Tampa airport issues pajama ban, triggering social media firestorm over dress code controversy

Tampa International Airport acceptable disconnected a societal media firestorm Thursday erstwhile the organization's X relationship posted an alert telling travelers to halt wearing pajamas astatine the airport.

"It's clip to prohibition pajamas astatine Tampa International Airport," the X station began. 

"We’ve seen enough. We’ve had enough. It’s clip to prohibition pajamas astatine Tampa International Airport," the station continued. 

"After successfully banning Crocs and giving everyone the astonishing accidental to acquisition the world’s archetypal Crocs-free airport, it’s clip to instrumentality connected an adjacent larger crisis."

"Pajamas. At. The. Airport. In the mediate of the day," the station besides said. 

Travelers instantly descended connected X to kick oregon applaud. But it turns retired the highly arguable station was a spot of a joke.

"Tampa International Airport regularly shares lighthearted, satirical societal media contented arsenic portion of our ongoing effort to prosecute with our followers," Tampa International Airport told Fox News Digital successful effect to outreach for comment. 

"Today’s station astir 'banning' pajamas was different playful motion to day-of-travel manner debates," it went on. 

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"We promote our passengers to question comfortably and admit our loyal followers who bask the online humor."

Even so, travelers descended connected X to stock their outrage.

Tampa Airport ignited a societal media firestorm aft posting connected X that the airdrome wants to prohibition pajamas. (Robert Sabo/NY Daily News Archive)

"What benignant of authoritarian bulls--- is this?" 1 follower blasted.

"How are you adjacent classifying covering arsenic pajamas to statesman with? Are sweatpants, yoga pants, children wearing brushed apparel pajamas?" the traveler continued.

Another traveler disagreed with each of that. 

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"I emotion this! Let's spell backmost to the mode it was successful the ‘50s, ’60s and '70s!" the pistillate said.

A 3rd commenter chimed in, "If they don’t odor atrocious and aren’t bothering anyone, wherefore bash y'all attraction truthful much? Can y'all absorption connected really cleaning your bathrooms for erstwhile and speeding up TSA lines instead?"

In caller years, the formal codification astatine airports has go progressively casual. (Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg)

The Tampa Airport concluded its station by saying, "We cognize this determination could beryllium disruptive to idiosyncratic successful your life. It’s clip to person a hard speech with them. You tin bash this. We (and Phoebe) judge successful you."

"The madness stops today. The question starts now," the station continued.

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"Help Tampa International Airport go the world’s archetypal Crocs-free AND pajama-free airport. DO YOUR PART. SAY NO TO PAJAMAS AT TPA."

This isn’t the archetypal clip successful caller months that a formal codification crackdown stirred the pot.

Last week, Norwegian Cruise Line passengers were angered erstwhile the institution banned shorts and flip-flops astatine its premier restaurants.

Norwegian Cruise Line passengers besides complained astir a stricter formal code. (Jeff Greenberg/ Universal Images Group)

"Do not similar the caller rules for immoderate of the edifice venues. I americium connected VACATION, successful a warm-weather climate, wearing a [collared] garment and bully shorts," 1 traveler wrote in effect to 1 of the company's Facebook posts, arsenic Fox News Digital antecedently reported.

"Been connected 15 cruises with Norwegian, loved the relaxed style. …Tell the fuddy daddies wherever to go," the idiosyncratic added astir the caller policy, calling it "idiotic."

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Others disagreed. One said, "Bring backmost people to sailing. For the nicer restaurants, not excessively overmuch to inquire to necessitate slacks and a bully shirt."

Another added, "Bravo connected the caller formal codes for restaurants!"

"Do not similar the caller rules for immoderate of the edifice venues," 1 traveler complained astir the caller Norwegian Cruise Line formal code. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group)

In November, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said helium had noticed "a degradation successful civility" among aerial travelers — and launched what helium called a "civility campaign" to promote courtesy and patience during the crush of vacation travel.

Duffy encouraged travelers to "say delight and convey you to our pilots and to our formation attendants" and to formal "with immoderate respect."

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"You know, whether it's a brace of jeans and a decent shirt, I would promote radical to possibly formal a small spot better, which encourages america to possibly behave a small better," helium said. 

"Let's effort not to deterioration slippers and pajamas arsenic we travel to the airport. I deliberation that's positive." 

Duffy besides encouraged passengers to assistance different passengers who are struggling to enactment their bags successful the overhead bins "as a communal courtesy and civility."

Fox News Digital's Peter Burke and Greg Wehner contributed reporting.

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