[Jonty30]

Unless the airline has the ability to offer tho service, I think she was right to refuse. To accept the jacket also would have meant accepting liability for whatever might have happened to the jacket while the airline had it in its possession.

[Lurker]

Oh shut up.

[GilesB]

Uuuummmmm - the airline accepted responsibility for the soldier’s life...why would his coat be such a problem?

There was obviously a place to hang the coat.

[GLDNGUN]

.Unless the airline has the ability to offer tho service, I think she was right to refuse. To accept the jacket also would have meant accepting liability for whatever might have happened to the jacket while the airline had it in its possession.

Huh? You mean like they do for First Class passengers? They don't have a problem accepting that liability.

Try again.

[Dapper 26]

There you have it! We’re too stupid X 2 to make decisions. It might be racist, profiling, illegal, need legal opinion first, PCism, stupidity, ignorance.....whatever to do ANYTHING. There is NO DEFENSE for her actions, none! To pretend to make lame excuses for people like that is infuriating!!

[Jack Hydrazine]

Would you personally risk your life in combat for this soldier or any other US soldier?

You answer already indicates you would not.

[luvbach1]

Unless the airline has the ability to offer tho service, I think she was right to refuse.

You might have a point there, but not if she was rude and dismissive, as some reported.

[Rashputin]

That's a Combat Infantryman Badge on his jacket, dimwit, that alone makes him First Class and then some.

It's a damn shame so many people in this country, expecially people pretend to be a Conservative, know so little about the real value of things in this life.

[TYVets]

This man has put his life on the line so you could sleep all cozy and warm in your bed.

You don't sound appreciative of that fact.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

You’re full of shit. The cretin needs to be fired and the airline got a load of bad press because she had major attitude towards the soldier,a very highly decorated soldier at that.

[M-cubed]

I like how u think.....lets go hunting...*s*

[mazda77]

Do you purposely act stupid or did you have to go to college to get that smart? Then I opened the dictionary to the word insufferable and your handle was mentioned.

[Hot Tabasco]

I think she was right to refuse. To accept the jacket also would have meant accepting liability for whatever might have happened to the jacket while the airline had it in its possession.

You're really serious aren't you?

[The_Media_never_lie]

Unless the airline has the ability to offer tho service, I think she was right to refuse. To accept the jacket also would have meant accepting liability for whatever might have happened to the jacket while the airline had it in its possession.

You cannot be serious!

[Cowgirl of Justice]

WRONG!!!!

I was a flight attendant for that airline.

SHE DID THE WRONG THING.

She could have hung it up but hates herself, her job and her life choices and takes it out on the passengers. I worked with many just like her. I have personally been on the receiving end of that attitude when I had to fly usair. The flight attendants didn’t know I was a former coworker and treated me like I was lowlife trash- for simply wanting to give my First Class upgrade to a veteran seated beside me in a middle seat who was missing part of his leg.

I hope AA terminates that FA.

[nd76]

I was on a Delta Connection non-stop flight a couple of years ago between Des Moines and Washington (DCA). The commandant of the Iowa State Patrol was seated in the first row of coach, and had a garment bag with him presumably containing his formal dress uniform (there were ceremonies in DC for state and municipal policemen who had lost their lives in the line of duty). The flight attendant graciously offered to hang the garment bag in the front closet.

Difference in corporate culture between airlines.

[Smellin Salt]

Huh?

Unless they have the ability? He wanted to hang his jacket, not park a humvee in the cargo compartment.

[Chainmail]

It's hard to add to what others have written to you but I'll give it a try:

This soldier has devoted at least 20 years to his country and obviously done very well, judging by his awards and decorations. His service helped keep this country free and allowed the less manly among us to continue to sip our lattes in safety. Which would include those of you who reside in Canada, since a strong US armed forces allows our neighbors to the North to have a tiny armed force and still stay safe. Nice, huh?

That "jacket" he is wearing has a ribbon bar and several pinned badges which are easily damaged/lost if treated roughly (like jamming into an overhead compartment). It was entirely reasonable for him to ask to have his uniform coat hung in the hanger stowage area - which by the way usually isn't just a First Class perk, but available to all passengers on most airlines.

The flight attendant was apparently unnecessarily discourteous. Those of us who have served don't expect special treatment but occasionally we do get special treatment while we are traveling in uniform. The rub in this instance is that this NCO received disrespectful treatment.

Even a non-serving foreigner should understand that, right?

[Georgia Girl 2]

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,

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Jonty 30 - bullshit. Plain and simple. Bullshit.

[P-Marlowe]

Find a new forum, you hall monitoring rule Nazi.