Airline snubs Army Ranger for not being '1st class'

Airline snubs Army Ranger for not being '1st class'

Outraged passengers intervene on behalf of decorated soldier

http://www.wnd.com/2014/10/airline-snubs-army-ranger-for-not-being-1st-class/

Officials with U.S. Airways are under attack by an outraged public for an incident on a Thursday flight from Portland, Oregon, to Charlotte, North Carolina, where a flight attendant apparently refused to allow an Army Ranger with a chest full of medals to hang up his jacket – because he wasn’t a first-class passenger.

According to a report from WSOC-TV, other passengers reported 1st Sgt. Albert Marle asked the flight attendant for permission to hang up his uniform jacket to keep it from getting wrinkled.

She refused his request because “the service is available only to first-class passengers,” the report said.

First-class passenger Cliff Autrey told the station, “She got relatively belligerent with him that was against company policy. I offered to trade seats with him. He had a chest full of medals. Many deployments. All she had to say was ‘yes,’ but she said it was against company policy.”

Others on the flight claimed the flight attendant yelled at passengers who tried to ask other attendants to intervene.

“The lead flight attendant passed up a good opportunity to do a good deed,” added Autrey.

Several other first-class passengers joined Autrey in offering their seats to Marle but the decorated solider declined and remained seated in coach.

“I thanked him for his service and I asked him if I could hang his jacket up. I walked back up and hung the jacket simply behind my seat. There’s a difference between policy and doing what is right,” passenger Jon Dahlberg told the TV station.

Marle could not be reached immediately, but military officials explained in detail to the station:

“According to the insignias on his uniform, he is Ranger qualified (black and gold metal banner on his left pocket flap), he is Pathfinder qualified (metal insignia with the gold wing), he is Air Assault qualified (silver metal insignia with the wings and front view of a helicopter), he is Special Forces trained and most likely in a SF unit (aqua and gold metal banner over the Ranger banner), he is currently serving in an airborne unit (silver jump wings above his ribbons), SF unit crest designating his unit affiliation (metal insignia to the right of his right lapel).”

On Twitter, one passenger, identified as Kirbs72, was infuriated, and eventually got a promise from the airline to investigate.

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C.A. Howlett is the SVP for US Airways, Inc., and a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Note: Matthew K. Rose is a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and a director at the AMR Corporation.

John W. Bachmann is a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and a director at the AMR Corporation.

AMR Corporation is proposing merger with the US Airways Group Inc.

US Airways Group Inc. is a subsidiary of US Airways, Inc.

Klaus Kleinfeld was a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for US Airways, Inc. & the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.   

W. Douglas Parker is the chairman & CEO for US Airways, Inc., the chairman & CEO for the US Airways Group Inc., and was a director at Clear Channel Outdoor.

Clear Channel Communications Inc. is the parent company for Clear Channel Outdoor. Vernon E. Jordan Jr. was a director at the Clear Channel Communications Inc., is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Judith Rodin was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is a director at the AMR Corporation.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

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Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Ann McLaughlin Korologos was the chair emeritus for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a director at the AMR Corporation.

AMR Corporation is proposing merger with the US Airways Group Inc.

US Airways Group Inc. is a subsidiary of US Airways, Inc.

Matthew K. Rose is a director at the AMR Corporation, and was a member of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.

Penny S. Pritzker was a member of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, the national finance chair, fundraiser for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign, a co-chair for the 2009 Barack Obama inaugural committee, a fundraiser, national co-chair for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign, a contributor for the 2013 Barack Obama inaugural committee, the host for the Barack Obama fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008, Craig M. Robinson’s basketball coach for the children's team, is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce for the Barack Obama administration.

Michelle Obama is Craig M. Robinson’s sister, and was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

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C.R. Smith was the secretary for the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the CEO for American Airlines.

AMR Corporation is the parent company for American Airlines, and proposing a merger with the US Airways Group Inc.

US Airways Group Inc. is a subsidiary of US Airways, Inc.

C.A. Howlett is the SVP for US Airways, Inc., and a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.