Posted on Oct 12, 2014
US Airways Refuses to take jacket of Army Ranger...big deal or so what?
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Did the flight attendant aboard US Airways commit such a huge offense by not hanging this Soldier's jacket? I think the smart thing for the stewardess to do would have been just to take the jacket and hang it up. At least she could have shown him that much respect. However, does it rise to such an offense that Judge Jeanine Pirro from Fox News says the airline should "lose the privilege of calling itself United States Air"? The airline did apologize after all and this is the mistake of an individual, not airline policy. So is this still a huge deal that the airline should pay for or just the act of a single employee?
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/10/11/us-airways-slammed-after-flight-attendant-refuses-hang-army-ranger-jacket/?intcmp=latestnews
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/10/11/us-airways-slammed-after-flight-attendant-refuses-hang-army-ranger-jacket/?intcmp=latestnews
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Responses: 38
I would say two things;
First of all Fox News has nothing better to report about with everything else happening in the world seriously?
Secondly it seems like to me much was made of nothing. People allegedly offered to swap seats and he refused so he needs to stop whining. I can also say that while there are rules, flight attendants and airline staff usually will go out of their way to help a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine in uniform unless they are being a major pain in the ass which sounds like this guy was. A good number of the airline folks are veterans or families of military themselves.
First of all Fox News has nothing better to report about with everything else happening in the world seriously?
Secondly it seems like to me much was made of nothing. People allegedly offered to swap seats and he refused so he needs to stop whining. I can also say that while there are rules, flight attendants and airline staff usually will go out of their way to help a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine in uniform unless they are being a major pain in the ass which sounds like this guy was. A good number of the airline folks are veterans or families of military themselves.
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Sgt Packy Flickinger
German?!?! That's funny. So the only ones who have a grasp here are foreign. There's Altazeer America advertised also but I haven't seen a single story.
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PO1 Greg Mitchell
Greg, great name - I don't think the Sgt was attacking her abour her party affilitation, but it does provide background into how a person thinks or reacts to situations. For those out there that think you can be apolitical, it's impossible, politics is life in a Democratic Republic. Politics guides our every move on a daily basis from following or breaking laws, to what type of light bulbs we can use in our homes. With that being said, politics could have played a huge part the flight attendants reaction, if she is a far leaning left (Democrat, Progressive) then her belief could be driving how she responds to situations. When you state that Al Jazeera is your source of news, it's not hard to understand where someone falls in the political spectrum.
Politics is everything.
Politics is everything.
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COL Randall C.
SFC Michael Hasbun, I almost downvoted because you mischaracterized what occurred. The soldier NEVER expressed any sort of attitude along that lines. All he did was ask if she could hang up his jacket. The other passengers took offense at his being denied.
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SFC Michael Hasbun
I'm not referring to him, but the countless vets across the internet who have somehow managed to make this a personal affront to their collective honor. Selfless service apparently is french for "I deserve special treatment for the rest of my life".
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SFC Mark Merino
Our country violated the Vietnam veterans equivalent to the degree of rape. Decades later, they try to blow sunshine up our tuckas to show how much things have changed for the better. In a lot of ways, it is like violating the Vietnam veterans all over again. Can you imagine this story occuring during the Vietnam War? Me either. So why is it national news that has everyone pissing and moaning on both sides? Don't let these people manipulate you. Don't even dignify it as newsworthy. Would I like a Wall Street millionnaire to lay down over a mud puddle because I serve my country while he cashes in?..........That would be spiffy with me. But I joined the military many moons ago before it was considered "cool" to wear a uniform and was content being one of the nameless and faceless servants of the DOD. Media coverage (especially advertising) is cashing in on the suffering and selfless service of the military and EXPLOITING all of us. It raises money for them, it gets their name recognized, and some of us are starting to buy into the notion that we should be glamorized. Count me out. Camaraderie comes from doing the "impossible for the ungrateful" and being there for each other. If they are going to start handing out baseball cards with veterans pictures on them for the public to collect, I see us acting like we are better than each other instead of being part of the same family.
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