I especially hate when somebody sitting next to me pulls off socks to bare their feet, although I don't mind bare feet in sandals so long as they stay on the floor. I would rather not sit by any adult in skimpy clothes such as short
shorts or scooped out tank tops. To me, that much bare skin is too up close and personal for strangers on a plane.

I never had this happen sitting beside a stranger, so I wouldn't know what to think.. my wife would probably not like it.

It 100% depends. Is the stranger in question of a gender and appearance that might be construed as.................. appealing? (standards obviously vary greatly on a personal level) Maybe I don't mind in the slightest...maybe I'm deeply offended by to much skin? Since standards obviously vary so wildly, common decorum would dictate a conservative approach to the issue.

As long as the bare skin doesn't intrude into my seat space, I don't care. Their fashion sins or wins are precisely that--theirs.

it all depends on what she looks like.. sometimes its addition by subtraction

Not so much about people's fashion sense as their lack of consideration for the sensibilities of others in a situation it is not possible to simply avoid your fellow passengers.

When traveling to conservative countries, we do not resent respecting the majority culture by dressing so as not to offend. After all, we made the choice to go there.

Same with choosing to fly. There's a broad spectrum of strangers on a plane, so why not dress and behave toward the conservative side? The common denominator of what most wear and think appropriate is jeans and a shirt or something equivalent, which is pretty covered up and preserves your privacy and mine.

So how is it possible to show up dressed for the beach or the gym and think that is appropriate? They don't think...or they don't care. Sure, that attire is less offensive if the body is young and slim, but how can it be OK for some and not for others.

This forum contributes to forming a "community standard" for flying. I am advocating that such a standard of appropriate dress does exist even if there
are no written rules.

all airlines should have a dress code, with the minimum being conservative suit & tie for males & appropriate dresses for females....would that solve your problem?

we could boycott flying to force the policy....

of course, retirees would be exempted...,

good luck...

Wouldn't that break the 2nd Amendment?

a conservative court might go along w/it....but that is a topic for omni, not here...

But what's wrong with dressing for the beach, especially if you are travelling to/from a warm place? If you don't want to dress like that then you don't have to, but if others want to then that is there business, not yours.

I change into my airplane socks once the a/c reaches a stable altitude (and for me I go by the 10k feet double chime on UA flights) and I do it as quickly as possible as I know some folks (like me) don't like seeing bare feet.

Why do you change to airplane socks?

Why always take it to the extreme, talking about requiring suits on the one hand and being ready to go direct from the plane to the beach on the other?

What I'm talking about is exposing so much bare skin it makes some or many of us go yuck, that's offensive and inappropriate when you are iin close quarters with complete strangers on a plane.

It is not about dressing up. The common denominator you see most on flights is jeans. Board shorts or Bermuda shorts with a tee or polo and sandals is fine. It is easy to find something comfortable yet modest to wear.

Theres talk about sweat pants in first as well.

Personally, I'd rather have someone exposing too much skin than taking off their shoes and smelling up the whole cabin. At least I can look away from the large hairy man in his tshirt! I can't escape the smell.