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Oof. Alaska Airlines apologizes after asking gay couple to split up so straight couple could sit together on overbooked flight. -- nm

Posted by znufrii Aug 1 '18, 11:01

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Apparently one of the gay couple is owner of The Abbey, the popular LA gay bar -- (link) - con_carne Aug 1, 11:56 2
- Wow - they picked the wrong person to get sassy with! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 1, 12:15 1
  - You are right. They have a huge celeb following. -- nm - jnine Aug 1, 12:21
That gay couple is going get paid as a result of this. -- nm - MDH Aug 1, 11:17 2
- Yup. - znufrii Aug 1, 11:22
- as they should -- nm - Epiphany Aug 1, 11:19
The one thing to note in these situations is that it's normally one employee and not necessarily indicative of corporate culture - ty97 Aug 1, 11:11 2
- I'll bet a little money the employee's religious views were offended and insists that the decision was protected under federal law. -- nm - Max Aug 1, 11:15 1
  - could be. Could also be that some FAs don't like being not listened to 100% of the time and use the power they have "you must listen to the crew" to - ty97 Aug 1, 11:20
Alaska Airlines will straight give your seat to someone else. Won't even tell you til you try to board -- nm* - Epiphany Aug 1, 11:08 5
- I fly Alaska a lot. Don't recall ever getting overbooked. So I've definitely never seen them bump someone without telling them. -- nm - Mop Aug 1, 11:27 2
  - pretty much every US airlines overbooks (not all, but most) -- nm - ty97 Aug 1, 11:30 1
    - I don't doubt it. I just haven't experienced it. -- nm - Mop Aug 1, 11:44
- That seems to be what happened here, but the flight attendant seems to have handled it poorly. -- nm - znufrii Aug 1, 11:10 1
  - for sure - Epiphany Aug 1, 11:13
They asked one person to move not knowing the other was with them? Or they actually knew and split them? -- nm - Max Aug 1, 11:03 2
- They insisted after being informed the two were a couple and gave them the choice of moving or leaving the flight. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 1, 11:06 1
  - Holy crap. -- nm - Max Aug 1, 11:12
Well, someone's fired. -- nm - Mop Aug 1, 11:02

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