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11 sats \ 3 replies \ @unboiled 24 Mar \ on: Delta SUSPENDS its Special Congressional Desk Service for Members of Congress Politics_And_Law

It's somewhat sad that (temporarily) treating members of congress the same as all the other people is considered a radical move.

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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 24 Mar

how dare they!

clearly the members of congress need to just up their game and get private jet hours instead

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51 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 25 Mar

Sadly a few of the Senators do so this wont affect them... this mostly hits the House from what I remember

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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 25 Mar

Oh it is wild. The only part about it that I have ever "accepted" is that the desk does help coordinate flight changes when votes move, so if a Member needs to fly our later or come back to DC earlier, they are normally able to figure out how to get them to DC to vote.

I had a friend who was a scheduler for two decades in the Senate, and before the desk, essentially what these people would do was book a half a dozen flights and then cancel the ones that they didn't need at the last moment. It wasnt good for the airlines nor other travels.

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