Posted on 10/10/2014 7:52:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
* First Sargent Albert Marle boarded plane wearing a jacket lined with medals
* Asked US Airways attendant if she could hang up his 'Dress Blues' uniform
* But she reportedly refused, saying coat closet was for first-class fliers only
* Outraged passengers offered Sgt Marle their seats, but he politely declined
* After fliers spoke of the incident online, social media users hit out at airline
* US Airways has since apologized and launched investigation into incident
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....
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Active Duty ping.
That would never happen on Southwest. That’s why people LUV that airline.
Just a stupid flight attendant who blindly follows rules instead of using common sense.
Another American hero gets dumped on by someone who obviously doesn’t understand the sacrifice of the military person who took that jacket off.
Wonder what Princess Poison Looks like?
This looks like an honorable American fighting man. She is not worthy to tear open his too small bag of peanuts.
Useless Air is one of the worst airlines. They used to have a virtual monopoly on air travel from Pittsburgh and they treated their passengers that way. Then Southwest and other airlines came along, so now there is competition. But Useless Air still treats passengers like dirt. And the airline wonders why it loses money.
I avoid flying with US Airways as much as possible. Southwest is my personal favorite. I just wish it flew to Dulles from Pittsburgh.
Holy cow, look at that fruit salad! That is one seriously decorated Sergeant major. I had an uncle who was a Command Sergeant Major (Korea, Vietnam). That’s what the uniform he was buried in looked like. He died a few months shy of retirement. Helluva guy.
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Dear Lord. I’m appalled.
Is that military intelligence brass on the first sergeant’s uniform?
That flight attendant would have been right at home on the Titanic. ‘You’re third class, no lifeboat for you.’
I could tell you USAF stuff. But, not Army stuff.
I was never in the infantry but if someone with a Combat Infantryman’s Badge (CIB) asks me if I’d hang up their jacket, I’D HANG UP THEIR JACKET!!!
Where, on the epaulets? The quality of the photo is iffy. looks like a photo taken of a TV or a low res. video capture. Hard to tell. It would be roughly diamond shaped, correct?
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Even if I had to hold it over my head for the entire flight. That mans uniform would not be wrinkled when we landed.
Or she could have been just your everyday average lib.
The two brass spheres on his lapel. One will have a U.S. and the other his branch.
It’s probable that he is wearing either the crossed muskets of the Infantry or the cross arrows of Special Forces. He is a double tab wearer (Ranger and Special Forces qualified), and is wearing the Distinctive Unit Insignia for Special Forces, so he is probably SF. But he is an Infantryman, given his CIB and his blue Infantry cord. He also is wearing the Pathfinder, Air Assault and Airborne badges, but oddly, he is not a jumpmaster. He also is wearing a set of foreign jump wings (British?).
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