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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 8:17 am
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Originally Posted by MikeMpls
Why would the British & American military give a hoot as to who paid more for their tickets? They were performing a humanitarian function, not preserving the social stature of DYKWIA's.
+1

Reminds me of the titantic days where steerage had to stow away in the lower floors until all of the First passengers were seatedly comfortably in their life boats.

As someone mentioned earlier they didn't even check tickets on the rescue flight. This was all about safety and helping EVERYONE out.
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