A Woman Refused To Move Seats On A Flight & People Are Accusing Flair Of Racism (VIDEO)

A TikTok video taken on a Flair Airlines flight from Vancouver to Calgary has gained attention online, and people are accusing the airline staff of racism and discrimination.

A woman on the flight allegedly sat in the wrong seat and refused to move to her correct one — creating a disturbance that was recorded on video.

The TikToker who posted the video, @adeolaalle, said that his wife and family were on the flight earlier this month and were the ones who were discriminated against.

He said that his wife was travelling with her 12-week-old baby and mother-in-law, and when she discovered someone was sitting in her seat she thought it was an honest mistake.

According to the TikToker, his wife told the woman that she was in the wrong seat but had to call the flight attendant for help when the passenger refused to move.

"The reasonable course of action was to get that person to stand up from that seat," he said in the TikTok. He added that instead, the flight attendants asked his wife to go to a different seat. She refused to do this because she wanted to stay seated next to her mother-in-law and her child.

"My wife accused them of racism because that's what it is, that's the only explanation that is reasonable here," he said.

"If it was a Black person, or if she was the one who was sitting in that seat, they would not hesitate to kick her off that flight," he added.

"This is 2023 and this is Canada, I don't expect that this should be happening."

He also said that the Flair Airlines flight attendant handled the situation unprofessionally. "The person who was offended, who was in the right, was the one being threatened to be kicked off the plane," he added.

The TikTok also shows a clip of the incident, where you can hear the flight attendant telling the person filming (the TikToker's wife), to "calm down" repeatedly.

The video ends as the incident deescalates, thanks to fellow passengers who gave up their seats so the family could sit together.

People in the comments were also accusing the airline of racism.

In a follow-up video also posted by @adeolaalle, the TikToker said that Flair Airlines reached out to his wife and offered a full refund for her flight, as well as her mother-in-law's.

"My wife told them that it was not about the money," he said. He added that it was more about getting an apology for what happened, which he said they have not gotten.

Narcity has reached out to Flair Airlines for comment but did not hear back in time for this publication. We will update this story when we hear back.

Flair Airlines told CTV News that they are investigating the incident. "Our staff are trained to de-escalate situations that arise related to boarding. We ask that our passengers take their assigned seats to limit any stress to fellow passengers, and that may not have happened here," the airline told the news outlet.