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DELTA AIRLINES Charging Soldiers returning home for Checked Gear

Delta Airlines charged a group of soldiers (34) returning from Afghanistan a whopping $ 2,800.00 for their gear to return home with them on board their flight back to America.


Added: Sep-1-2012 Occurred On: Sep-1-2012
By: wolfvisor
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Tags: delta, airlines, soldiers, return, flight, charged, baggage, charge, charged, afghanistan
Location: United States (load item map)
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  • And now they get a taste of what they were fighting for...

    Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
    100 Leaves (152.60)  

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  • this was old news and the airline returned there money after the story came out

    Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
    kiska (986.16)  

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  • Ok I get it you think it's absolutely absurd war. Eternal should be getting charged for this. But this a private company. Most airlines are claiming bankruptcy and are in huge financial crisis since 2008 recession. That extra gear is added weight. Which means more fuel to be burnt. Which also mean more handling time. This all costs a company money. So they should just eat it right? Ok so where do you draw the line. Vets shouldn't have to wait in line. They should be seated first at restaurant More..

    Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
    Noalias (373.60)  

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    • @Noalias

      The government *does* foot the bill for official travel - including extra baggage costs if authorized on the travel orders.

      As for taxes, military pay for each month spent in a combat zone like Afghanistan is exempt from Federal income taxes.

      Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
      sjefke (692.56)  

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    • @sjefke Then what's the problem here? Government foot the bill for baggage. But the extra baggage they bring with them that they check is personal items. Why are my fucking tax dollars paying for your personal items. I don't care if your fucking Gandhi

      Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
      Noalias (373.60)  

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    • @Noalias what the fuck do you care. your a fucking canadian.

      Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
      wtfman (83.50)

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    • @wtfman whatever's hanks for chiming in

      Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
      Noalias (373.60)  

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  • Delta Airlines should be ashamed for doing this, you dont charge Heroes. If this charge has to be paid then charge the government.

    Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
    Bawbag (760.70)  

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    • @dkast Soldiers dont choose where and whom to fight, it is their governments.

      Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
      Bawbag (760.70)  

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    • @Bawbag you don't know what your talking about

      Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
      Noalias (373.60)  

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    • @Noalias I thought you knew it is the government that picks the soldiers fights, you know now. The governments help any shareholders of any company that gains through this, again, you know now.

      Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
      Bawbag (760.70)  

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    • @Bawbag So what does that have to do with delta. These soldiers got paid for their duty. Read my post. Don't blame delta. You want to talk about the government footing the bill ok. But delta? Give them a break. Extra weight extra fuel. They should eat that? Lol. Wow you don't own your own company or know anything about business and if you did you wouldnt last a month your business would fail. Everything you just talked about was politics. Nothing to do with cost of operations of an airline lol. More..

      Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
      Noalias (373.60)  

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  • erm, welcome back to the real world. You can't win with those fucks

    Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
    kuba999 (409.68)  

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  • Fuck all the airlines. They are part of the reason our country is FUCKED right now.

    Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
    rivrev65 (211.40)

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    • @rivrev65 Lol what? What are you talking. About. The majority of airlines are in huge financial crisis.

      Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
      Noalias (373.60)  

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    • @Noalias

      Yes and getting government bailouts which they don't deserve.

      Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
      hamburger (562.10)  

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    • @hamburger Why do t you think they deserve them? They should just fail? You think of a bail out as they are getting free money. Your government made 19 billion of aig bailout so far lol. Be happy dude. It was a rough time. The airlines didn't deserve to go under because your fucking housing market collapsed and brought down the reset of your economy with it. So I'd they didn't deserve that. Maybe they deserve to be bailed out no? Are you jealous or something?

      Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
      Noalias (373.60)  

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    • @hamburger If the airlines go under transportation across this country will fail and then will cause all business too fail.

      Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
      atbackpacker (5.40)

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    • @Noalias Airline failure had nothing to do with housing, these airlines have been in trouble multiple times and huge companies like twa, pan am, tower air all folded before the crises. They've always been changing names and going out of business

      Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
      The Grim (744.50)  

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  • Dewey beat Truman!

    Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
    KutKorners (545.10)  

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  • Agreed the gov't should pay , but you can't fault Delta, they are a business and why should they bend the rules for 'military'? They get enough of my tax dollars to cover this.

    Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
    glasgowrus (126.30)

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    • @glasgowrus Thank you sp much. Finally someone on live leak with a bit of rational senses and real world economic procedures.

      Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
      Noalias (373.60)  

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  • Army better flip that bill...

    Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
    Plox (674.52)  

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    • @Plox ya but so many people are claiming delta should just absorb the extra fuel costs and service nd handling of the baggage. That's more absurd

      Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
      Noalias (373.60)  

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    • @Noalias If there is a contract stating they are able to board with 4 bags...then they should be able to board with 4 bags. I don't understand where your argument is. You seem to just want to be contrarian.

      Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
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  • How do you expect people to take you seriously when you post things that happened in 2011 as if they happened this month?

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9a5_1307553819
    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e76_1307592787

    Posted Sep-2-2012 By 
    CDKing (0.00)  

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  • Video is over a year old. Jeez!!!

    http://www.gadling.com/2011/06/07/delta-air-lines-charges-returning-soldiers-for-checked-bags/

    Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
    goocenn (32.38)  

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  • This is old. It made MSM news and Delta corrected the problem.

    Posted Sep-2-2012 By 
    tat2d (3076.38)  

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  • Shame on delta

    Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
    Ahhyoou (241.50)  

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  • Thanks for the upload! vtd

    Posted Sep-1-2012 By 
    hotjobz (1415.12)  

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