When Bernie Sanders was running for the Democratic nomination in 2016 he charted a Boeing 767 to meet the Pope. Dinner included herb crusted lamb and fine cheeses along with lobster sliders midflight. While the democratic socialist does fly coach, even North Korea’s Air Koryo has a business class.
Senator Sanders, who honeymooned in the Soviet Union, looked sheepish flying first class on an American Airlines Embraer ERJ-175 regional jet.
A nervous democratic socialist in first class. #FeelTheBern pic.twitter.com/XbONXNBZNn
— Hank Thomas (@HankThomasDC) February 13, 2020
What caption would you give this?
(HT: Live and Let’s Fly)
Doesn’t look like him
This same photo was posted in 2018 as well. Also, I’d feel uncomfortable too if a creepy person was taking a selfie of me.
Caption: Hypocrite
Of course he was uncomfortable. Flying commercial?!? That’s for the peasants. Our great leaders must only fly private, as he has been doing this year.
what the [expletive removed – gl] kind of content is this lmao
please throw in a disclosure that says paid for by bloomberg campaign
“looked sheepish” *having some douchenozzle take an over-the-shoulder selfie with him.” ftfy. get out of here amplifying this snide and vapid GOTCHA! garbage.
@roddie – oooh, I want my $150! – https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/13/mike-bloomberg-instagram-ad-campaign/
Your blog posts have consistently become less helpful for frequent travelers. How is this relevant?
Without Super-delegates, Bernie would have beaten Hillary in 2016 for the Democratic nomination.
Bernie won the Iowa primary on the popular vote, but somehow the Democratic party gave the victory to Pete B. Expect more negative press to come out every day, as the Democratic party (which is the same as the Mainstream Media), try to take him out.
Bernie really is a red, so I do not support him. But lets face it, a Democratic politician (or Republican, it is bi-partisan) flying first class is not exactly a revelation. WTH. As Speaker of the House, Pelosi demanded that Bush II make a military jet available to her 24/7, and Bush II complied.
Is anyone considering the possibility that he might have status on AA and got upgraded?
‘Unfollow’ Boarding area. ta da …
+1 Flightwonk. Or using AAdvantage miles.
He’s old, cut him some slack
This picture is over two years old… do better.
I must have missed the memo where democratic socialists are required to eat beans and rice while they travel on Greyhound, instead of using their post-tax money for whatever the hell they want.
Wtf does this have to do with award travel? Unsubscribing from this garbage blog immediately.
Not sure why his class selection would matter. He’s still worth a good bit of money, way more than me, and I like to fly first class too. I don’t think he has any platform items that indicate first class should not be allowed.
Let me know when he is buying his first class or private planes with money intended for a children’s charity or is using tax payer money to make numerous golf trips to his own courses, or anything that actually shows even the barest association with actual corruption.
Your posts are too political for a travel and frequent flyer blog, turn it down
No shot he has elite status with all the flying he does, huh?
My caption? “WGAF”
If I want TMZ, I go to TMZ. And I don’t go to TMZ.
Gary coming in with the “And yet you participate in society. Curious!” on a 2 year old picture.
He wants to try first class before he eliminates it because in the new socialist america everyone will fly coach. The big US3 will only fly between the east and west coast once a day with A380 all economy class 800+ seats
@ Gary — Let’s just hope the Dems don’t nominate him. If so, we are screwed.
“Caught”? “Creepy picture taken of politician in 2018” would have been more accurate. Slow news day, eh?
Is it that surprising the a senator from Vermont would likely be on a lot of AA regional jet flights to/from DCA, likely almost every week? In that case he would probably get up to gold status every year, at least, and thus, on many flights, especially to a relatively status-lite destination like BTV, probably get upgraded quite a bit because of status. This would happen automatically, without him asking for anything or doing anything.
