Southwest Airlines, the carrier that perfected making air travel feel like bus travel before everyone else with its scramble-for-your-seat policy, is at it again. SWA’s latest cutting edge innovation is threatening to kick off a passenger who was minding her own business because her outfit was deemed “too revealing.”

I guess those Southwest flight attendants who make those zany, corny jokes aren’t so chipper these days?

They threatened to kick her off the flight? She should have been given a lifetime pass to fly SWA for free instead. Everyone who travels regularly knows there are a lot of ugly people hurling through the sky. A little eye candy is good for the morale of everyone in this high tension, colored-coded world. And the woman in question - 23-year-old Kyla Ebbert - works at Hooters, which clearly confirms her right to wear a skirt as short as she wishes.

It’s not like they booted Rosie O’Donnell from the flight for wearing a micro mini. If someone like myself shows up in a half shirt, by all means, unleash the full force of the FAA to save us all. But if it’s a curvy 23-year-old blonde who works at Hooters … we’re good thanks. Go steal a 5-year-old’s toothpaste instead.

It wasn’t like Ebbert was traveling to Salt Lake City either. She was going from San Diego to Tucson. From one babe magnet golf destination to another.

Unlike my WorldGolf.com colleague William K. Wolfrum who believes that airport security should consist of a passengers honor policy (just tell us if you plan to blow up the plane, we’ll say pretty please!), I’m usually all for airline measures. I was even fine with the liquids ban.

But raising a fuss over a short skirt, one you could see in any mall in America? That’s going too far. What about the constitutional right to travel next to a babe?

You can check out pictures of Ebbert in her “offending” outfit here. For research purposes of course.

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