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  • Drivers Frustrated As Car Rental Chaos Ensues At Atlanta Airport

    01/31/2025 7:56:32 PM PST · by Kenny Bania · 56 replies
    WSB-TV Atlanta ^ | January 28, 2025 | Tom Regan
    Frustrated travelers arriving at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport on Tuesday found it extremely difficult to rent a car. “I went to every counter upstairs, and nobody had cars. The last time I saw this before was during (COVID-19) when they sold off car fleets,” said car rental customer James Owen. At the car rental center, the aisles of many agencies were empty. At other counters, people stood in line, not knowing when or if they would get a car. “They just said they don’t have cars. I think what they said (is) there’s a truck coming to bring back cars....
  • A soldier and his dog were killed. Watch what baggage handlers do with their caskets.

    04/10/2015 11:35:46 AM PDT · by EveningStar · 50 replies
    Shrug ^ | March 18, 2015
    ... The Delta Honor Guard is a group of employees and baggage handlers at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. What they do for Fallen Soldiers is extremely touching ...
  • Rename Atlanta's airport, panel is urged (History rewrite alert!)

    07/30/2003 6:59:10 AM PDT · by xrp · 44 replies · 453+ views
    Maynard Jackson, Atlanta's first black mayor, cast a huge shadow Tuesday over his white predecessors as the campaign to rename Atlanta's airport developed into raw racial politics. "This really shouldn't be about what the white business establishment would allow," said state Rep. "Able" Mable Thomas, a former Atlanta City Council member. "It's really what the strength of the African-American community will allow. What will we stand for? The real deal is we stood too long silent. Atlanta is being gentrified every day. So, while you do still have a majority, as Maynard would say, use the power you have today."...