And on the Pelosi bit- the Speaker of the House is 2nd in the line of succession of the President, and as such gets higher security than most Cabinet members or members of Congress. This means the Speaker (no matter who it is) generally flies on small Air Force jets.
https://www.factcheck.org/2008/12/nancy-pelosis-personal-jet/
I find it hilarious that people jump all over these posts for being “too political”. The reality is I occasionally scratch my head and wonder which political party the group of bloggers likely represents and I could give relatively strong evidence for both.
It’s a travel blog people, reporting travel-related news (even if silly or politically charged) comes with the territory. It’s not hard to skip an article that doesn’t sound like it’s going to float your boat.
Better yet, go ahead and Cancel people. I don’t mind the pool of people taking advantage of the information shared shrinking. Thanks in advance
🙂
@Jojo
Nope, in the new glorious socialist amerika, air travel will be banned (for the masses, but of course the ruling elite will still need to fly in private luxury jets, you know, to do the work of the people)
What would the left be without hypocrisy? If you truly believe that CO2 emissions will cause Armageddon, then stop flying, stop driving, stop heating your home, etc. Otherwise you’re just a hypocrite using junk science scare stories to share children in order to advance your political ideology.
He just won the NH primary! Give him a break. He flies coach most of the time lol.
Um not a Bernie fan, but who the hell cares? Like you get upgraded on an ERJ you bare supposed to demand to be downgraded?
1. I am not even sure that is him
2. That picture is from 2018
3. He probably got upgraded
4. He can afford it
How many flights do you think he takes? Lets say 1 flights a week, 52 weeks equals 52 flights. Lets cut that by half. Thats 26 trips a year minimun. Your telling me he can’t get an upgrade? Your site is about travel and upgrades, this is disappointing coming from you.
Im thinking it was slow news.. thats why you wanted some traffic.
This is trash, I am again disappointed in myself for having clicked on it. I suppose someone followed him into the lav as well to watch him tAAke a dump?
The only thing this photo tells me is that there should be stiff penalties for taking unauthorized photos of other passengers on board airplanes. Just like you shouldn’t be allowed to listen to your music or movie without a headphone, you shouldn’t be allowed to take photos. Everyone should have some right to privacy; and that even applies to people you don’t like.
Yeah, let post like this continue…esp. if its about the Communist Left!
WR2, yet another MAGA troll. You sound like the type for whom Fox is just a bit too mainstream, and would prefer the Alt Right sites.
You clearly aren’t part of the top 1%, the only population Trump is actually taking care of. Trump Worship Disorder much?
I for one am shocked that someone who is flying every day to a campaign event has enough status to receive a free upgrade. Absolutely shocked.
Gary, you’re a clown.
Well, you call him a socialist.
Then, when he flies First Class you criticize him again?
Make-up your mind America.
That photo is from 2018…..
@DCJoe. At the time, there were multiple articles in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) about Pelosi having parties on the military jet in trips from Washington DC to SFO. I believe there were articles in mainstream media too, but I read them in the WSJ. It was not actually a big secret. I do not need a left leaning fact check site to tell me about the news in the papers in the Bush II administration.
UA-NYC (AKA Manhattan Waterbug) appears to spew his nonsense. Since his father was a Waterbug, I guess he can claim a mixed heritage.
The Manhattan Waterbug believes that people should be judged according to the color of their skin not the content of their character. That is a purely racist construct. From now on, I think he should be called the Racist Manhattan Waterbug. Disgusting.
Now of course, the Racist Manhattan Waterbug could stop running around attacking people and comment about travel matters, then I would stop mocking him for being a racist creep.
“What caption would you give this?”
Hey Siri, please review “View From The Wing” from my RSS feedreader.
@FamTaYul: “Well, you call him a socialist.”
Actually, Bernie Sanders is quick to point out that he is one (and has been quick to do so for years), so I’m not sure what your point is.
Stick with travel and omit politics if you want to retain followership.
OJS calling me racist is quite ironic, given that he claims Patrick Mahomes is a “white quarterback”. Pot meet kettle.
