A black man claims that an airline has sent him back from the plane "so that a dog can fly in first class"

A man who claims to have been forced to leave an American Airlines flight "so that a dog can fly in first class" pursues the carrier.

According to the Waco KWTX channel, Dana Holcomb of Killeen, Texas, said in a statement Tuesday alongside her lawyer, Reginald McKamie, father, that he wanted to change the airline's policies on discrimination.

"Dana was taken away from a plane so that a dog could fly a first class cabin," McKamie, Sr. told reporters in Texas, while announcing the lawsuit.

The alleged incident occurred in April as Holcomb flew from Las Vegas to Austin after his 53rd birthday, a trip that had a connecting flight to Phoenix. At the time, KXXV had reported that Holcomb, who was flying in the first class cabin, was sitting next to a woman traveling with her support dog.

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Holcomb, who says he is allergic to dogs, told KXXV that he had had an allergic reaction shortly after sitting down. "She started asking all members of the first class section if they would be willing to swap seats with her and no one was willing to do it."

The captain of the aircraft and a flight attendant then told Holcomb: "You will come back to the back of the plane or you will get off the plane. And you will do it in a simple or difficult way, "said McKamie, Sr.

Holcomb was taken off the plane and accused of being confrontational – a behavior he denies, reports KWTX. He was separated from his luggage, containing his medication, and stuck at the airport.

According to the complaint, two passengers also made affidavits in support of Holcomb's complaint.

"What American Airlines does, is discrimination," McKamie, Sr. told reporters. "They repeatedly humiliated African-American citizens by throwing them out of the plane, leaving them behind. without the possibility of returning home or hotel, but simply throwing them out of the plane. "

McKamie, father, tells Yahoo Lifestyle, "Mr. Holcomb is suing American Airlines so that does not happen for others. In 2017, the NAACP issued a travel advisory due to the discriminatory practices of American Airlines with regard to African American travelers. The discriminatory practices cited by the NAACP in 2017 continue to this day. Mr. Holcomb was put out of the plane so that a dog could fly into the first class cabin. A veteran who has served to protect all Americans, he is now fighting for all Americans to feel like equal citizens on their travels. "

American Airlines tells Yahoo Lifestyle in a statement: "Federal regulations require American Airlines to transport service and assistance animals. American makes every effort to accommodate all passengers, including those traveling with assistance or support animals and sitting nearby. In the case of an allergy, we work to reposition a passenger further away from the animal support or support. "

"In an attempt to accommodate Mr. Holcomb, the crew proposed to move the customer with the support animal to another seat in the first class cabin so that Mr. Holcomb could remain at his seat, "we read. Mr. Holcomb was not satisfied with this solution so he had the opportunity to sit further from the assistance animal in the main cabin, with a refund of the difference in fare, what He also refused.After all attempts to accommodate were refused and he refused to comply with the instructions of the crew members, he was removed from the camp. Our team has offered to re-book Mr Holcomb and have repaid his first class ticket. "

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