Brad Posted February 22, 2008 Group: Admin Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 97,047 Reputation: 10,834 Days Won: 469 Joined: 05/19/2000 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Too pretty to fly? By: Janie Porter Tampa, Florida – Prejudice against pretty? That's the claim from a pair of 18-year-old best friends from Oldsmar who were escorted off a Southwest Airlines plane. USF student Nisreen Swedberg and friend Sarah Williams claim the flight crew was rude to them from the moment they stepped onto the plane at Tampa International Airport on February 14. Swedberg said she asked a flight attendant for a bottle of water and was told she could wait until the rest of the flight was served. “And I patiently waited and then when they came around with water, they skipped me,†Swedberg said. At one point, Williams had to use the plane's bathroom. She saw another passenger in it, and when he hadn't come out 15 minutes later, she knocked on the door. When he came out, Williams says the man came over to her seat and yelled a profanity at her. Williams admits she yelled a profanity back at him but was puzzled when she says the flight crew only questioned her. “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,†she said. “[The flight attendants] were like older ladies. We were younger. Who knows, they could have been just jealous of us because we were younger.†Southwest defends the incident, saying the women caused a disruption on the flight. When the plane landed in Los Angeles, the women were escorted off by four uniformed police officers and later questioned by the FBI. Nearly two hours later, the women were released. No charges were filed. Still, Williams and Swedberg say they were banned from all future Southwest Airlines flights, including their scheduled flight home to Tampa. Swedberg spent $419.50 on a one-way return ticket and arrived at TIA on Monday. Williams is still in Los Angeles trying to find a cheaper flight home. She hopes to be back to Tampa by Saturday. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flsportsfan83 Posted February 22, 2008 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 17,496 Reputation: 1,250 Days Won: 13 Joined: 08/16/2004 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I think there is more to this story. The airlines dont kick people off for no reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yung Money Posted February 22, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 118 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/19/2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I don't think the FBI just goes and questions random people for the hell of it, there has to be more to the story. If the FBI is really going around and questioning college girls because they asked for water, and knocked on a bathroom door while on an airplane than there really is something wrong with the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crambone Posted February 22, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 9,038 Reputation: 101 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/18/2006 Share Posted February 22, 2008 meh...7/10 at best. Maybe 8/10 after four beers' time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
On_the_Chip Posted February 22, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 1,297 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/07/2006 Share Posted February 22, 2008 drizunk hizores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz7943 Posted February 23, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 1,219 Reputation: 5 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/09/2007 Share Posted February 23, 2008 I think there is more to this story. The airlines dont kick people off for no reason. The article only gives one side...These girls are full of themsleves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usfbulls2004 Posted February 24, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 2,118 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/21/2004 Share Posted February 24, 2008 there is more to the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
___ Eats It Posted February 26, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 8,158 Reputation: 107 Days Won: 3 Joined: 02/11/2004 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I would do them.(just kidding honey...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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