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Jerry LambeApr 26th, 2021, 3:08 pm
Alaska State Sen. Lora Reinbold (R).
A Republican state senator from Alaska who referred to public face mask requirements as “tyranny” has been banned from traveling on future Alaska Airlines flights after repeatedly confronting and quarreling with airline staff while refusing to comply with the rules, several newsoutlets reported Sunday.
“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,” airline spokesman
Tim Thompson said in a statement to Law&Crime on Monday. “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.”
Alaska Airlines has banned a state senator for refusing to comply with face mask rules during travel.
Over the weekend, a spokesperson for Alaska Airlines confirmed that Sen. Lora Reinbold, R-Alaska, has been barred from flying with the carrier for continuing to refuse to follow the rules, the Anchorage Daily News reports. 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, spokesman Tim Thompson said on Saturday, and confirmed the same to Fox News. This suspension is effective immediately, pending further review.
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Alaska Airlines said Saturday that it banned state Sen. Lora Reinbold after she repeatedly refused to wear a mask on its flights.
The airline is the only one that offers regularly scheduled direct flights from Eagle River, Reinbold’s hometown, to Juneau, the state capital, according to the Anchorage Daily News, casting uncertainty over how she would commute from her district to work. The drive between the two is just shy of 21 hours, and goes through Canada.
“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 ADN. “The suspension is effective immediately, pending further review.”