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Dear Mr. Buckley:

I read with great interest and amusement your letter to Mr. Allan, President of Delta Air Lines, expressing your astonishment at being fed pretzels “on a two-hour firstclass flight.” Especially noteworthy, however, was your parenthetical note that Mr. Allan was fired from his position after the arrival of your letter. My, my! Surely you jest by implying that Mr. Allan’s discharge was the result of your specific complaint. If so, rise up, economy-class travelers, and crank out those letters! We’ll show those airline presidents that they had better watch their step (or is it pretzels ?).

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Dear Mr. Buckley:

I read with great interest and amusement your letter to Mr. Allan, President of Delta Air Lines, expressing your astonishment at being fed pretzels “on a two-hour firstclass flight.” Especially noteworthy, however, was your parenthetical note that Mr. Allan was fired from his position after the arrival of your letter. My, my! Surely you jest by implying that Mr. Allan’s discharge was the result of your specific complaint. If so, rise up, economy-class travelers, and crank out those letters! We’ll show those airline presidents that they had better watch their step (or is it pretzels ?).