Posted on 01/07/2021 6:44:21 AM PST by cmj328
American Airlines will not serve alcohol on flights to and from the Washington, DC area after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol, a spokesperson said.
The airline has also increased staffing at Washington-area airports "as a precautionary measure."
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Prior to the riots, some airlines had moved their flight crews to hotels outside the central Washington area in anticipation of protests, CNBC reported. American and United Airlines had both said they would move crews to airport hotels, and Alaska Airlines told staff to avoid downtown Washington.
This followed reports of unruly passengers on flights into the DC area on Tuesday ahead of the riots at the Capitol, raising concern about later departures from the region.
Footage appeared on social media Tuesday showing pro-Trump supports heckling Utah Republican Senator Mitt Romney both at an airport gate and onboard an aircraft because he refused to back the president's efforts to overturn the election results. Fellow travelers shouted at Romney, calling him a "traitor" and a "joke."
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Roger Dow, the head of the US Travel Association, condemned the disruption at the Capitol.
"The behavior we are witnessing has no place in any peaceful democracy, much less in the country that is supposed to be the foremost example of democratic principles," Dow said in a statement.
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Did they ever ban alcohol on flights to and from Portland, Oregon?
Funny they didn’t do this when the George Floyd RIOTS were happening.
WTF!?!??!
antifa/blm run around like the sick animals that they are and burn and loot and destroy but the media and now companies are making it sound like it was the Tet Offensive.
I just said the other day that life’s too short to get sick over all of this.
I LIED.
a mean sober drunk is a tough nut to crack ..
Virtue signaling extraordinaire.
You call that a riot? I thought it was a mostly peaceful demonstration.
Romney has FORCED ObamaCARE/RomneyCARE,
gay marriage, polygamy, Presidential-backstabbing,
shared bathrooms for kids,
protection of GS, upon Americans.
now. no more EtOH on flights.
So everyone was drunk on the planes to/from DC?
OK, sure
Just wait. It might be a stretch, but.....Since Ashli Babbit was killed by a firearm you can bet margabby kellygiffords will be leading the charge to disarm law abiding citizens. Just sayin’.
“ The behavior we are witnessing has no place in any peaceful democracy, much less in the country that is supposed to be the foremost example of democratic principles,” Dow said in a statement.”
Except by ISIS, BLM and mask Karens
Romney was badly frightened.
Make that antifa....called them isis
They worship different gods
I think I recall asking for a drink on a flight out of Portland, once. They wouldn’t serve alcohol to any of us going to Basic Training. Wasn’t 21 anyway.
“Hey, listen up people! It appears that a law enforcement person of some kind shot an unarmed woman yesterday! Because of that, we have no choice but to take away everyone’s alcohol!”
Mr Dow...You should be scared, the divorce has begun.
Just do an eight ball in the lavatory...
That will last until some dem congress-man/-woman/-whatever gets on and demands liquor.
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