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Jul 23, 2017, 2:09 pm

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Originally Posted by MissRoseDarrensAngel

I am a granddaughter of a WW2 Veteran who was privileged to come home after the war was over. If I was asked to wait 2 minutes for a veteran's coffin to be off loaded on a flight, you better believe I will make sure they get respect and I will not deal with someone who thinks 2 minutes makes a world of difference for a soldier or veteran making his or her last journey home to their loved ones for a proper burial. Even if this happened on a flight overseas, I will still show respect.

You're entitled to your opinions and you're entitled for that to include what you think is 'disrespectful'. You aren't entitled to force that opinion on others who have places to be.

In fact, before this article had you even heard of this practice on commercial aircraft?

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