Tampa International Airport takes aim at your pajamas
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- Tampa International Airport said on X that it wants to ban pajamas in a Thursday social media post.
- The tongue-in-cheek post follows the airport’s 10-year “ban” on Crocs last year.
- The Transportation Department is trying to make travel a “Golden Age,” including spiffier clothes.
The war on cozy airport outfits has a new target: pajamas.
In a tongue-in-cheek social media post on Thursday, the Tampa International Airport declared it was time to “ban pajamas.”
“It’s time to take on a larger crisis,” the airport posted on its X account. “Pajamas. At. The. Airport. In the middle of the day.”
This isn’t the first time the airport has waded into the air-travel comfort wars.
Last September, TPA jokingly announced it was renewing a ban on Crocs — the lightweight, clog-style shoes that have long divided the internet — for 10 years.
When an X-user asked what would happen if they were caught wearing Crocs in the security line, the airport responded, “You don’t wanna know.”
The pajama post comes amid Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s push for travelers to step up their travel attire.
In November, the Transportation Department launched a campaign titled The Golden Age of Travel Starts with You, encouraging passengers to be more mindful about their behavior — and their wardrobes.
“Bringing civility back, I think, enhances the travel experience for everybody,” Mr. Duffy said during a November spot on Fox Business. “Let’s maybe go back to an era where we didn’t wear our pajamas to the airport.”
Tampa International Airport, however, made clear in a statement that its latest fashion decree against pajamas is not an actual dress code.
“Tampa International Airport regularly shares lighthearted, satirical social media content as part of our ongoing effort to engage with our followers,” the airport told Business Insider. “Today’s post about ‘banning’ pajamas was another playful nod to day-of-travel fashion debates.
“We encourage our passengers to travel comfortably and appreciate our loyal followers who enjoy the online humor.”