Stealth upgrade for VIPs?
May 5, 2009, 4:26 pm
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ALL OF YOU HAVE NO CLUE. Special phone numbers, special customer service agents, special service all arround, that go far beyond upgrades. Without attacking anyone I can not tell you disapointed I am that all of you know so little about Special Services. TWA was the master and the best but they are gone.
OP: why not just tell us who it was...it shouldn't be a big secret.
May 5, 2009, 4:34 pm
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May 5, 2009, 4:55 pm
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For politicians? Highly unlikely. It would be illegal for both Continental to give, and for the politician to receive anything which has a value attached to it without following special reporting procedures - and an upgrade to a F seat certainly meets the test for value consideration. Offering gifts of value above a certain amount is verboten.
OP: why not just tell us who it was...it shouldn't be a big secret.
OP: why not just tell us who it was...it shouldn't be a big secret.
As a registered federal lobbyist I can tell you, you are correct. Anything noted as a "gift" or "perk" would have to have the value reported.
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May 5, 2009, 5:39 pm
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When I worked at DCA seeing Secret Service agents was totally normal and not so secret. Most of them were just escorts/drivers for the party flying, like a Supreme Court Justice and they waited until the flight departed. Others fly with the official but I never saw them travel with a Congressman or Senator.
Of course this was all pre 9-11. I have no idea is the current policy.
I did have Nancy Pelosi come off one of our flights two years ago and she was by herself and the local police met her. No Secret Service.
Of course this was all pre 9-11. I have no idea is the current policy.
I did have Nancy Pelosi come off one of our flights two years ago and she was by herself and the local police met her. No Secret Service.
May 5, 2009, 7:50 pm
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That's surprising considering shes a UGS at United.
May 5, 2009, 8:28 pm
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May 5, 2009, 8:43 pm
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May 5, 2009, 9:28 pm
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I flew IAH-DCA with Kay Bailey Barfington last year ... actually come to think about it, she might be better than Governor Goodhair.
I digress. Although I'm no fan, when I was on the same flight as Hutchinson, she cooled her heels with staff in the same regular old gate area as the guy with a Cowboys jersey and his fat kids going to Washington to see the White House.
She flew F; but I honestly could not detect anything major that was out of the ordinary about how she was treated.
I digress. Although I'm no fan, when I was on the same flight as Hutchinson, she cooled her heels with staff in the same regular old gate area as the guy with a Cowboys jersey and his fat kids going to Washington to see the White House.
She flew F; but I honestly could not detect anything major that was out of the ordinary about how she was treated.
May 5, 2009, 10:20 pm
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May 5, 2009, 10:26 pm
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May 6, 2009, 12:45 pm
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When I worked at DCA seeing Secret Service agents was totally normal and not so secret. Most of them were just escorts/drivers for the party flying, like a Supreme Court Justice and they waited until the flight departed. Others fly with the official but I never saw them travel with a Congressman or Senator.
Of course this was all pre 9-11. I have no idea is the current policy.
I did have Nancy Pelosi come off one of our flights two years ago and she was by herself and the local police met her. No Secret Service.
Of course this was all pre 9-11. I have no idea is the current policy.
I did have Nancy Pelosi come off one of our flights two years ago and she was by herself and the local police met her. No Secret Service.
Flew with Pelosi in FC on 5/14/07 to DCA, maybe marshal on the plane but she carried her own bags and was met at gate by SS.
Imagine that is little more consistent these days with her being #2 in line for the POTUS.
May 6, 2009, 2:46 pm
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The Supreme Court is protected by the Supreme Court Police and/or US Marshals, not SS. Just ask Souter about his jogging incident.
Flew with Pelosi in FC on 5/14/07 to DCA, maybe marshal on the plane but she carried her own bags and was met at gate by SS.
Imagine that is little more consistent these days with her being #2 in line for the POTUS.
Flew with Pelosi in FC on 5/14/07 to DCA, maybe marshal on the plane but she carried her own bags and was met at gate by SS.
Imagine that is little more consistent these days with her being #2 in line for the POTUS.
May 6, 2009, 3:21 pm
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do the senators and congresspeople buy their own tickets when they fly back home on the weekends or does the gov. pick up the tab?
May 6, 2009, 3:39 pm
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