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Low-riding pants may be the bane of moms to teenage boys all over the country. But are they really more than a sartorial faux pas? Southwest Airlines thinks so, having booted Green Day hard rocker, Billie Joe Armstrong, off a flight in California for his saggy bottoms.
Clearly shocked, Armstrong immediately tweeted about it: "Just got kicked off a southwest flight because my pants sagged too low! What the f*ck? No joke!"
Being the modern age and all, the war was waged with a return tweet by the airline: "Very sorry for your experience tonight, someone from our Customer Relations Team will reach out to you to get more details."
When a flight attendant asked Armstrong to pull his pants up, he reportedly asked: "Don't you have better things to do then worry about that?" (Like get the celebrity a beer)
Sadly, this isn't the first such incident involving low riders. In June a US Airways passenger was arrested after he refused to pull up his saggy pants. Prosecutors later said they would not file charges against him.
Are airlines taking their power too far? Do they have a right to refuse a passenger on the basis of wardrobe, provided no (X-rated) flesh is actually on show?