SEATTLE (KOMO) -- A Seattle burlesque dancer says an airline stripped away her dignity when they told her to change her clothes if she wanted to fly. 
 
 
 
 The performer, whose stage name is Maggie McMuffin, says she was flying on JetBlue when an airline worker approached and said the pilot decided her shorts were inappropriate. McMuffin says it was her only outfit and offered a compromise. 
 
 "I could tie a sweater around my waist," she said. "I could get a blanket from you guys, and they said, 'If you don't change your clothes, you're not going to be able to board this flight.' " 
 
 Passengers at SeaTac Airport had mixed reactions to the story. Some travelers, such as Maryanne Garner, said the shorts aren't appropriate for flying. 
 
 "I would hate to sit next to someone dressed like that, honestly," she said. 
 
 
 
 But others, like Kendall Merry, says "to each their own." 
 
 "I wouldn't wear them on a plane, but she is welcome to," Merry said. 
 
 A JetBlue spokesperson says, "Our contract of carriage allows JetBlue to deny boarding to any customer whose clothing may be offensive to the viewing public." The spokesperson also said, "we support our crewmembers' discretion to make these difficult decisions." 
 
 McMuffin says JetBlue offered to rebook her flight, but instead she ran through the terminal and bought another pair of shorts in order to catch her original flight. After the ordeal, she says she feels disrespected and outraged. 
 
 "I would say body shaming and slut shaming more than outright sexism, but it is really hard to remove those two things from misogyny," she said. 
 
 JetBlue offered an apology and a $162 flight credit, but McMuffin thinks the airline should offer sensitivity training to its pilots. She also believes the company should be more clear with its customer expectations. 
 
 
 
 ||||| A JetBlue passenger is accusing the airline of "body-shaming and slut-shaming" after she says she was told her shorts were too skimpy for the skies. 
 
 The passenger, a burlesque dancer who goes by the stage name Maggie McMuffin, says she was about to board a Seattle-bound JetBlue flight in Boston on May 18 when a crew member told her she would have to change her clothes because her black and white shorts "may offend other families." 
 
 McMuffin says she tried to reason with the crew member, suggesting some possible ways to cover up. "[I said], 'I could tie a sweater around my waist,'" she told ABC's Seattle affiliate, KOMO-TV. "'I could get a blanket from you guys.' And they said, 'If you don't change your clothes, you're not going to be able to board this flight.'" 
 
 She says she was eventually allowed to board the flight after buying new clothing at a kiosk. 
 
 Two weeks after the incident, JetBlue is standing by its decision, saying that after "the gate and onboard crew discussed the customer's clothing," its employees determined "other families" might have been offended by the outfit. 
 
 "We support our crew members' discretion to make these difficult decisions, and we decided to reimburse the customer for the cost of the new shorts and offered a credit for future flight as a goodwill gesture," the airline said in a statement released to ABC News today. 
 
 McMuffin said no gesture could wipe away the shame she felt as a woman allegedly being told to cover up. 
 
 "I would say body-shaming and slut-shaming more than outright sexism, but it is really hard to remove those two things from misogyny," she told KOMO-TV. 
 
 A picture of McMuffin wearing the shorts, posted on Facebook last week by a friend, has gone viral, with comments both in favor and against the outfit. 
 
 "It's shorts, people! She looks super cute. Everything is covered," one person wrote. 
 
 "It's completely inappropriate," another countered. ||||| 0 Seattle burlesque performer: Airline did not allow me to board plane because of my short shorts 
 
 SEATTLE - A woman is upset after she says she was not allowed to board a plane bound for Seattle because of her short shorts. 
 
 Burlesque performer Maggie McMuffin leaves it all on the stage in her shows in Seattle. 
 
 But she says a recent bout with airline JetBlue has left her feelings bruised. 
 
 "I felt very disrespected," she told KIRO 7 News. 
 
 On May 18, she was at the Boston airport waiting to catch a connecting flight to Seattle. 
 
 She flew from New York to Boston earlier that day wearing a long-sleeve sweater, thigh-high socks and short shorts. 
 
 She says she had been standing by the gate for about 45 minutes when a gate lead approached her. 
 
 "Told me that she was really sorry for bringing this up but just what I was wearing was not appropriate and the flight crew had discussed it and the pilot had decided that I needed to put something else on or I would not be allowed to board the flight," she said. 
 
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 Her shorts were deemed too short. 
 
 She says she didn’t have any other clothes with her and offered to tie the sweater around her waist, and even asked for a blanket but was not allowed. 
 
 She says she was offered to be booked on another flight. 
 
 She felt forced into searching the airport and finally buying $22 sleep trunks just to get home. 
 
 She questions the subjective rules since she went through the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint and was not questioned during her first flight. 
 
 “I was told it was the pilot's final say so these are official rules that can be broken," she said. 
 
 KIRO 7 News asked JetBlue to respond. The company’s spokesman released this statement: 
 
 “The gate and on board crew discussed the customer’s clothing and determined that the burlesque shorts may offend other families on the flight. While the customer was not denied boarding, the crew members politely asked if she could change. The customer agreed and continued on the flight without interruption. 
 
 We support our crew members’ discretion to make these difficult decisions, and we decided to reimburse the customer for the cost of the new shorts and offered a credit for future flight as a good will gesture.” 
 
 KIRO 7 News asked if she would have still been allowed to board had she decided not to change. 
 
 Spokesman Doug McGraw said he could not speak to a “hypothetical.” 
 
 Maggie says she made no mention of her occupation before or after the confrontation. 
 
 Asked if she looks back and sees any possible problem with her outfit, Maggie responded: 
 
 “I've seen people online that say this looks like underwear because of the shape but I have walked around in outfits like that before," she said. 
 
 “I feel like it’s just a symptom of our patriarchal society that women are sold scantily clad things and if we choose to wear them we can be punished for that.” 
 
 Maggie did get a credit of almost $200 from JetBlue and a refund for her sleep trunks, but she wants the pilot to apologize, a clear dress code for airline passengers and a cash or a larger refund on the flight. 
 
 According to a CNN report in 2011, JetBlue “warns that it can remove passengers whose clothing is lewd, obscene or patently offensive.” 
 
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– A burlesque dancer trying to get home to Seattle from Boston earlier this month was told her shorts were simply too short to fly, KIRO reports. According to ABC News, the passenger—who goes by the stage name Maggie McMuffin—was preparing to board a JetBlue flight May 18 when she was told her shorts and thigh-high socks "may offend other families." McMuffin, having no other clothes, offered to tie her sweater around her waist or put a blanket over her legs. An airline worker, who said the decision was the pilot's, wasn't having it. “They said, 'If you don't change your clothes, you're not going to be able to board this flight,'" McMuffin tells KOMO. A spokesperson for JetBlue says the airline can keep passengers from flying if their clothing is "offensive to the viewing public." McMuffin had to hustle to buy $22 sleep trunks at the airport in order to make her flight. JetBlue reimbursed her for the shorts and gave her a voucher worth nearly $200, but she says that's not enough. “I feel very disrespected," she tells KIRO. McMuffin says she was the victim of "body shaming and slut shaming" and "misogyny." She wants an apology from the pilot, a refund on her flight, and for JetBlue to institute a clearer dress code. “I've seen people online that say this looks like underwear because of the shape, but I have walked around in outfits like that before," she tells KIRO.