From a personal and slightly different perspective.
The US and UK are two different cultures, the US population, while busy shooting each other is also highly patriotic, the UK, not so much.... An experiment if you are brave enough to try, walk into your local, yell at the top of your lungs "Britain is s**t"....then try the same in a US bar....Let us know where we can send the flowers....
As such, the population as a whole in the US holds it's military in a different light, look at the recent Delta fiasco, a squad returning home with 4 bags each, the military contract said they get 3 bags free and pay for anything else.
Well the agent held them to that, charged them the extra, the soldiers put up a youtube video and next thing you know Delta has the whole country climbing up their corporate you know what.
Some would call it greenmail, but it just makes good business sense to "take care" of the military folks, it's better to give a 10% discount than be labeled anti American.
It should also be noted that an entry level service person makes less than a fry cook at in-n-out.
Lastly, there is a massive population base that is ex US military, from business owners to front line staff, they will take care off their own. A service person traveling on orders will get taken care off, even if the company does not officially do it, the front line staff will, if you see someone sitting in a domestic first class seat it for two reasons, the gate agent moved them up there or someone gave up their seat, it happens all the time.
Is it right? is it wrong ? who knows, that's a personal question really, all I can tell you is, in the US it will go on happening.
The US and UK are two different cultures, the US population, while busy shooting each other is also highly patriotic, the UK, not so much.... An experiment if you are brave enough to try, walk into your local, yell at the top of your lungs "Britain is s**t"....then try the same in a US bar....Let us know where we can send the flowers....
As such, the population as a whole in the US holds it's military in a different light, look at the recent Delta fiasco, a squad returning home with 4 bags each, the military contract said they get 3 bags free and pay for anything else.
Well the agent held them to that, charged them the extra, the soldiers put up a youtube video and next thing you know Delta has the whole country climbing up their corporate you know what.
Some would call it greenmail, but it just makes good business sense to "take care" of the military folks, it's better to give a 10% discount than be labeled anti American.
It should also be noted that an entry level service person makes less than a fry cook at in-n-out.
Lastly, there is a massive population base that is ex US military, from business owners to front line staff, they will take care off their own. A service person traveling on orders will get taken care off, even if the company does not officially do it, the front line staff will, if you see someone sitting in a domestic first class seat it for two reasons, the gate agent moved them up there or someone gave up their seat, it happens all the time.
Is it right? is it wrong ? who knows, that's a personal question really, all I can tell you is, in the US it will go on happening.
