SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines is facing outrage from people on social media after a gay couple was forced to give up their seats on a flight from New York City to Los Angeles to make room for a straight couple.
The Seattle Times reports the complainant on Tuesday accepted an apology from Alaska which said the outcome was a seating mistake and not reflective of disrespect in the Sunday incident.
David Cooley says he and his traveling companion were on board in their assigned seats when a gate agent asked his companion to give up his seat and move so that another couple could sit together.
Although Cooley said the two men were also a couple and wanted to sit together, he said the agent insisted that his traveling companion had to either move to coach or get off the plane.
