Posted on 10/10/2014 10:58:04 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
US Airways has sparked outrage after a flight attendant allegedly refused to hang up an Army Ranger and combat veteran's jacket to stop it from creasing.
First Sargent Albert Marle was wearing a jacket lined with medals when he boarded Flight 1930 from Portland, Oregon, to Charlotte, North Carolina, yesterday.
But when he asked an attendant to hang up his 'Dress Blues' uniform, she reportedly refused, saying the coat closet was for first-class passengers only and he was seated in coach.
'Her response wasn't that there's not space in the coat closet or "I've hung too many jackets up",' said Brian Kirby, a first-class passenger on the four-hour flight.
'It was just simply,"Our airline policy says I'm not going to do it, so I'm not going to do it." I was really appalled at not only the way she looked at him but the way she spoke to him - in an angry way.'
Shocked first-class fliers then offered their seats to Sgt Marle, but the decorated soldier politely declined their offers and remained seated in coach, passengers told WSOC TV in Charlotte.
Some even claimed the flight attendant shouted at fliers who tried to ask other attendants to hang up Sgt Marle's decorated jacket to prevent it from wrinkling.
Amid the chaos, passenger Jon Dahlberg took it upon himself to take the item of clothing from 'humble' Sgt Marle, before hanging it behind his own seat, according to reports.
'I walked back up and hung the jacket simply behind my seat. There’s a difference between policy and doing what is right,' said Mr Dahlberg.
After passengers spread word of the incident online, it quickly went viral, with thousands of social media users condemning the airline for its 'shameful' behavior toward Sgt Marle.
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Amen.
Yeah. I read the article a few moments later, not to be edited by the poster without a * or sic, I guess.
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Mark @ 2:28
Best line ever “ GOT NO FRIENDS?
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Find a new forum, you hall monitoring rule Nazi.
I’d say that your moronic post makes you look dumber than a box of rocks, but I won’t...... because that might be seen as a personal attack and I am sure you hear that all the time.
That type of PC cr@pola is what's gotten this country into the mess we're now in.
As other posters have told you, the airline hangs jackets/coats for First Class passengers, regularly. If this soldier doesn't qualify for First Class treatment, in your (or ANYBODY'S) book, then we have lost.
No. It doesn’t. Sometimes people are naturally rude.
I hope I never run into you any where in any way.
You find liability in everything.
Best you stay away from other people.
Oh, and I hope you never get in trouble or need help. Helping you would be just too much liability.
Perhaps, but flying over 100K er year for the past 8-yrs or so, I think she is just a little on the unstable side.
I suspect she became a stewardess to marry a pilot and after many years of being used by pilots, perhaps even marrying one and getting divorced, she is no longer attractive and pilots don’t give her a second look and she is stuck on her feet, trapped serving warm drinks in tiny plactic cups to the unwashed rude and whiny masses. . .so she is now bitter and angry and lashes out at simple requests as a way to hit back. . .just my thought. . .
That’s silly. I’ve paid for coach tickets and received all kinds of “service” not included. It is not like he was asking for a glass of champagne or free stuff. Additionally, first class passengers did offer their entitlements. There are no excuses for her actions.
buffoon!!!!
clown!!!!!!!!!!!!
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