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Airline CEO Admits Ticket Scam Permitted By Buttigieg
Lever news ^ | Jan 20, 2023 | Rebecca Burns

Posted on 01/23/2023 5:28:22 AM PST by george76

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1 posted on 01/23/2023 5:28:22 AM PST by george76
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Secretary Buttplug is incompetent


2 posted on 01/23/2023 5:30:20 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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However, Buttigieg — the nation’s top regulator of the airline industry — has not used his power to crack down on the problem, as those state officials have demanded.

Could be that the airlines are sending male flight attendants to pay him off with, well, a butt gig? Ya think?

3 posted on 01/23/2023 5:35:53 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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Sounds ripe for a RICO lawsuit for fraud and racketeering.

It also sounds par for the course for American businesses.

4 posted on 01/23/2023 5:37:44 AM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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Butt Plug


5 posted on 01/23/2023 5:40:36 AM PST by keving (We the government )
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The Secretary of Transportation is so incompetent that regular Americans actually know the name of the Secretary of Transportation!

That’s quite an accomplishment.


6 posted on 01/23/2023 5:41:34 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Oh come on, he is busy breastfeeding and raising kids. He hasn’t the time for nonsense like this.

The whole Biden admin is far left ideologues who are not competent to run anything. They were never chosen and placed to be competent.

This regime likes it the more things are screwed up. They just use the media to place the blame on people other than them. I would bet they actually pay others to take the blame for them at times.


7 posted on 01/23/2023 5:43:38 AM PST by dforest (Joy Behar is a big mouth cow.)
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The airlines must be paying off the government in order for this to continue there’s no other explanation. This administration seems to thrive on scams and payoffs. Anything to defraud the American people.


8 posted on 01/23/2023 5:44:03 AM PST by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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Apparently the airlines are incompetent too, if they need to have the government make rules on scheduling and staffing.


9 posted on 01/23/2023 5:46:01 AM PST by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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true, I just enjoy the opportunity to stick it to Secretary Buttplug whenever I get the chance!

lol


10 posted on 01/23/2023 5:47:47 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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How is this not just straight fraud?

Seems like maybe consumer protection/ commerce should be involved.


11 posted on 01/23/2023 5:48:30 AM PST by uranium penguin
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I have little sympathy for air travelers these days. Airlines routinely screw their customers this way, and yet people keep lining up for more — even for totally discretionary travel.

This industry-wide disaster you see today is what happens when you’re catering to a customer base that would have been riding Greyhound buses, hitchhiking, or hopping rides on freight trains forty years ago.

12 posted on 01/23/2023 5:52:26 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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Airlines have been overselling seats for decades, for good reason.

Lots of people book seats then do not show up.

The airlines have it down to a science, based on statistics.

When you have a horrible computer glitch, it throws everything.

The author of the article does not understand reality very well.

13 posted on 01/23/2023 5:59:24 AM PST by marktwain
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I would say he pulled that one out of his @$$. But there probably is no room left.


14 posted on 01/23/2023 6:01:22 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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Sounds ripe for a RICO lawsuit for fraud and racketeering.

Can you file a RICO lawsuit against the US Government? I did not think that was possible.

15 posted on 01/23/2023 6:04:05 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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Perhaps some day, an airline will provide good service and make flying a pleasant experience. Wide seats, food, roomy overhead bins, friendly flight attendants, orderly boarding and disembarking. They could charge more. Some passengers would be willing to pay more. I know I would.


16 posted on 01/23/2023 6:05:51 AM PST by Tymesup
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Pete is queer. That’s his only qualification for office


17 posted on 01/23/2023 6:06:15 AM PST by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality daythis piece is )
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So the airlines are complaining they are not being regulated enough. They are not being told to not sell tickets on flights they can’t possibly send. A good business would handle that themselves.


18 posted on 01/23/2023 6:09:02 AM PST by pas
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Ha!


19 posted on 01/23/2023 6:09:06 AM PST by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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“...has not used his power to crack down on the problem...”

That would be federal overreach, an overreach that has not been exercised in the past.


20 posted on 01/23/2023 6:14:21 AM PST by Round Earther
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