Originally Posted by TerminalBliss
Uh, Spiff, those civil rights you speak of apply to the interaction of the government on all levels with its citizens...airlines are under no obligation to not "violate" your civil rights, barring those situations addressed by the G, such as discriminatory practices (race, sex, etc.). They could require you to fly in boxer shorts and pack your belongings in a plastic trashbag if they so desired. That's why they have those nice contracts of carriage.
You might want to learn the difference between civil rights (which you have correctly identified as airlines not being able to violate) and civil liberties, which would be the more correct classification of those crazy examples of possible CoC conditions that no one would ever willingly agree to.