Woman Denied To Board JetBlue Flight Due To The Clothes She Was Wearing

A burlesque dancer from Seattle was asked to change clothes before boarding a flight from Boston back to Seattle. She recalled a JetBlue crew told her that the outfit she was wearing was inappropriate for the flight.

Maggie McMuffin told CBS News that she was stopped by JetBlue crew when she tried to board her connecting flight at Logan because she was wearing a tiger sweater, a thigh high socks and a pair of white shorts. She said she was told, "The flight crew had discussed it and the pilot had decided that I needed to put something else on or I would not be allowed to board the flight."

She recalled flying from New York to Boston on a JetBlue flight in the same outfit but did not have any problems boarding the aircraft. According to 9news, McMuffin said she was surprised during the second leg of her trip home when the flight crew in Boston had something to say about what she had on. "A few minutes before boarding was set to start, the gate lead approached me and said there was a problem and that what I was wearing was not appropriate," said Maggie. "And they were hoping I could put something else on. And I informed them that I didn't have anything else. I had two small carry-ons with me, and they suggested I go buy something."

McMuffin hurriedly ran to a store in the airport terminal to buy a $22 pair of extra-large women's pajama bottoms to make sure that there was "proper coverage" in order for her to continue her journey home. The Toronto Sun reported that since what happened, JetBlue has already reimbursed Maggie for the cost of the pajama bottoms she had purchased and the airline company also offered her a $162 credit for a future flight with them.

However, despite these gestures, McMuffin still feels like she was hugely disrespected.

"It was a nice gesture," she said. "But I don't really want to fly JetBlue again and they told me they couldn't give me a cash refund."