The owner of a gay bar the Abbey in West Hollywood — David Cooley complained to Facebook about the treatment of him and his boyfriend on Board Alaska Airlines, when they flew from Los Angeles to new York.
According to David, at first, the flight attendant asked whether his companion to change seats, «(the heterosexual. — USA.one) the couple could sit together.» When the men explained to the stewardess that they, too, together, she gave me an ultimatum: either they change or leave the plane.
#coachella!
Posted by David Cooley on Friday, April 15, 2016
«It would be unbearable to endure this humiliation all the time of flight across the country, so we left the plane, wrote the man. I can’t believe that in our time the airline came in infringement of the [rights] gay heterosexuals so far that asked us to leave.»
I have never been so discriminated against while traveling before. I was removed from an Alaska Airlines flight # 1407…
Posted by David Cooley on Sunday, July 29, 2018
Posts by David Cooley on Facebook and Twitter sparked a wave of criticism of the airline. Many noted that this incident was a clear example of discrimination against the LGBT community.
«We’ll never fly [flights] Alaska Airlines or Virgin Airlines Group, which it recently acquired,» — said in his message, David. According to him, Delta Air Lines approached their situation with understanding and taken «home safe and sound».
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Reaction Alaska Airlines followed 2 days after the controversial publication. The company apologized discriminated against customers, and the David Cooley did not fail to inform in the social networks. However, the formal apology, the company apparently will not get off.
Thank you to everyone for all the support. Alaska Airlines has reached out, apologized, and we are discussing making things right. I accept Alaska Airlines apology and appreciate it addressing the situation.
Posted by David Cooley on Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Rusa LGBT co-President Alexei Gorshkov told USA.one, which is usual in such cases, it is possible to file a lawsuit for discrimination, in addition to complaints about the airline. «The denial of equal service, regardless of identity, is a violation of rights, especially if the couple is convinced that this was done on the basis of prejudice against their sexual orientation,» said the activist.
In June the debate about discrimination has acquired a national scale, when the U.S. Supreme court ruled in favor of a pastry chef from Colorado, refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. A similar situation occurred in Oregon, but in this state, the court sided with a lesbian couple and ordered the owners of the bakery to pay the victims $135 thousand.
