LCpl Smith would have got up like 99.99999% of us. End of story.
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LCpl Smith would have got up like 99.99999% of us. End of story.
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Have to agree. LCpl Smith is a disciplined law abiding citizen who isn't going to get into it with anyone. He wants to see his family but won't cause a scene. He doesn't feel entitled to anything (That's not an implication of entitlement on the original story, just who LCpl Smith is).Quote:
Originally Posted by ChunkyMonkey
I would hope that someone else would give their seat up for LCpl Smith but these days I'm sure that isn't going to happen.
Oh? So sure?Quote:
Originally Posted by ChunkyMonkey
So why are there MP's? If every service member is a cool-headed fellow...Quote:
Originally Posted by KevDen2005
Why should anyone give up their seat for some dude in uniform? What makes him so damn special?
Even the "tough guy" members?Quote:
Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy
Yes, leave the emotional story and make believe to the liberals. Life is so much easier that way. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by CavSct1983
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They are far from perfect but they are also nowhere near the villains I'm seeing in the press and on the Internet today.
Agree. Unable to use the web site for tickest due to medical issues, I always talk to an agent. My last flight was handled above professional from everyone involved. EXCEPT for the airport and TSA employees. Even with a booked flight the ticket counter folks did some juggling to get me a seat that accommodated my needs. One thing they did was tell me, sorry we cannot upgrade you to X seating as those passengers were already checked in. BUT....we can do this instead.
Considering i had to fly out with 2 days notice they stepped up.
To write tickets for no seat belt and for doing 26 MPH in a 25 MPH zone.Quote:
Originally Posted by CavSct1983
LOL, no jokes. Thats all the bitching I heard from the buckley guysQuote:
Originally Posted by KevDen2005
Outrage? Yes. Even legitimate outrage. A legal right to that seat? No.Quote:
Originally Posted by CavSct1983
I'm sympathetic with all four who were involuntarily deboarded. That wasn't being denied boarding, it was being deboarded. However, that is a completely different item from having a legal right.
Let's take your scenario and say that because LCpl Smith stands his ground and the airline in question can't get their crew to the next airport (leaving aside there are other options the airline might have taken to get them there), SrA Jones, Spec4 Snuffy, and OS2 Brown are similarly delayed at the next airport and are unable to see THEIR families. They weren't deboarding those passengers to accommodate some Hollyweird celebrity (and even if they were, it's still the difference between legitimate outrage and a legal right to something).
It's also different from violent resistance to being asked to deboard. Seeing Dr. Dao was a refugee from the Communist takeover in Viet Nam makes his PTSD understandable but it still left the security officers with someone who was reacting hysterically.
Did you see anyone using a billy club in the video? Lash out with a right cross or upper cut? I didn't. From what I could see, they went in to try to escort him off and he went berzerk. How exactly is that on the airline?