The airline Comair, affiliated with British Airways, apologized to couple Jamie Robertson and François van Tonder for having discriminated against them during a flight between Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa. Jamie and François were hugging each other when a flight attendant He covered them with a blanket so that the other passengers would not witness the scene. The couple filed a lawsuit with the Country's Human Rights Commission and the president of Comair was forced to publicly recant. In the statement, the company committed to treating all passengers respectfully, regardless of sexual orientation.
