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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #140 on: April 13, 2017, 08:24:58 PM »
This is Rule 25, which is about denying boarding for overbooking.  Where does it say they can kick off after board?
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-13/united-broke-its-contract-with-frequent-flyers
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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #141 on: April 13, 2017, 08:26:54 PM »
Let's take a moment to think, how would this have gone if he had complied? If there had been no blood, would people care half as much about it?
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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #142 on: April 13, 2017, 08:29:28 PM »
Let's take a moment to think, how would this have gone if he had complied? If there had been no blood, would people care half as much about it?
Of course not. Do you have any idea how many people have been marched off planes for daring to defy a crew order ? They'll say it was for the "safety of the passengers" or for "the safety of the crew". BS. They own you up there. It's high time this is being addressed.

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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #143 on: April 13, 2017, 08:37:00 PM »
Of course not. Do you have any idea how many people have been marched off planes for daring to defy a crew order ? They'll say it was for the "safety of the passengers" or for "the safety of the crew". BS. They own you up there. It's high time this is being addressed.

Agreed. I'm glad this contract of carriage and passenger rights is going to be put on the spotlight.

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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #144 on: April 13, 2017, 08:43:31 PM »
Airlines have been making (abusing) everything about "safety" for a looong time.
Ya, this isn't about safety. He wasn't told he's leaving for safety, united didn't make those statements

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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #145 on: April 13, 2017, 08:44:01 PM »
Could it be Dan isn't posting his opinion on this due to his preference of United over other domestic airlines?

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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #146 on: April 13, 2017, 08:44:48 PM »
Of course not. Do you have any idea how many people have been marched off planes for daring to defy a crew order ? They'll say it was for the "safety of the passengers" or for "the safety of the crew". BS. They own you up there. It's high time this is being addressed.
Ya, so it's hard to argue against the many videos showing that he wasn't disrupting anyone's safety 

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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #147 on: April 13, 2017, 08:53:08 PM »
Could it be Dan isn't posting his opinion on this due to his preference of United over other domestic airlines?
Either that, or because it's pointless and he has more useful things to be busy with.
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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #148 on: April 13, 2017, 09:01:25 PM »
Either that, or because it's pointless and he has more useful things to be busy with.
nah

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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #149 on: April 13, 2017, 09:01:39 PM »
Could it be Dan isn't posting his opinion on this due to his preference of United over other domestic airlines?

or he had his fun posting the memes earlier on

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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #150 on: April 13, 2017, 09:03:13 PM »
Could it be Dan isn't posting his opinion on this due to his preference of United over other domestic airlines?
It could also be that he's on vacation

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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #151 on: April 13, 2017, 09:04:07 PM »
It could also be that he's on vacation
Nope. He's hard at work :)

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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #152 on: April 13, 2017, 09:06:27 PM »
Either that, or because it's pointless and he has more useful things to be busy with.

I understand the busy argument but the pointless one, he did discuss the Delta difficulties a few days earlier..

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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #153 on: April 13, 2017, 09:07:19 PM »
I understand the busy argument but the pointless one, he did discuss the Delta difficulties a few days earlier..
The two don't compare.
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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #154 on: April 13, 2017, 09:09:57 PM »
These jokes are so outa control

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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #155 on: April 13, 2017, 09:10:02 PM »
The two don't compare.
I know the Delta discussion relates to poor business techniques and this is about bad policy and implementation, but how this has been handled after the fact and why it hasn't been settled yet is quickly also turning into bad business techniques...

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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #156 on: April 13, 2017, 09:13:43 PM »
I know the Delta discussion relates to poor business techniques and this is about bad policy and implementation, but how this has been handled after the fact and why it hasn't been settled yet is quickly also turning into bad business techniques...
The difference is that the delta post brought up a point that wasn't really being talked about (although I did see another blog with a similar post,) while this United fiasco is frontline news. Unless Dan has something to add to the discussion, what would be the point in making a post about it now?
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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #157 on: April 13, 2017, 10:04:46 PM »
Of course not. Do you have any idea how many people have been marched off planes for daring to defy a crew order ? They'll say it was for the "safety of the passengers" or for "the safety of the crew". BS. They own you up there. It's high time this is being addressed.
agreed. And in general all big companies doing what they want, how they want, to whom they want...
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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #158 on: April 13, 2017, 10:58:07 PM »
Could it be Dan isn't posting his opinion on this due to his preference of United over other domestic airlines?
Food for thought:
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Re: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
« Reply #159 on: April 13, 2017, 11:13:21 PM »
There is a real possibility that they may get nothing in court. United asked him to disembark, which was within their rights, and subsequently requested help from law enforcement, which was also within their rights. Law enforcement requested that he leave, and when he refused to comply with police orders they dragged him away. If the only complaint left in the case is misuse of police brutality, they'll have a tough time walking away with nice money.
You must've not watched the press conference given by the the attorney.
Its not within their rights to physically remove a passenger.