Unsupportive T-shirt bars flight home

[TackleTheWorld]

Alex in New Jersey calls Porc411 to report a Philadelphia Intl Airport bureaucrat wont let him on a plane because they don't like his clothing.  His shirt says "I Do not Support The Troops"  and "Military Men Are Paid Killers".

More news soon, I hope.

[280]

What if he had a tattoo that said one of those phrases? He couldn't just turn his shirt inside out to cover that up.

[Kat Kanning]

I just got off the phone with Alex.  He said he refused to cover up the shirt and was allowed to board the plane anyway.  His plane was about to take off so I'll have more for the article later.

[TackleTheWorld]

Yay!  Hope Alex tells us how he did it.

[Mike Barskey]

Fantastic! I wonder if he recorded any conversations he had about it. I'm looking forward to hearing about that interaction.

[FTL_Ian]

Do we know if it was airline staff or bureaucrats that tried to stop him?

[Kat Kanning]

I wasn't able to ask him much.  His flight was about to take off so he had to get off the phone.  He said he'd contact us later, though.

[KBCraig]

His second call (after he landed in Atlanta) said that it was a pilot who said he had to cover his shirt, but no one else challenged him. He boarded his flight and went on his way.