Hirohito Moments in Air Travel
Posted on January 15th, 2009 at 7:34 pm by Steve

This is how US Airways delivers the bad news:

A “Hirohito Moment” is a vast understatement, after the Emperor’s surrender broadcast in 1945: “Despite the best that has been done by everyone . . . the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan’s advantage.” Popularized by the blogger Billmon.

This is the “status exception” in question: