Passenger forcible removed from flight

[RiverRat1]

People have to fly?

Yes, they do actually.

Do you have any idea what would happen to the economy if airports shut down?

[RodinaRanč]

Lol... u can't quit or be right for that matter..I know full well the guy should have complied ( try doing this crap in a foreign airport). The claims of him being unconscious are nonsense too. Watch the video he never drops the phone from his left hand. He's an idiot yes ... if it goes to court he will lose but it's not going to go to court. BTW didn't you also wager the stock would be unaffected?

Unlike you...i could care less about being right but since you do...want part of it? They're currently up 2% & haven't paid a dime outside of ordinary compensation....lol

[RiverRat1]

Fixed what? Lol...all you did is pimp a PR statement..talking abt resolving & cutting a check are 2 diff things....hit me up when he says we are paying_______

Care to triple the wager before that happens? Lol

You going to admit you would have lost the stock price wager?

[Leon County Slayer]

He'll be flying first class for years to come I suspect

[LWC]

Unlike you...i could care less about being right but since you do...want part of it? They're currently up 2% & haven't paid a dime outside of ordinary compensation....lol

You sir would be extremely WRONG.

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[Hydestik]

Unlike you...i could care less about being right but since you do...want part of it? They're currently up 2% & haven't paid a dime outside of ordinary compensation....lol

Keep up...,,

[fox1]

When you use the language in a " Contract " without using integrity and ethics you become a Delta Bravo of the highest order. I don't care if its the airlines , the government or a private individual.

[Livin'2hunt]

I guess we're not supposed to talk about it then? [emoji6]

United broke Customer Service Rule #1: put the customer first. If they overbooked, and there were 4 normal travelers needing to get on, United would've told those 4 to go pound sand. But since it was their employees, they pulled a big mistake by forcibly dragging a paying customer off a flight in front of other paying customers, so they could get United personnel on board. If I was one of those employees, I would've been as nervous as a cat in a room full of rockers being on that plane after a fiasco like that.

A lack of planning on United does not constitute an emergency for the customers.

100% ^^^ Well said.

[Ironman]

When you use the language in a " Contract " without using integrity and ethics you become a Delta Bravo of the highest order. I don't care if its the airlines , the government or a private individual.

Lol! Tell that to the commercial construction industry.

[Drycreek3189]

Lol...alot of you folks must not fly much...all airlines overbook as a normal course of business...status, then cheapest seat gets the boot typically

Before taking any action...may want to read the applicable airline's contract of carriage(which one agrees to when the ticket is purchased), i suspect you'll be left with a legal bill as opposed to any settlement...vouchers, miles,etc are offered as a customer courtesy for inconvenience...no more/no less

One more reason (long list) for me to never get on another airplane! I be grinning and driving while carrying my gun, not getting felt up by an idiot in a uniform, or being talked to like a three year old from some fugitive from the inner city. No contract, no plane ticket, no problem !

[fox1]

Lol! Tell that to the commercial construction industry.

Trust me I know, I deal in contracts all day everyday.

[WItoTX]

When you use the language in a " Contract " without using integrity and ethics you become a Delta Bravo of the highest order. I don't care if its the airlines , the government or a private individual.

Lol, this is usually what screws up most construction projects that go way over budget. Usually someone who knows just enough to be dangerous, but not enough to know better.

[WItoTX]

Lol! Tell that to the commercial construction industry.

Lol, this is what keeps me employed!

[Casey]

I fly United, almost exclusively...and very frequently. This makes me a bit mad as I think it could have been handled differently. I was on an oversold Delta flight a couple weeks ago. They asked for 2 volunteers to let a family make it to San Antonio for Air Force Graduation and offered $1000. They didn't build up to it, they started there. Hands went up all over the plane. I have a feeling their reason for needing seats vs. United's, in this case, makes all the difference. Giving up your seat for a flight crew just doesn't tug at the heart strings.

Regardless of all that, if you are asked to leave a plane for any reason, you should comply. I would. I might be ******, but I would comply. Why folks think a flying missile in today's day and age is something to get belligerent about is beyond me. The guy, though I feel badly for him, is likely facing some form of criminal charges for not obeying instructions. He made a bad choice, regardless of how much it upset him.

I do think a couple of jackholes need to lose their job over the way they extracted him. Unless this guy is a threat to the other passengers, there is no reason to go as far as they did.

I'm not going to defend United completely. They should have gone deeper into the pockets to get help with their situation. They should have planned better. The folks at the gate control a lot about their situations and I'm willing to bet somewhere else, at another United gate, this would not have happened. Perhaps the freeing of seats and the cost of doing so has incentives and this gate crew pushed it. I don't know. Regardless, it's a shame all the way around.

With that said, I tried to book on United this morning but can't seem to find any empty seats.

[jerp]

Good article that explains the laws involved. 40,000 passengers were involuntarily bumped off flights last year.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/United-Forcibly-Removed-Man-Highlights-Overbooking-Policy-419052804.html