Fitness influencer banned from flight for attempting to board ‘naked’ amid record-breaking heatwave

Edda Elisa, a fetching fitness influencer from Germany, was denied entry on a Lufthansa flight after a gate agent allegedly accused her of being “naked” as a “catastrophic” heatwave plagues Europe.

Elisa is fetching, but time and place do matter.

The gate agent is maintaining standards for public behavior, and Lufthansa should back her up.

Let’s be honest.

Elisa is too scantily clad for an MCU movie, so she is too scantily clad for a flight on Lufthansa.

‘Regression to the mean’ is a statistical phenomena that states that for every Elisa, there will be a Lizzo, 

Nobody wants to see that, so guidelines for proper attire are necessary.

A catastrophic heat wave has been plaguing Europe, but Elisa was at a major European airport.  Airports are air conditioned.

Elisa knew what she was doing when she dressed for a flight

The gate agent phrased it more professionally.

You can’t board like that.  You’re not wearing anything.  You’re naked.

Germans can be so concise.

Airlines do have guidelines for customer attire.  Lufthansa said,

it expects all passengers to wear clothing appropriate for public travel that does not negatively affect the comfort of travelers from different cultural backgrounds

When I was young, we flew non-rev because Dad worked for American Airlines.  There was a dress code for coach and a stricter one for first class.  That was about the time that the airline industry was deregulated, so tickets were still expensive and travelers dressed better.

Around 1990, I was taking business trips for Caterpillar.  I’d travel in khakis and an Oxford button shirt.  Some of my younger colleagues would travel as if they were going to a skate park or were playing in a softball game.  I still try to dress like a flight is an event.  

Dress codes are tricky.  If the guidelines are strict, then anything not addressed becomes a loophole.  The best approach is to keep the guidelines broad, explain that other passengers matter, and use enforcement to clarify.

High schools rely on teachers to flag inappropriate attire.  When the student shows up at the assistant principal’s office, the kid is directed to cover up.  Grab something from the lost-and-found if necessary. 

At North Royalton, there was some kind of fundraiser for victims of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.  T-shirts had been produced, and there were so many extras, office ladies are probably still handing them out to girls who are presenting excessive décolletage.