Posted on 07/30/2018 5:39:24 PM PDT by Simon Green
When gay businessman David Cooley boarded Alaska Airlines flight 1407 from Los Angeles to New York this past weekend, he expected to enjoy the airline's top-rated service and the amenities that accompanied his Premium Class ticket. Instead, however, he said he and his travel companion were subjected to "humiliation" instead.
"I have never been so discriminated against while traveling before," Cooley, owner of iconic Los Angeles gay bar The Abbey, wrote in a public Facebook post. He said he and his travel companion were "removed" from their flight "to give preferential treatment to a straight couple."
"After my traveling companion and I had been seated in our assigned seats for a while, we were approached by the flight attendant and my companion was asked to move from his premium seat to coach, so a couple could sit together," Cooley wrote. "I explained that we were a couple and wanted to sit together. He was given a choice to either give up the premium seat and move to coach or get off the plane."
Cooley and his travel companion decided they "could not bear the feeling of humiliation for an entire cross-country flight," and so they deplaned.
I cannot believe that an airline in this day and age would give a straight couple preferential treatment over a gay couple and go so far as to ask us to leave, he added.
At the end of his Facebook post, Cooley called on LGBTQ people to boycott Alaska Airlines.
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They probably accidentally overbooked and gave preferential treatment to the higher priority flyer. The odds of it having anything to do with sexual partners is probably less than 1%.
Lol, gay businessman.
Tell me about it. And BTW, you notice how the media keeps promoting racist attacks by whites against non-whites? Every day, EVERY single day, I read about a new story in the media yet you never ever ever ever see a story of blacks or any other race doing the same thing. The media is deliberately going through social media, finding this stuff and blowing it up solely to push their agenda.
Considering the number of gay flight attendants they have, I would call BS on this story.
Alaska Airlines confirmed to Fox News that the couple had been moved from Premium Class to the main cabin, but said it was because of a seating mistake.
When boarding flight 1407 from JFK to LAX, a couple was mistakenly assigned the same seats as another couple in Premium Class. We reseated one of the guests from Premium class in the main cabin. We are deeply sorry for the situation, and are investigating the details while communicating directly with the guests involved to try and make this right. Alaska Airlines has a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination of any kind, and our employees value inclusion for our guests and each other.
Alaska Airlines confirmed to Fox News that the couple had been moved from Premium Class to the main cabin, but said it was because of a seating mistake.
When boarding flight 1407 from JFK to LAX, a couple was mistakenly assigned the same seats as another couple in Premium Class. We reseated one of the guests from Premium class in the main cabin. We are deeply sorry for the situation, and are investigating the details while communicating directly with the guests involved to try and make this right. Alaska Airlines has a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination of any kind, and our employees value inclusion for our guests and each other.
Imagine how humiliated they will feel when they loose their entry into the pearly gates.
Probably got bumped because one of the gay male flight attendants had developed a crush on one of them, saw that he already had a sodom-mate, and got bitchy and kicked them both.
I don’t believe that story for a minute!!!
I dont think couples should be engaging in sexual behavior in their seats on airplanes! Why cant they wait til their destination?
I doubt very much that any crew member on that airplane...
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A lot of gay people work in the airline industry.
Homos always feel entitled to stuff, why is that
Yes, its fake. Its also retarded and so gay. ;-)
When boarding flight 1407 from JFK to LAX, a couple was mistakenly assigned the same
seats as another couple in Premium Class, Alaska Airlines said. We reseated one of the
guests from Premium Class in the Main Cabin. We are deeply sorry for the situation,
and are investigating the details while communicating directly with the guests involved
to try and make this right. Alaska Airlines has a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination
of any kind, and our employees value inclusion for our guests and each other.
In a post on Facebook yesterday, Cooley called for a boycott of Alaska Airlines after a
flight attendant insisted Cooleys traveling companion give up the premium class seat to
accommodate a heterosexual couple.
Alaska Airlines Apologizes for Bumping David Cooleys Flight Companion
That is the kind of humiliation, they will never get over. 😁
Possibly. I have witnessed prissy male (I think) attendant behavior. This could have been just a case of standard airline protocol to ensure rudeness and unpleasantness to as many customers as possible.
I’ll bet that’s just what’s going on here. The “companion” had a coach ticket and was allowed to sit in premium class until the premium seat sold.
A lot of gay people work in the airline industry.
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are you kidding??
There is no such thing as a straight stewardess.
And remember that homosexual stewardesses introduced Aids to the US
They could have ridden in the cargo hold ...
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