Of course, not all Republicans are racist – but if you’re racist, you’re probably a Republican. The party base at this point, well documented, is aging non college educated white males.
OJS you fit right in!
UA-NYC (AKA Racist Manhattan Waterbug) spews. What a surprise!
@Other Just Saying
Factcheck.org is run by Annenberg Public Policy Center at University of Pennsylvania. Majority of its funding is from The Annenberg Foundation. Walter Annenberg was lifelong Republican. Factcheck.org is non-partisan and always has been so! Its funding is transparent, unlike your sources! The Wall Street Journal is far from non-partisan, and you should know that! Pompous asses like you should know better than trying to spread right-wing propaganda here. We are not Fox News viewers!
Congrats, you pointed out a man riding in a regional flight first class seat. Oh the humanity. Those are like a $20 upgrade on a standard economy class ticket. Try to pick out something more substantive.
Well, I responded to JohnB, Pelosi worshiper. When he reads Factcheck. Due low reading comprehension, he cannot even see the liberal bias. However, since I cited the fact check site from JohnB’s post, it gets sent for Gary’s review. He usually deep sixes my comments with a link, although I only used the line from JohnB.
@Johnb. By the way, since you worship Pelosi at the first woman speaker, you should read her landmark book “Know Your Power”. By the by, as a Pelosi worshiper, you should consider donating to “The Paul and Nancy Pelosi Charitable Foundation”. I am sure it will be put to non-partisan use, like another fact check site. Afterwards, probably you should read Hillary’s landmark book “The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience.” She was the first major party woman candidate. By the way, you can also donate to the Clinton foundation. The Clinton foundation are doing great works for poor all around the world especially in Haiti.
I talk to a lot of sanctimonious people like JohnB. In a condescending fashion, they quote political pieces verbatim from New York Times like scripture. If you question them, they run to google, which surprise sends them to left wing fact check sites like Factcheck (I cannot put org in because the post will be deep-sixed by Gary). Then they pummel you with the fact check site.
Yea, I know the reasoning of these condescending people is pathetic, but that is what they do.
This article adds to my knowledge of travel how?
Sanders is a socialist in the tradition of British and Australian Labour parties and much of the centre in Europe, Scandinavia. Only in America does the very word denote Marx and Engels, particularly for the fruitcake right, Ie about 60% of Republicans.
He should be flying F all the time: pushing 80, recent heart attack, frenetic schedule. Give the guy a break…
On the other hand, bloated horror in the Whitehouse wouldn’t fit in a Y seat.
How can you say you are concerned about the climate and take a private 767 to Rome with less than 30 people on board. That flight used 33,193 gallons of fuel. That’s more fuel than I would use in 2 to 3 lifetimes in my car.
If you look through the feed, you’ll see that twitter author posted this picture before, for attention.
I would be nervous if I had that freaky guy taking a photo of me, too. Dude is a creep.
Who cares, perhaps it was the only seat available for purchase.
Really? So what? Got nothing real to write about?
Frankly, I don’t care if he flies coach, first class, or private jet. Just don’t be a hypocrite. Let me live my life as I wish and as I can afford and you do the same.
We don’t have enough details to condemn him for this flight.
If he flies just a handful of times a year in coach, he may have earned status, granting him access to free uigrades on shirt haul flights. So have have purchased a coach ticket and been upgraded for free.
I’m very dissappointed in View From The Wing…. Posting something with so few details (and so oddly written) is irresponsible.
I’m sorry. Isn’t he entitled to normal upgrade benefits and rules just like anyone else? Please find something else if you’re trying to conjure up something like a scoop or story. My view of VftW has just been downgraded.
This was in 2016 and we all know that last minute travel is usually first class domestic. We also know that he is a senator which means he can afford a shitty domestic American Airlines seat. And who knows if he was pumped up to first from economy for free. I’m not sure why view from the wing is promoting this!!!
