{"id":122488,"date":"2022-02-04T13:29:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T18:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=122488"},"modified":"2022-02-04T13:29:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T18:29:05","slug":"american-airlines-doing-what-we-do-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=122488","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines. Doing what we do worse."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSimple gesture of respect denied to grieving family<\/em><\/p>\n

A West Virginia family has accused American Airlines of disrespectful and unfair treatment, after they say the airlines did not allow them the courtesy of meeting the remains of their fallen Marine at the airport, or assisting the Marine Casualty Assistance Calls Officers (CACO) bringing him home.<\/p>\n

In an open letter, the family of Marine PFC Zachary Wayne Riffle called for the public to boycott the Fort Worth-based carrier for the alleged mishandling and disrespect while he was in the care of the airline.<\/p>\n

David sends.<\/p>\n

Family of fallen Marine claims they were disrespected by airline<\/h3>\n

William Dean, The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The family of Pfc. Zachary “Zach ” Riffle, a Marine killed in a military vehicle rollover Jan. 19, near Jacksonville, N.C., did not get to see his body deplane at the Pittsburgh International Airport during his journey home.<\/p>\n

“The pain we suffer for his loss and our relief to get him home was vastly overshadowed yesterday by the lack of respect and disregard for our family and, for a portion of the trip, Zach’s two assigned Marine escorts as well as Zach himself, ” Riffle’s family wrote in an open letter to the CEO and incoming CEO of American Airlines, the airline that transported Riffle from North Carolina to Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

Zach, 18, was born in Lawrenceville, Ga., a son of Rebecca Jean Woods Riffle and companion Jamey Ray, of Kingwood, and Robert Riffle and companion Jen Plum, of Independence.<\/p>\n

Zach was a high school athlete and was in the band in junior high. He left Preston High School early, enlisting in the Marines. He was a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 2 and 2nd Marine Logistics Group.<\/p>\n

In his obituary, his family wrote that Zach was a hard worker, always smiling and laughing, and was the life of the party. He collected knives and enjoyed dirt bike races, playing Xbox, fishing and helping family with construction work.<\/p>\n

When the family arrived at the Pittsburgh International Airport, they were told policy changes were in place because of COVID and staff shortages, the letter states. They also learned the Marine Casualty Assistance Calls officers had to push for better accommodations for the family of four parents and four siblings.<\/p>\n

“We cannot thank them enough for advocating for us and Zach, ” the letter said of the Casualty Assistance Calls Officers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It gets worse.<\/p>\n

Yahoo News<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks, David.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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