Glenn Beck is boycotting American Airlines permanently, the conservative media personality said on his radio show Tuesday evening, after he travelled with the airline to New York City over the Labor Day weekend and was treated poorly and felt "subhuman."
Beck went on to say that he is boycotting American Airlines and will never fly with the Texas-based airline again. The public bashing on his radio station led American Airlines to quickly issue an apology and vowed to investigate what happened while he was onboard.
"On the way home (to Dallas from New York City), I flew American Airlines," Beck said on his talk show. "I, unlike all of the other passengers, was not offered the option of courteous service. I don't know why. My flight attendant nearly- merely barked the word 'breakfast' when he came to me. When others were politely asked if they cared for anything to eat and given the choices, I was just barked at."
That was just the beginning of more bad service to come for Beck and his family, the radio personality said.
"When [the attendant] delivered a soda, he slammed it down so hard, I hesitated to even open the can for fear that it would spray all over other passengers in the cabin. Never once did he look me in the eye. Never once did he offer a kind or even neutral word to me," Beck said.
"Never once did he offer a kind or even a neutral word to me," Beck said. "I had service unlike I have never had ever before in my life, and I have had rude service before. I have never had service that was specifically designed to make me feel subhuman."
"Are they happy that other conservatives even fly in their planes?" he continued. "I know yesterday I did have a choice and I chose wrong... And my family will never choose American Airlines again."
Not satisfied with only discussing the complaint on air, Beck took to Twitter to express more of his outrage over the incident. "I hope I am the last person who has to experience this type of treatment on AmericanAir," he tweeted.
The airline then responded to Beck's tweet with an apology and a promise to "take these matters seriously" and investigate. "We'll stay in contact with your staff," the airline added.
