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originally posted by: crazyewok
originally posted by: IShotMyLastMuse
At the cost of sounding insensitive, he could have bought a ticket in first class or found any other solution to not wrinkle his jacket.
Had it been a civilian asking the same thing, nobody would have cared.
Now sure, they could have let him hang his jacket, i mean no big deal, but to have to issue an explanation, and an apology over something so silly just further proves how PC and over sensitive we are becoming
Exactly.
I thought the USA was a captilist country?
The Airline is a a PRIVTAE co operation not government owned therefore has no obligation to the US government and those that serve except in paying taxes.
Dont see why a serving military personal should get special treatment?
If they want to hang a coat up he should have brought a first class ticket as it is a CIVILIAN establishment.
Why not give doctors and nurses special treatment too? Or teachers as they give just as much and do just as important jobs?
Or should only people that kill be treated like they give valuable contributions?
originally posted by: crazyewok
a reply to: NavyDoc
Thats something that struck me.
I dont know how the US military works. But in the UK you cant really wear your uniform for off duty travel and to get free stuff, at least none of the guys I know do.
I agree if a company wants to give a certain person a perk that's 100% cool, but really company policy is down to a company.
Soon as you start interfering on who should be entitled to what perks you get into muddy territory.
What I do think they are entailed to is government benefits and medical support as the government was the the one that sent them in harms ways. So they should pay up and give them their reward for there service.
As I have stated I do not hate or love the military, I just treat them as people, though I MAY be tempted if I need to take employees on one day give certain servicemen CV extra attentions and interview preference as the regiment in my area do have some useful skills Id love to grab.
originally posted by: alexball
All arguments regarding respect aside,
it seems this was personal. Maybe the flight attendant comes from an anti-American culture, and views a soldier as an agent of American Imperialism?
Many of my schoolmates joined up because they fell for the slick recruitment drive in our poor estate, had little qualifications, not many other options, and enjoyed fighting.
originally posted by: ScientificRailgun
But I'll reiterate it's not the organization as whole that I respect, but the individual soldier who made the conscious decision that he wanted to protect me, and our country.
The army is targeting schools in some of the poorest areas of Wales to find new recruits, Plaid Cymru has claimed.
It said figures show regional variations in recruitment officers' visits and has asked the Welsh Assembly Government to ban them from schools. The party said the figures showed that schools in the most deprived areas were visited 50% more often than those in affluent areas and that there were big regional variations.
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Schoolchildren in Swansea were visited more than 10 times on average during that period while children in the Vale of Glamorgan had no visits at all.
It is definitely against Army regs to wear your uniform for personal travel, only official travel.
At the cost of sounding insensitive, he could have bought a ticket in first class or found any other solution to not wrinkle his jacket.