‘Model’ Behavior From Southwest?

Would you feel offended if your Southwest plane had an enormous decal of Sports Illustrated model Bar Refaeli on it? Or if you saw the plane in question—called “S.I. One”—at an airport?

Today in the Sky has a good roundup of some of the negative reactions the plane has generated.

A quick glimpse at the comments below a photo of the plane shared by Southwest via TwitPic reveals that some don’t care so much (one commenter wrote: “The Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition is mainstream, and hardly controversial”), some disapprove (another wrote: “Tacky and sexist. Boo”) and others just want to joke about it.

As for me, all humor aside, I say: I think it was in poor taste to put this image on a plane. It’s a step too far. (Via Today in the Sky)

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