. I'm no stranger to the judging eyes of a flight attendant myself, as traveling with children can be an immediate turn off to many a flight attendant. However, the question is: Were these young girls really too pretty to fly, or is the public simply hearing only one side of the story? Even if the flight attendants judged the girls as pretty, does that necessarily mean they were discriminated against?

What happened with the two 18-year old Florida girls?

The pair is quoted as saying, "I think they were just discriminating against because we were young decent-looking girls. I mean, nobody else on the plane looked like us except us." They claim that they were ignored and then reprimanded by the flight attendants, who counter that they girls were causing in flight disruptions. They were removed from the flight and questioned by the FBI. The girls believe it was because of their appearance. Southwest Airlines stands by their decision to remove and question the girls.

Can you really be too pretty (or too thin, or too fat, or too noisy, or dressed too provocatively) to fly?

These girls clearly think so. They claim they were discriminated against because of their appearance. It wouldn't be the first time people have supposedly been discriminated against on airline flights.