Yeah, I mentioned in an earlier post that we basically check in twice before boarding so it's surprising that it came to this. The damning part for United is that they didn't ask their staff flying for free or at discount rates to deplane. Those passengers should be the first to go.
United Airlines forcibly remove passenger from overbooked flight
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Unless you happen to be that guy, i find your attitude to small groups or individuals not mattering as long as the numbers look good a bit of a worrying trend
No, no, guys, you have to accept whatever corporations tell you. You don't have any rights whatsoever so just do what we say, it'll be much easier for everyone if you don't resists anything ever.
I've been there, too, more than once. You haven't, so let's not play that card. Your idealism isn't gonna get any attention here especially when I've tried to explain the rationale behind the process multiple times.
How do you know where I've been
"It's so statistically unlikely guys, now, about the time it happened to me..."
I'm getting so tired of the system that only benefits the ones at the top.
Perhaps, but it depends whether that staff was on official duty or using benefits for a personal trip. If it's the latter then United didn't do themselves any favour.
You still don't disobey their orders. Why do people think there would be a different outcome? Honest question.
You can be the biggest "pussy" as you want to be, at least you're alive to be a pussy.
I think the technical term is doormat.
More than once too
That's the way it is. There is no way that you are getting the better of a police officer when they ask you to do something. It's better being a "doormat", a "pussy" or whatever you want to call it. It's better than being six feet under.
Mate, Marshalls are not trigger happy individuals, especially on a plane full of people with an unarmed "suspect". Your concerns are definitely applicable in your everyday traffic stop or other general law enforcement engagement, on a plane its a lot different.
On a plane you will just get dragged off by the Marshalls.
We are seeing the results in this video
Did he get shot and die?
Thankfully not. But he sure as hell paid for not obeying them.
By delaying the flight and making sure it didn't leave without him? And the chance to win millions of dollars from a lawsuit? That'll teach him!
Tongue in cheek comment no? Very good.I had no idea US airlines do this on international flights too, that's scary.
Aye. He was unfairly roughed up, not to mentioned getting bounced from his seat.
I would think not, the pilot/airline gets final say and I don't think passengers can disagree.
On what grounds?
Aye.
On the grounds that UA doesn't want this on the news for a protracted amount of time. Quickest settlement you could hope for.
Assault at a stretch, and probably because the longer the case stretches in the courts the more bad press for the airline. I wouldn't be surprised if a deal is made before it gets to that.
Not to mention the amount of jurors who will just flat out hate the airlines anyway. They'd be found guilty just for their sheer cuntyness.
United make Delta seem competent.
They are shit.
They are shit.
I haven't read all the details but such force seems a bit over-the-top to me?
Why do people get refunds on no-shows? In India, most airlines take your complete fare (minus taxes) for no show.
That's for the airline to offer, the passenger has nothing on which he can take any action against them. This won't stay on media for long either ways.
Firstly it wasn't an airline official who handled him as far as I saw in the video, secondly the security personnel would be permitted to use those means in the case of non-co-operation. So again, the bloke only has the media to put his "million dollar lawsuit" hopes on, and hope the airline care enough, which in general cases, they don't, in far worse incidents than these. As if people would suddenly stop using United to fly as long as they are competitive in the market and providing the fares they want.
This has grabbed a lot of peoples attention, and that guarantees clicks and an incentive for news outlets to keep publishing.
They don't. It's just extra cash for the airline
Just another American airline that's absolutely fecking shit, what else is new?
It's bullshit to sell the same product twice when you can only provide it once. I've still yet to hear a convincing argument as to why this is allowed to happen besides 'Well, the airline don't want to make less money...'
Well who did the "assaulting" UA or a law enforcement official? Not that UA might now want to just settle anyways, for the bad press reason.
It's fresh right now, there'll be an expected hue and cry about the poor guy kicked out of a plane, and to be honest he did the best he could be getting dragged out and getting it filmed for his own position, but legally that still gives him no more grounds to sue anyone that he would have otherwise. It all boils down to how much the airline feels the media pressure if this goes further, which I wouldn't be banking on personally. For one, the video is already out there, whatever 'damage' was to be done has already been done and there's nothing more he can add to it, there won't be any million dollars going anywhere. In fact, far bigger airlines than United would make a person even with this mileage work hard to get the basic compensation for his 'inconvenience'.