Sorry Regret Discriminative

He shared his story in a public Facebook post.

He alleged Airlines had asked him and his companion to move seats.

I have never been so discriminated against while traveling before.

I was removed from a flight to give preferential treatment to a couple.

He was given a choice to either give up the premium seat and move to coach or get off the plane.

We could not bear the feeling of humiliation and left the plane.

I cannot believe that an airline <in this day and age> would give a person preferential treatment over a couple and go so far as to ask us to leave.

We will never be flying Alaska Airlines (or their recently purchased Virgin Airlines Group) ever again.


He did not immediately respond to our request for comment.

While he and his partner, who remains unnamed, were embarrassed by what had occurred.

They both managed to find another flight home.

Thank you to Air Lines for getting us home safe.
The airline reached out to Cooley on Twitter in response to his tweet there about the events that allegedly occurred.
David, I’m so saddened to hear about this. Can you message me a good number to contact you at?”
A representative named D apologized on behalf of the company.
“We are truly sorry this event occurred.
We hold a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination of any kind in our workplace.
The company acknowledged the event did take place.
“We are deeply sorry for the situation, and are investigating the detail.