<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by littleleaguemom:
Some of us seem to believe civic duty involves tolerating major and unnecessary disruptions of your life and this is absolutely not the case. Yes, we have a civic duty to serve on juries, but so do millions of other people in the pool who don't have non-refundable tickets and other legitimate reasons for rescheduling. That's why they gladly grant extensions and have set up an automated system for this. It is not my civic duty to blow off a two-week family vacation that has been a year in the planning and is impossible to reschedule. They were happy to change my summons to a later date and I have cleared my calendar to be available, on leave without pay, as my company does not pay for jury duty. I may very likely take the place of someone else who had to reschedule. </font>
He says he has been selected and wants to serve as a juror. American Airlines, as it touts itself on TV, should accommodate that. He didn't volunteer. He was selected by a court to serve as a juror.
Could he get out of it by virtue of his airline ticket...sure.
Should he have to pay a change fee and difference in fare for performing a civic duty? No.
Let's see where AA stands on things like this. I'm very curious.