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petronius

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13. The story seems carefully spun, and a lot of the criticism of the passengers seems

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Sun Nov 20, 2016, 06:04 PM

Nov 2016

to be based on facts that were not in evidence at the time (plus a dollop of disdain for the presumed plutocrats in first class).

As described, it appears that the pilot's announcement basically boiled down to: let this family go first because they're military. As I posted in another thread, I would have ignored it...

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trump's america: Father of fallen soldier says plane passengers booed family [View all] spanone Nov 2016 OP

Was someone in the party dressed as a muslim? LAS14 Nov 2016 #1

Read the article-- piece of shit first class passengers upset that he... TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #2

Bunch of entitled pricks COLGATE4 Nov 2016 #3

We're living in the new Gilded Age. athena Nov 2016 #5

I don't believe this story. nt DURHAM D Nov 2016 #4

1, something on the face of it is fucked up... humans usually aren't assholes for no reason uponit7771 Nov 2016 #6

The passengers were not told they were a DURHAM D Nov 2016 #9

I believe it...I get upgrades all the time to first class HipChick Nov 2016 #7

Just for starters - the passengers were not told DURHAM D Nov 2016 #8

Why would they? Just being told they were miltary would be enough.. HipChick Nov 2016 #10

Why? DURHAM D Nov 2016 #12

They are shameless malaise Nov 2016 #11

The story seems carefully spun, and a lot of the criticism of the passengers seems petronius Nov 2016 #13

Entitled rich pricks in 1st class with no class. Fuck them. TeamPooka Nov 2016 #14