AA asks US gvt to refrain using AA to transport separated border kids
Jun 20, 2018, 12:54 pm
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If you really think that the only loss Delta suffered was a drop of minuscule revenue coming from the passengers who booked with the NRA discount codes...
Jun 20, 2018, 2:09 pm
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Jun 20, 2018, 2:27 pm
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The full AA statement has been added to the first post. AA is asking the USG to refrain from using AA to transport children separated from their families by ICE.
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Jun 20, 2018, 2:42 pm
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Jun 20, 2018, 9:57 pm
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I'm not trying to make this political in the general forum. But the New York Times is reporting that kids are still being flown tonight by AA.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/n...-new-york.html
So this seems to me to be more of a request than anything else.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/n...-new-york.html
Indeed, it seemed that children continued to arrive hours after the order was signed. Just before 9 p.m. on Wednesday, seven boys were escorted through the security gate at La Guardia after arriving on an American Airlines flight from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
Jun 20, 2018, 11:49 pm
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Is AA going to interview every minor passenger so they can decide whether they're going to fulfill their contractual obligations or just refund the ticket and tell the kid to take a hike?
It's a PR fluff and anyone who believes otherwise is naive. AA is not stupid enough to get themselves sued for breach of contract.
It's a PR fluff and anyone who believes otherwise is naive. AA is not stupid enough to get themselves sued for breach of contract.
Jun 21, 2018, 12:55 am
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It would be easy to check those under 18 travelling on a government fare and if the company has indicated that it is not going to take such passengers , for any tickets not yet purchased would likely be in breach of contract
Jun 21, 2018, 12:55 am
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It's a PR fluff and anyone who believes otherwise is naive. AA is not stupid enough to get themselves sued for breach of contract.
Jun 21, 2018, 6:17 am
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Is AA going to interview every minor passenger so they can decide whether they're going to fulfill their contractual obligations or just refund the ticket and tell the kid to take a hike?
It's a PR fluff and anyone who believes otherwise is naive. AA is not stupid enough to get themselves sued for breach of contract.
It's a PR fluff and anyone who believes otherwise is naive. AA is not stupid enough to get themselves sued for breach of contract.
Jun 21, 2018, 7:22 am
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Regardless of the govt contract, doesn’t AA’s CoC still apply? The CoC gives them a fair amount of discretion over who they allow to fly. And I’m sure they could come up with some justification for denying carriage if they were so inclined.