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5 comments:
There is a real simple solution to this, don't fly on American Airlines.
No one is forcing you to after all. Obama hasn't taken it over, yet.
Doesn't your knee-jerk ideological thinking tire you out?
Well seriously James - what is the point about your comments on American Airlines charging $8 for a blanket?
Do you want legislation mandating free blankets?
I suppose you also complained when they ended serving those gawd-awful inedible "free" meals most airlines used to serve.
And comparing one of those useless small thin blankets to emergency oxygen is lame.
Then again I do recognize your lack of understanding of the private sector and for profit organizations.
Take a train.
understanding of the private sector and for profit organizations
Put passengers' lives at risk by skimping on maintenance, then charge them up the yingyang to pay the fines.
It's the American Way, doncha know.
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