Seattle organizers: Delta-Alaska Air Gay Pride flap a 'miscommunication'

Alaska Airlines employees are welcome to march in Seattle’s Gay Pride after all. And reports to the contrary all stemmed from a big misunderstanding, the parade’s organizers say.It had initially been reported in the Seattle media that Alaska Airlines employees would not be able to march in uniform or in other Alaska Airlines-branded apparel, supposedly because of an exclusive sponsorship deal with Alaska Air rival Delta Air Lines.BOOKMARK: Go directly to the Today in the Sky homepageBut Delta quickly reacted to that report, saying those details were not true. Delta said that if there were any such restriction on Alaska Airlines employees, that it was not Delta that was responsible.