Deaf California couple lashes out at Delta Airlines for discriminating against them
The Californian couple, Melissa Elmira Yingst and Socorro Garcia, threatened Delta Airlines with a lawsuit unless the airline fulfilled their requests of refunds
A deaf couple who just wanted to be seated together, instead found themselves kicked off a Delta Airlines flight by one of its gate agents. The couple from California are also activists for hard of hearing people and are the co-founders of Alma de Muxeristas, a group of Hispanic feminist activists with hard of hearing issues.
Though Delta Airlines said there were conflicting views on the debacle, the couple, Melissa Elmira Yingst (40) and Socorro Garcia (34) claimed the Delta Airlines agent who engaged them refused to communicate with them in writing, and even threw away the paper the couple were writing on to get their point across, whilst simultaneously rolling her eyes at the couple.