A barrister has claimed his household was faraway from a British Airways flight after cabin crew denied his nanny entry to enterprise class.
Charles Banner QC says he was escorted off the airplane along with his spouse, two younger kids and nanny by armed police at Heathrow Airport.
The household had been boarding once they had been stopped on the gate and instructed the nanny had been downgraded to economic system because the flight to Turin was overbooked.
Mr Banner requested cabin crew if she may be a part of the household in a spare seat in enterprise class as he and his spouse had wished to work throughout the two-hour flight.
The 41-year-old says he was refused and as an alternative supplied compensation, Mail On-line stories.
He claimed the workers had been ‘impolite’ and didn't supply a proof as to why the household couldn't use the free seat.
Mr Banner instructed the paper he submited an official grievance however the airline disputes his model of occasions.
The aircraft stayed grounded while the row continued, with the pilot finally refusing to take-off till Mr Banner and his household had been faraway from the flight.
He mentioned: ‘If BA has instructed me that the nanny couldn't sit with us in enterprise then we'd not have travelled and would have gotten a later flight.
‘I behaved completely effectively however I used to be difficult the cabin brew as a result of it was the suitable factor to do.
‘The pettiness and vindictiveness of the workers triggered this. I used to be being very well mannered about the entire thing.’
Mr Banner says the household was compelled to examine into close by resort for the evening earlier than reserving onto one other flight the following morning.
The lawyer says he's demanding a full apology and money refund for the £4,000 incident.
A spokesperon for BA mentioned: ‘We don't tolerate disruptive behaviour and the security of our clients and crew is our high precedence.’
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