I usually find value in what you post, Gary. I honestly am dumbfounded that you posted something such as this. If it was tongue-in-cheek then that’s fine. I’m not actually offended by the post and it’s your site so do what you wish, but come on. If I wanted your view on politics, I’d go to a site where you post your political leanings. I don’t care about him or the other side. You’ve lost a reader. Not because of your asinine and non-travel related post, but because it was click bait-y and a waste of our time.
My caption: Good guy on airplane caught in creepy guys selfie.
EMMANUEL RUIZ says:
February 14, 2020 at 12:18 pm
Yeah, let post like this continue…esp. if its about the Communist Left!
Emmanuel,
You Trump racists always Red Bait
We get it
Wear your white hood and move on
I didn’t know this is a political blog. where are your comments about other candidates?
I would bother to make an argument but you clearly are not interested in a discourse, just moralizing and making posts out of context. meanwhile millions are without healthcare and are burdened by debt. but you’re concerned about someone’s airplane seat?
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Limousine Liberal doesn’t even do justice to the modern US left . . . they usually travel by private jet, and Bernie — a multimillionaire who got rich while “serving” the public as a government official and who owns three homes — is perhaps the biggest hypocrite in American politics today (and that is saying quite a lot).
I love how folks like Mak will just go completely apoplectic at “Limousine liberals” traveling first class and “getting rich” while a congressmen.
But bring up the fact that Trump promised to never spend a day on the golf course, has spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars doing so, and has gotten him and his kids VERY rich while fleecing the American public? “TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME! ORANGE MAN BAD!…now back to my screaming tantrums about AOC, Hillary and Hunter Biden”.
You all are cowards, straight up.
Your blog posts a variety of topics, some I find extremely useful, and others not so much. I don’t criticize your selections. If I am uninterested or have a different point of view, I simply move on. It shows how far we’ve degraded as a society that people resort to name calling when they don’t like your views or those of others. Tolerance is a two way street but some groups feel it is one way. You either agree with them or you or wrong. My parents taught me I was no better than any one else. Good manners were also part of my upbringing. Perhaps a few of your posts are inaccurate, but let’s retain our civility.
Seriously, why did you post this Gary? Are you trying to make a political statement? Who knows why Bernie was in first class and who cares? Lucky him!
Maybe Bernie should run on a “First Class for all” platform? He’d have my vote!
Pelosi, as Speaker of the House, is second in line in the Presidential succession, right behind Vice President Pence. A person in that position would normally be in a military plane, especially considering the grief she would get from the MAGA crowd if she flew commercial.
who the hell cares if he’s in first class. is there some insinuation that he paid for it? and even if he did, is that a bad thing? he has money. just because you’re a democratic socialist doesn’t mean you think people need to be poor. smh.
we all know you dont pay for the majority of your first class seats. he probably didn’t either.
And, by the way, there’s this little thing called google and then reading. and sometimes watching videos, I’m not sure if you’re incapable of managing these, but if you did avail yourself you would see that Bernie Sanders didn’t go to Russia on his honey moon. He went because of the sister cities initiative.
Sanders was on an official visit that was also – in his own words – his honeymoon.
Gary, that picture is doctored, it has been making the rounds (FB, twitter) for months, kinda bummed that you are spreading such obvious misinformation
All of the politicos should take a charter flight to north Korea on a Boeing Max 8 with an Indonesian pilot!
Guess no creepy, weird post from daily mirror/ny post to repost here, masquerading as ‘travel’ news from the emptiest of the thought leader blogger. Dude or whatever you are, have you looked into the mirror yourself?
Gary, this was a frivolous cheapshot article with no relevance to the reason I gave you my email address. There are a multitude of bloggers producing the same travel articles. If this is what sets you apart, I’m no longer interested in being on your distribution list. Good luck and goodbye.
Sanders is a typical communist. Do as I say not as I do. He is trash just like 90% of the rest of politicians including BOTH Democrats and Republicans