Recognizing that our guys usually have to come home as "cargo," I thought this was a nice touch. Each of the fallen from the Baghdad Airport strike was effectively allocated four seats, probably without even having to pay for extra tickets, and, there was an in-flight movie. I am not sure if the NY Post is trying to imply some criticism based on the coffins not having been booked "first class," but I think it might have been harder to fit them in there. Plus, it isn't like these guys were going to be ordering drinks.
It seems to me the bookings were fine. Lord knows, the only way our airlines would fly a decedent home in "coach" would be if the person actually died in "coach" (or, very possibly, if the person died in "first class," as they would then be unable to contest the downgrade to "coach").
In another story today, the NY Post reports that jewelers in the Big Apple are bagging on the quality of Soleimani's ring. Is the Post being too nit-pickety here? I think perhaps so.
Disqus.
https://nypost.com/2020/01/06/qassem-soleimanis-dead-body-flies-coach-back-to-iran/
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