JetBlue earns props for offering free flights to police attending slain NYPD officers' funerals

Brett T. | 7:13 PM on December 24, 2014

Here’s a year-end palate cleanser for anyone still bitter about that incident where a US Airways flight attendant refused to let a U.S. Army Ranger hang up his uniform jacket because the rack was reserved for first-class passengers. Airline JetBlue has announced that it will offer free flights to law enforcement officers attending the funerals of slain NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu.

Please tweet @JetBlue and thank them for honoring these two police officers..plus offering airline flights for police pic.twitter.com/RNtGE0X7VN

— Renegade Cowboy?? ?⚓️??? (@Rene_gadeCowboy) December 24, 2014

JetBlue spokeswoman Sharon Jones confirmed the offer to the New York Post. “We’re honored to do what we can to support the communities we serve, and our team has made flights available to law enforcement agencies … who wish to send representatives to New York to support their brethren,” she said.

@JetBlue Thanks for your gesture to police nationwide. That's a real way to give back on Christmas!

— J (@JustenCharters) December 24, 2014

CBS reporting #jetblue is flying free police to the funeral of the NYPD police. I love Jet Blue

— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) December 24, 2014

A beautiful Christmas gift

RT @CNNWire: @JetBlue offers to fly police to #NYPD funeral http://t.co/o9YEjotBHN http://t.co/yfQVMgQ0Cu

— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) December 24, 2014

.@JetBlue offered flights to the families of fallen NYPD officers & are working w a partner carrier to fly in family of Officer Liu

— Shira Bush (@ShiraBushFNC) December 24, 2014