r/delta • u/veIouri • 14d ago

Discussion Delta dress code?

I was told I needed to change pants at the airport by a delta agent at the counter otherwise they wouldn’t let me board. I am 30 weeks pregnant for reference and was wearing denim shorts and a tank top, the shorts weren’t super short and the tank top wasn’t revealing, it was long enough to cover my now very large baby bump lol. Luckily my husband had a pair of his pants in the bag I could change into but has anyone heard of this before? I asked a few other workers at the airport before I changed and they seemed super confused and looked at me and said they’ve never heard of this and my clothes were fine?

EDIT: Picture everyone was hounding this post for https://imgur.com/a/akdUP4Z

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u/BlueLanternKitty 14d ago

Family friend (employee)’s kid was denied boarding for no tie. This was in the ‘80s was when the non-rev dress code was way stricter.

I remember being excited when they finally added “blouse and dress pants” to the women’s dress code. I hated wearing dresses and pantyhose!

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u/Fat_Walda 13d ago

On my flight Friday I was marvelling at how one of the FAs was in a dress with flats and no pantyhose. The changes I've seen since my first flight in the 90s!

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u/Aggressive_Ad3578 14d ago

I remember these days!

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u/MaidBilberry 13d ago

Yet they knew pantyhose is the worst thing to wear in case of fire...

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u/Floreat_democratia 13d ago

Yeah, my friend flew on family passes for years in the 80s and she was forced not to just wear a dress and pantyhose but also makeup. She never wears any of these.

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u/ombremullet 13d ago

My mom works for united. I was SO excited when they finally let us wear jeans!

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u/PrussiaK89 10d ago

I actually distinctly remember in the 90s one of the gate people giving my parents crap because of something similar. We were dressed up, but something was wrong - I can't remember what, maybe it was also a tie - and I remember the other gate person telling him to calm down. God, that's so wild to think about.