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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Evidence to the contrary.
I was thinking the same about him flying in his dress uniform. No one does it nowadays unless you are escorting a fallen comrade home. His uniform doesn’t add up either. Special Forces tab and regimental affiliation, but wearing a blue infantry cord. They are 2 separate branches. Maybe the National Guard has separate regs on their uniforms.
“Obviously flight attendants had gotten their ass chewed for making exceptions.”
Not obvious.
The way you worded your sentence tells me that you have. We here at FR refer to that site as DU, not THE DU. Nice try.
Oh. . .and “You are thinking the flight attendant was being disrespectful. I think she thought she was doing her job as instructed.”
There is a difference between doing your job and doing your job rudely.
It is because of this soldier and others like him who fought and died that you have the right to free speech. You are beneath contempt.
Actually, even Ray Charles could see you were disrespectful towards the soldier.
“I also see it from the stewardesses position as well. People have been known to lose their job doing things like this.”
Then it should be easy to cite an example of a stewardess being fired for behaving nicely.
Sorry, I’ve never been there. The only reason why I know about it is through this site.
There is a regulation for every stinking part that goes into ever bird. The F.A.A. Cert. on a new aircraft goes down to how fare apart the snaps on the curtains are.
Most likely the Captain was flying the plane...or in cockpit. I think with the picture all were informed about the lack of respect for our military with the Airlinenemployee, who should be fired.
Some airlines try to upgrade a traveler to First Class if they are flying in uniform.
US Media are mostly democratic...Fox News has some good journalists. However it may not have been sent to them, and if news anchors do not get it first, some don’t follow up.
It was dumb. Let the guy hang up his uniform for crying out loud and avoid all the bad press. This isn’t the Vietnam era where you can get away with pushing around a vet. Despite what the left thinks, there is still a lot of respect for those who defends the country.
The National Guard has similar uniform regs as the regular Army. Got this from a web site
Wearing Army uniforms is prohibited in the following situations:
• In connection with the furtherance of any political or commercial interest, or when engaged in off duty civilian employment.
He is a 1st SGT, he should be very familiar with the regs
Upon reading of the article, it does mention that several First Class passengers offered to switch seats with the first sgt. He politely declined...
US Air sucks bad. All the airlines do. The employees don’t work or think. It’s the fault of management. Whenever i see terrible service, it’s the managements fault.
“• In connection with the furtherance of any political or commercial interest, or when engaged in off duty civilian employment.”
Thinking about it, I don’t see him violating that reg.
—Not a political event
—Not a commercial interest (like pushing used cars or some sort of business)
—Not engaged in civilian employment. Looking for a job.
Just my thoughts on that. . .
“Because they pay more.”
You (and others) didn’t get my point.
The screening is performed by TSA, not the airlines. But TSA allows the airlines to set up special lines for its first-class passengers - except that TSA should treat everybody equally, ie as citizens.
You don’t see the distinction?
Oh C’mon lets just be honest. Flight attendant by its very name means a person who attends the passengers. I won’t go as far as to say flying cocktail waitress but lets be real about the job. If you ask them to hang your coat up they need to hang your coat up.
Some of these gals are getting a little long in the tooth for the job. After 30 years or so they have morphed into the soup Nazi,
“Looking at the picture I think the proper rank is Sgt. Major”
Well, it’s been awhile since being in the Big Green Machine. So, Googled this to see if there’s been any changes since back in the day. And, I found that three up and three down with a diamond in the middle is still First Sargent. Sargent Major has a star, then there’s two more above that which are Command Sargent Major which has a star with a wreath, Command Sargent Major of the Army which has a star, wreath, and some stars. Anyway, the guy in the pic is in the fast lane for sure as he seems young for the rank. But, just about everyone seems young to me these days :)
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