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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Natalie Wilson

Furious passenger claims American Airlines kicked his girlfriend out of first class to make room for pilot

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A man has claimed that American Airlines forced his girlfriend to give up her spot in first class and move to the back of the plane so that a pilot could sit in her seat.

Jake Williams shared a video on Twitter/X on Wednesday (8 November) of a pilot sitting in the front row seat with the caption: “You all are terrible. You (gate agent) upgraded my girlfriend and I to first class. You kick her out because broken seat move her to the back. Then pilot sits in said broken seat.”

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