Troops pay baggage fees on way to war zones

RolandTD20Kdrummer
RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
edited August 2008 in A Moving Train
haha...what a demented reality...

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/08/13/troops.baggage/index.html

Some airlines are charging U.S. soldiers extra baggage fees to take their military kits with them as they set off for war.

Military personnel carry large, heavy kit bags containing boots, clothing and gear. In the past few months, airlines have instituted fees for all travelers ranging from $15 for one bag to $250 for a third bag.
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  • BetterThanYou
    BetterThanYou Posts: 853
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    haha...what a demented reality...

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/08/13/troops.baggage/index.html

    Some airlines are charging U.S. soldiers extra baggage fees to take their military kits with them as they set off for war.

    Military personnel carry large, heavy kit bags containing boots, clothing and gear. In the past few months, airlines have instituted fees for all travelers ranging from $15 for one bag to $250 for a third bag.

    they should have listed what airlines are still charging that so they could get flooded with emails. that's complete bullshit.
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Shocking!!! I'll bet they even had to pay for their gas on the way to the airport. Or their lunch at the snack bar.

    Point is - where do we draw the line at what they receive free?
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • BetterThanYou
    BetterThanYou Posts: 853
    know1 wrote:
    Shocking!!! I'll bet they even had to pay for their gas on the way to the airport. Or their lunch at the snack bar.

    Point is - where do we draw the line at what they receive free?

    i don't think letting them off the hook for extra baggage charges is asking too much.
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    BetterThanYou wrote:
    i don't think letting them off the hook for extra baggage charges is asking too much.

    If you own the gas station they shop at, would you feel like giving them free gas was asking too much?
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • In My Dreams
    In My Dreams Posts: 299
    Uncle Sam can give them per diem.
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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    know1 wrote:
    Shocking!!! I'll bet they even had to pay for their gas on the way to the airport. Or their lunch at the snack bar.

    Point is - where do we draw the line at what they receive free?
    ...
    If they have to DRIVE their own cars to WAR.. then, YES we should pay for their FUCKING GAS!!!
    We... OUR FUCKING NATION!!!... is the one who is sending them off to a FUCKING WAR!!! The very FUCKING LEAST we could do is PAY FOR THE FUCKING FLIGHT!!!
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    know1 wrote:
    Shocking!!! I'll bet they even had to pay for their gas on the way to the airport. Or their lunch at the snack bar.

    Point is - where do we draw the line at what they receive free?


    people drive cars and get snacks all the time.....all around the world all the time... from young to old..... imagine that?

    How often do people fly off into war zones to risk their lives in the prime of their lives?

    Apparently just as often in your neighborhood...
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    Cosmo wrote:
    ...
    If they have to DRIVE their own cars to WAR.. then, YES we should pay for their FUCKING GAS!!!
    We... OUR FUCKING NATION!!!... is the one who is sending them off to a FUCKING WAR!!! The very FUCKING LEAST we could do is PAY FOR THE FUCKING FLIGHT!!!




    You get your point across so well with the f-bombs. :rolleyes:
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    unsung wrote:
    You get your point across so well with the f-bombs. :rolleyes:
    ...
    Damn straight, Mother Fucker... Fuckin' aye.
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  • BetterThanYou
    BetterThanYou Posts: 853
    know1 wrote:
    If you own the gas station they shop at, would you feel like giving them free gas was asking too much?

    no, not free gas. but i equate the free gas with a free airline ticket. now if you asked if i, as a gas station owner, would feel like giving them a free carwash when gas has been purchased by them, then the answer would be sure.
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    know1 wrote:
    If you own the gas station they shop at, would you feel like giving them free gas was asking too much?
    ...
    If I was ordering them to drive where I wanted them to go... then, YES... I would feel obligated to pay for their gas.
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    Hail, Hail!!!
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    I agree the troops should not have to pay for their way to battle.


    Kind of a messed up country where we pay for illegal aliens to have things such as health insurance, print government documents in their language, give their kids free education, and also have so many able bodied society draining pondscum animals on welfare. Yet we can't pay for the extra luggage for those that volunteer to defend this country.


    Calling any politician who wants to change this, you have my vote.
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    BetterThanYou wrote:
    no, not free gas. but i equate the free gas with a free airline ticket. now if you asked if i, as a gas station owner, would feel like giving them a free carwash when gas has been purchased by them, then the answer would be sure.

    And that's your prerogative. But how would you like it if you decided not to give them the car wash and the media blasted you for it?
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Cosmo wrote:
    ...
    If they have to DRIVE their own cars to WAR.. then, YES we should pay for their FUCKING GAS!!!
    We... OUR FUCKING NATION!!!... is the one who is sending them off to a FUCKING WAR!!! The very FUCKING LEAST we could do is PAY FOR THE FUCKING FLIGHT!!!

    I mainly hope that reading stories about how the government doesn't treat them so well will keep people from joining up and therefore make it a lot more difficult to fight wars.

    That being said, it wasn't the airline that ordered them off to war.

    For that matter, nobody could order them to war if they didn't volunteer to go.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • BetterThanYou
    BetterThanYou Posts: 853
    know1 wrote:
    And that's your prerogative. But how would you like it if you decided not to give them the car wash and the media blasted you for it?

    then i'd feel like a cheap asshole for not offering it in the first place.
    "Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
    ~D.K.S.
  • Strangest Tribe
    Strangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    who foots the bill when they come back as a body in a box in a cargo compartment? Do they throw in a free flag?
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    Strangest Tribe wrote:
    who foots the bill when they come back as a body in a box in a cargo compartment? Do they throw in a free flag?

    You how this works they keep known fact hidden. They sure don't want to bust up our precious moral.

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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    know1 wrote:
    I mainly hope that reading stories about how the government doesn't treat them so well will keep people from joining up and therefore make it a lot more difficult to fight wars.

    That being said, it wasn't the airline that ordered them off to war.

    For that matter, nobody could order them to war if they didn't volunteer to go.
    ...
    If they didn't voluenteer... the Pentagon would draft people.
    Like it or not, the reality is Man will wage war. That is Man's nature.
    The only way Man will not wage war would be if greed, selfishness and needs did not exist... along with the abolishment of all Governments, Religions, Monetary Systems or Nations. Good luck with that happening soon.
    In the meantime, those things do exist, so man wil wage war. And if we, as a nation, are going to ship our soldiers off to fight in our name, we need to be responsible for them. But, we are not.
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Cosmo wrote:
    ...
    If they didn't voluenteer... the Pentagon would draft people.
    Like it or not, the reality is Man will wage war. That is Man's nature.
    The only way Man will not wage war would be if greed, selfishness and needs did not exist... along with the abolishment of all Governments, Religions, Monetary Systems or Nations. Good luck with that happening soon.
    In the meantime, those things do exist, so man wil wage war. And if we, as a nation, are going to ship our soldiers off to fight in our name, we need to be responsible for them. But, we are not.

    Blah, blah, blah. The point is, why should a private company be denigrated for not offering them services for free?
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    The Chicago Sun-Times claims this was American Airlines.

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