Commanders Post at The Warpath - View Single Post - Delta Airlines charges soldiers returning to Fort Polk from Afghanistan for extra bags

mlmdub130 · 06-08-2011, 07:06 PM

yeah i don't really get it myself either, when we left to go over we took everything with us on a commercial plane but we loaded it ourselves, that's not an easy job. but when we came back we loaded the bulk of our stuff into crates and had it shipped back. if you are coming back stateside why do you need your equipment with you on your flight? all we brought was our duffles and ruck sacks, everythign else i had went in a foot locker that was shipped.

bottom line is delta should not have to pay for the extra fuel for an overloaded flight, thats the army's problem, but i don't think the soldiers should have to pay it, it should be on the army to ship it back.

06-08-2011, 07:06 PM	#3
mlmdub130 Playmaker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Woodbridge, VA Age: 42 Posts: 3,238	Re: Delta Airlines charges soldiers returning to Fort Polk from Afghanistan for extra bags yeah i don't really get it myself either, when we left to go over we took everything with us on a commercial plane but we loaded it ourselves, that's not an easy job. but when we came back we loaded the bulk of our stuff into crates and had it shipped back. if you are coming back stateside why do you need your equipment with you on your flight? all we brought was our duffles and ruck sacks, everythign else i had went in a foot locker that was shipped. bottom line is delta should not have to pay for the extra fuel for an overloaded flight, thats the army's problem, but i don't think the soldiers should have to pay it, it should be on the army to ship it back. __________________ "I don't think anybody should have regrets, especially me, ... You don't regret what you do in your life. If you do it, you do it for a reason." ST21