After Barring Girls for Leggings, United Airlines Defends Decision
Source: New York Times
United Airlines barred two women from boarding a flight on Sunday morning and required a child to change into a dress after a gate agent decided the leggings they were wearing were inappropriate. That set off waves of anger on social media, with users criticizing what they called an intrusive, sexist policy, but the airline maintained its support for the gate agent’s decision.
The two women, who were about to board a flight to Minneapolis, were turned away at the gate at Denver International Airport, the company said on Sunday. United doubled down on that decision, defending it in a series of tweets on Sunday.
The incident was first reported on Twitter by Shannon Watts, a passenger at the airport who was waiting to board a flight to Mexico. In a telephone interview from Mexico on Sunday afternoon, Ms. Watts said she noticed two visibly upset teenage girls leaving the gate next to hers. Both were wearing leggings.
Ms. Watts went over to the neighboring gate and saw a “frantic” family with two young girls, one of whom was also wearing leggings, engaged in a tense exchange with a gate agent who told them, “I don’t make the rules, I just enforce them.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/us/united-airlines-leggings.html
Do terrorists wear leggings?
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United says they fly as representatives of the airline.. Do they carry a big sign that says I fly for free? I represent the airline?
Other passengers don't have a clue who they are. Even if regular passengers did, why would they expect any travelers to look that much different than they do? Apparently not, as the witness ,Sharon Watts, was quite upset with United's behavior.
So, to save a black eye... United gave themselves a big black eye. 
are leggings something I don't understand?????
Is that all they are wearing???
Or at least a little more understandable. Similar to the to the idea that sex is dirty and the slightest hint of something that could be considered of showing sexual content is impolite. The real implication is just like any other thing in the male oriented strata comes in contact with. It is the idea that thing either must be controlled by them or eliminated if it is within the range of the senses.
Just like hippies or anything else that upsets the apple cart, if it doesn't fit this society monkey trained envisioned model it must be pushed aside 
I'm thinking that a number of people working at the airport (unlike "Joe Other Passenger On The Flight"
... become aware at some point that folks are flying on a 'pass' from the airline.
Some of those folks are probably employees of the airline itself (like the flight attendants on the flight, for example).
It may seem 'stodgy' if you will, but you're enjoying a benefit provided by a family member's employer. It's a privilege, not a right. And they most likely 'have their reasons', and those reasons should be respected, even if they seem 'stupid' ... to you.
Good grief! Is everything a corporate act of aggression these days?
The fact is United workers and their guests are expected to look nice and presentable when traveling. They can even dress very casually, but they do need to follow a dress code.
Leggings look nice with longer tops, but I've been seeing severely overweight women in leggings with tops that don't cover their crotch and butt and expose rolls of fat. They look sloppy. (I am included in the quite overweight category, and would never dress like that.)
So, I suppose it's better to enforce the dress code for all body types and ages. Or do we have a special dress code for women who don't look good in leggings? 
United expects their employees and guests to look nice - even if dressing very casually - when traveling on free passes. I see nothing wrong with that.
