Stripped naked on an airplane

(Inspired by the 2017 ASN story "Neighborly Skies", now lost as far as I know, in turn inspired by the United Airlines passenger-dragging incident.)

Veronica was excited to fly out to Montreal for the late summer. Receiving short notice at work that she would take the trip instead of her boss who had fallen ill, she had booked the flight from O'Hare one week in advance. Luckily corporate was paying for everything, so the high price didn't bother her

In order to breeze through security, Veronica checked everything that couldn't fit in her purse. Still feeling the last of the dog days, all she had on was a romper with no underwear.

It turns out she needed all of that time saving, as she woke up late and had her cab stuck in traffic. With only a twenty minutes to go after getting through security, Veronica took off like a gazelle and ran through the concourse, took a trip on the people mover, made another terminal dash, and made it to her gate just as the airline was closing the door.

When she got to her seat on the aisle, she saw a red-headed, heavyset woman occupying it.

"Excuse me, miss," she stammered, "that's my seat."

"No," the woman responded, "it's mine. See, look at my ticket."

The woman took out her phone and pulled up her boarding pass, which showed that she was indeed entitled to the seat.

"Hmmmm," Veronica could only say as she pulled out her phone and showed the same thing.

"Well, I'm not leaving," the woman continued, "so you'll have to call the flight attendants."

Veronica pressed the call button on the armrest and the flight crew showed up. Veronica's last-minute boarding and current kerfuffle had caused delays in taking off, and the packed flight was starting to get agitated.

After checking both women's phones, the purser explained the situation; although Veronica had booked late, the other woman had booked even later, meaning that the seat was rightfully Veronica's. Since the flight was already fully booked, there was nowhere for the woman to go, but the purser offered to give her a seat on another flight to Montreal.

"No way! I'm visiting my boyfriend's mother's birthday in Montreal and I need to be on this flight!" the woman started acting up. Knowing where this was going, the purser summoned security while Veronica stepped back.

Security came while the purser informed the woman that she would not be getting a seat on another flight of the airline due to her behavior but that she would still be getting a refund. This did nothing to console the woman who was kicking and screaming while the security guards wrestled her out of her seat. Still flailing like a child, the woman grabbed for whatever she could for support.

It appeared that Veronica had not stepped back far enough. She heard the sound of tearing fabric before feeling the remnants of her romper slip off her body into the woman's hand and the cool air on her now-nude body. Luckily for her, the flight's attention was still on the woman's tantrum rather than on Veronica's condition.