I'm too Sexy for this plane...

Given the terrifying world we live in, you'd image there are many sensible reasons to be kicked off a flight. Take Dr. Ahmed Farooq, for example, who decided to loudly and obnoxiously start his Islamic evening prayers on a busy airplane full of nervous passengers.

But getting refused permission to fly because your skirt's too short? That's absurd.

Yet it's what happened to 23 year old Kyla Ebbert, who was nearly refused permission to fly on an Southwest Airlines flight because she was 'dressed too provocatively.'

Southwest spokesman Chris Mainz says that airlines reserve the right to refuse service if customers wear clothing that might cause discomfort or offense to other passengers. But a short skirt? Ebbert's clothing was far less offensive than her bright orange fake-bake tan.

Would passengers be offended by Kyla's outfit? Only puriant evangelicals and fundementalist muslims as far as I can tell - and who'd want to be stuck next to either of them for a long-haul flight?

Besides, what with banning peanuts on board - just in case somebody, somewhere has a peanut allergy - it seems all this time spent worrying about other imaginary people and their hypotethetical problems has ended up giving the actual paying customer a pretty shoddy deal.

Who knows what was going through Southwest Airline's mind when they made the poorly-considered decision to accost Kyla Ebbert?

Personally, I'd prefer they spend less time worrying about the length of pretty girl's skirts and more time preventing crashes, hijackings and snakes on the plane.