Are Nisreen Swedberg and Sarah Williams Too Pretty to Fly on Southwest Airlines?

Southwest Airlines Spokesperson Says the Teenagers Were Being Disruptive In-Flight

Does Southwest Airlines discriminate against beautiful people? According to a report filed by Janie Porter of Tampa Bay's Channel 10 News, University of South Florida student Nisreen Swedberg and her friend Sarah Williams claim that a Southwest Airlines crew was rude to them on a flight from Tampa International Airport (TIA) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on February 14.

In Porter's report, Sarah Williams is quoted as saying "I think they were discriminating against us because we were young, decent-looking girls. I mean, nobody on the plane looked like us except us."

When reached by phone, Southwest Airlines spokeswoman Brandy King answered all questions about the incident, including the question of whether or not someone is "too pretty" to fly on Southwest Airlines.

Too Pretty to Fly Southwest Airlines: The Bottle of Water

According to the Janie Porter's report, Swedberg asked a flight attendant for a bottle of water and was told she could wait until the rest of the flight was served. "We don't serve bottles of water, just to be clear on that. We have cans of water and how I'm reading the report is the flight crew gets the plane ready to go and they typically take drink orders during the flight," King said.

Porter's report quoted Swedberg as saying "And I patiently waited and then when they came around with water, they skipped me." In response, King said "If a passenger has requested water, it typically comes served in a glass. We don't typically have a can for each passenger, so it comes in a glass, a plastic glass. I have nothing in my reports that indicates that any passengers were skipped when the beverage service was conducted."

Too Pretty to Fly Southwest: The Bathroom

Sarah Williams had to use the bathroom in-flight and, after waiting 15 minutes for a passenger to finish, she said she knocked on the door. "We do have two restrooms on board, one in the front of the aircraft and one in the back. If there is a passenger in one for an extended period of time, there's always a second option for using the aircraft (lavatory), but we do not limit passengers on the time they are using a lavatory," King said.