Oregon woman kicked off flight in Reno over offensive shirt

Oregon woman kicked off flight in Reno over offensive shirt

I fly them all the time, but if they don't change something about the way they handle situations like this, I will choose another carrier for my west coast flights.


A Portland woman's flight home was stopped short in Reno, all because the message on the T-shirt she was wearing.

Heasley boarded her flight Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, headed for Portland, Oregon with a stopover in Reno. But when Southwest Airlines employees asked her to cover her shirt, her stop over became a stop off her flight.

The shirt had pictures of members of the Bush Administration, and a phrase based on the movie "Meet the Fockers," but with one crucial vowel changed.

Southwest Airlines told Heasley she could take a different flight home if she changed her shirt. She refused and opted to rent a car and drive home.