What is Delta Airlines’ dress code after passengers were removed for not wearing bra

Delta Airlines has recently gained attention for its alleged treatment of women for what they showed up wearing on one of their flights.

In the last two months there have been instances in which women were almost removed from planes because they were not wearing a bra. Here is what the airline’s rules state and whether or not a person can actually be removed for what they are wearing.

Delta has recently updated its Contract of Carriage, as of 12 March 2024, which is essentially their list of rules for passengers flying with them. Rule seven specifies its refusal to transport policies.

Various methods that Delta states will allow them to remove any passenger from its aircraft at any time include: government request, refusal to allow themselves or their property to be searched, refusal to produce appropriate identification, failure to comply with Delta’s rules or Contract of Carriage, and the passenger’s conduct or condition.

Under that section, the rule explains that a passenger may not be removed from a Delta flight for having a disability. “Delta will not refuse to provide transportation based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, or ancestry,” the rule reads.

In terms of a dress code, the airline does require that the passengers wear shoes and says they may be removed for being barefoot. The rule also states a passenger may be refused transportation, when “conduct, attire, hygiene or odor creates an unreasonable risk of offense or annoyance to other passengers”.

According to this rule the airline can make the decision to remove a passenger for not wearing a bra.

Last week, a woman said that Delta Airlines targeted her for not wearing a bra. During a news press conference on Thursday, 28 March, 38-year-old DJ Lisa Archbold held a news conference with her attorney, Gloria Allred, claiming that when she showed up to board her Delta Airlines flight at Salt Lake City Airport in January, she was singled out by airline staff. Archbold told the press: “I was targeted and humiliated.”

“It felt like a scarlet letter was being attached to me,” Archbold recalled of being escorted off the plane in baggy jeans and a loose white T-shirt with no bra. “I felt it was a spectacle aimed at punishing me for not being a woman in the way she thought I should be a woman as she scolded me outside of the plane.”

Once the…