First Responder =NoRefund/No Extension
Jan 13, 2022, 11:13 am
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Jan 13, 2022, 11:17 am
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Jan 13, 2022, 11:22 am
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Wow....Are AA FT members as heartless as this thread implies. Give the OP a break.... he already said he works in a small community and feels the need to stay the course and not vacation. I can't answer for AA but I certainly would show a bit more respect to the DRs and nurses who are working their butts off to save your lives.
The Merriam-Webster definition is as follows:
Definition of first responder
: a person (such as a police officer or an EMT) who is among those responsible for going immediately to the scene of an accident or emergency to provide assistance.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dict...st%20responder
Jan 13, 2022, 11:22 am
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Wow....Are AA FT members as heartless as this thread implies. Give the OP a break.... he already said he works in a small community and feels the need to stay the course and not vacation. I can't answer for AA but I certainly would show a bit more respect to the DRs and nurses who are working their butts off to save your lives.
Jan 13, 2022, 11:26 am
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Please someone shut this down....
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Jan 13, 2022, 11:55 am
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My two cents… I am a paramedic with 33 years in the field and have had to to work 3,4 or 5 24 hr shifts in a row. That’s being said, I also take vacations and I am on 5 day vacation as I type this. I work for a small community Hospital district that runs ambulances in the 911 system. And no, ER docs are not first responders. And I applaud all of the people that have gone into work during this pandemic.
Jan 13, 2022, 12:20 pm
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I am a teacher and a mandated reporter. I expect no-questions-asked refunds for as long as covid is endemic, from AA and all airlines.
Jan 13, 2022, 12:21 pm
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I'm not an AA apologist...I just think OP comes off pretty entitled towards an airline that has already extended quite a bit of courtesy. Believe me - I'll happily criticize any US airline when they're being awful, which they are on many occasions.
Jan 13, 2022, 12:23 pm
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To the OP, I hope the CK/AA line helps out with a refund or future flight credit. Keep us posted on the outcome. 4k is not a small sum to give up, and hope they extend it for future flights.
Jan 13, 2022, 12:29 pm
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I find it is pretentious of you, and you are being offensive.
What's the longest stretch you ever worked 18 hour days? For other people's benefit? How many lives have you saved in your career?
In what way do you appreciate healthcare workers? It sure feels like you don't.
What's the longest stretch you ever worked 18 hour days? For other people's benefit? How many lives have you saved in your career?
In what way do you appreciate healthcare workers? It sure feels like you don't.
I do still stand by my reasoning that the OP ought to be able to fly a ticket within a year and that, perhaps most importantly, it is factually incorrect to state that some government official has ordered him to work 24x7.
I agree it would be nice it AA would refund his wife's ticket. I also think they're well within reason not to do so. I certainly hope OP gets resolution to his or her satisfaction but I am advising to change the tone and content of responses to make such resolution more likely.
Jan 13, 2022, 12:43 pm
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Jan 13, 2022, 12:44 pm
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I'm a sales rep and yes I'd like a PDB prior to takeoff please.
Jan 13, 2022, 12:53 pm
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Doctors and Nurses are Health Care Workers. A very small subsect are also First Responders (Life Flight Nurses would be a good example). Real First Responders (Fire Fighters, Paramedics and Law Enforcement) take offense to other Health Care Workers claiming that they are "First Responders". Think along the lines of a draftee who did not serve in war trying to claim the honors of a Combat Veteran, same thing. Those in the medical community know this and are shunned professionally when they are caught trying to claim this distinction.
The Merriam-Webster definition is as follows:
: a person (such as a police officer or an EMT) who is among those responsible for going immediately to the scene of an accident or emergency to provide assistance.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dict...st%20responder
The Merriam-Webster definition is as follows:
Definition of first responder
: a person (such as a police officer or an EMT) who is among those responsible for going immediately to the scene of an accident or emergency to provide assistance.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dict...st%20responder
Jan 13, 2022, 12:56 pm
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I think we are conflating "frontline healthcare worker" and "first responder" here. I doubt OP is saying he is the one that first encounters a COVID patient, but he sure is carrying a huge burden taking care of them in the hospital. I'm not sure that makes him any less worthy of our praise than the EMT that brought the patient to the hospital in the first place. Also, a lot of these covid patients first interacted with the health care system after walking in the ER, does that make the first person that saw them a first responder? lets not lose the forest for the trees here. Your defense of who is a "first responder" seems misguided in this scenario
Jan 13, 2022, 12:59 pm
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Well, heck, me too! They tagged me, or my profession, as “essential” workers. As such, I too will exercise my refund in cash on demand for as long as this en(pan)demic persists. Why not? Not gonna be a chump here.