Passenger forcible removed from flight

[Ironman]

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

Then you are well aware that integrity and ethics don't hold water in court, but the written word does.

[Ætheling]

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[MassMan]

Good article that explains the laws involved. 40,000 passengers were involuntarily bumped off flights last year.
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/natio...419052804.html

Yes, but this was not an idb situation. The flight was not overbooked unless the emergency crew members were checked in during the prescribed time, as stated in the coc. They most likely were not.

[Fishdog187]

It will be forgotten in a short while!!

[RodinaRanč]

Keep up...,,

Lol...invest much? End of Q2 is end of June...but how much you want? Do you need odds to engage as opposed to just talk?

With such high confidence in their demise...you should short'm

[muzzlebrake]

United's stock dropped 2% overnight. That's a measley 500 million dollars.
Another 500 million out of court settlement should about do it.

There should be legislation to prevent overbooking. It's just flat out wrong. Over booking and bumping passengers never made sense as it causes all kinds of problems all the way down the line. A bumped passenger that has checked baggage is the real headache. The ground crew must go in and search thru all the baggage to pull that passenger's baggage. Usually it's at the very bottom at the very back and all those heavy bags have to be moved and then reloaded----------or they just leave them in there and let the bags go on to who knows where most of the time getting lost or stolen. Happens every day.
How do I know this stuff? My SO has been a ramp rat at DFW for 20 years so I hear the horror stories all the time. This crap not only hurts the customer it puts undue stress on the bottom tier employees and their unions are of no help & worthless as teats on a boar hog.

[Bigyummy77]

Rule #1: Do not discuss Fight Club

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[DUKFVR]

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 !

This all the way. I tell my wife all the time , no way am I going to get on a commercial flight. I would be in jail too soon. Lol!

[muzzlebrake]

Yes, but this was not an idb situation. The flight was not overbooked unless the emergency crew members were checked in during the prescribed time, as stated in the coc. They most likely were not.

The airline my SO works for does not let deadheading crew bump paying passengers that are confirmed and especially already seated. They must fly standby even pilots. She and I must always fly standby on any trip we take.

[More Liberty]

I fly United all the time, was a loyal Continental Airlines costumer for years before the merger. If a plane - in my experience - is overbooked they don't allow those without specific seats to board. This is a significant screwup on United part in both public relations terms and operational terms.

[HogHunter34]

UA stock closed at 71.52 on Monday & is currently trading around 68.52. Down 4.19% since close yesterday. I bet the board is thumping the CEOs ear over this negative publicity.

[Bigyummy77]

The airline had every right to remove whoever they want from their plane for any reason (other than descrimination). The guy became a criminal when he resisted like he did.

Whether you agree or disagree with it it's their right. Read the agreements you sign in getting a ticket.

Can you imagine the responses here if it was a gang banger refusing to exit the plane???

Or mother who lost her son, and was on the way to his funeral...

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[txdukklr]

I'm a global 1k member at United

while the amount of force was excessive being a jack wagon isn't acceptable. It's funny we expect manners from the corporation and none from the psychotic passenger.

[PondPopper]

He was a crackhead, career criminal. They should have threw him off at 30,000 feet.

[txwhitetail]

I'm a global 1k member at United

while the amount of force was excessive being a jack wagon isn't acceptable. It's funny we expect manners from the corporation and none from the psychotic passenger.

Or the guy shouldn't have resisted when told to leave the plane. Regardless of your thoughts on how United handled the ones getting bumped or who they chose the guy acted like a jackwagon and got forcibly escorted out. I have zero sympathy for those fighting the authorities like that when they know they can be bumped from the plane at any time.

I don't think there is much argument that the decision from United could have been handled better but once that decision was made the idiot passenger made a very bad decision in making it a physical altercation.