Alaska State Senator Lora Reinbold (R) has been banned from Alaska Airlines for repeatedly refusing to wear a mask.
The ban comes after a video of Reinbold arguing with Alaska Airlines staff at the Juneau Airport was posted on social media.
A spokesman for the airline told the Anchorage Daily News that they contacted the lawmaker and told her that she was no longer allowed to fly with them.
“We have notified Senator Lora Reinbold that she is not permitted to fly with us for her continued refusal to comply with employee instruction regarding the current mask policy,” Alaska Airlines spokesman Tim Thompson told the paper.
“This suspension is effective immediately, pending further review. Federal law requires all guests to wear a mask over their nose and mouth at all times during travel, including throughout the flight, during boarding and deplaning, and while traveling through an airport,” Thompson added.
Reinbold responded to the news by blasting the airline’s decision to go public about the ban without speaking to her first.
Assine dictates from the biggest lie and deception since 911.. covid
Nah….just follow the rules. If everyone stopped following rules (regardless person feelings)…it would be chaos. Not what we want at all.
Politics and alaska never have mixed. Expensive road to nowhere….expensive airport that services a few….prior elected officials who scammed money at the national and local levels… Not a state to use as an example for anything
Sad but true.