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More than 100 airline employees went to the funeral of a Florida school shooting victim whose father is a United pilot

Over 100 employees from JetBlue, United, and Delta Air Lines attended the funeral for a Florida school shooting victim whose father is a pilot for United.

  • More than 100 employees from JetBlue, United, American, and Spirit attended the funeral for Gina Montalto, who was killed in the recent mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, and whose father is a pilot for United.
  • Montalto's parents set up a
  • The response to the shooting, which killed
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More than 100 employees from JetBlue, United, and other airlines attended the funeral for Gina Rose Montalto — who was killed in the recent mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, and whose father is a pilot for United — according to Dan Petrovich, a United pilot who was in attendance and spoke to Business Insider.

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The response to the shooting, which killed 17 people, has increased the conversation around gun control, as many have called for restricted access to automatic weapons, like the AR-15 rifle that was used in the shooting.

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President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to promote gun control measures like banning bump stocks, which increase the rate of fire for semiautomatic weapons, and raising the age at which people can legally buy rifles like the AR-15.

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