A proud history of hotpants

Southwest’s website happily touts its sexist 1970s ads, one of which says,

Remember What It Was Like Before Southwest Airlines? You Didn’t Have Hostesses in Hotpants. Remember?

Wow. (I’ve taken a screenshot for posterity’s sake.) The ad in question:

The 2007 version would have to read:

Remember What It Was Like Before Southwest Airlines? You Didn’t Have Passengers Getting Thrown Off the Plane for Wearing Short Skirts. Remember?

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