Don't fly United

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He caused his injuries. All he had to do was use his perfectly fine working legs. He could have easily stood up. It looked like he did everything he could to get banged up. Now everyone feels sorry for him because he is a convicted criminal. It appears he was not raised to obey the law and he feels he can get away with it.

All united had to do was offer fair compensation for not providing a service that customers had paid for and someone would have volunteered.

This. Other airlines have that bit figured out. Why can't United?

[Anonymous]

Sheer greed, that damn United Airlines.

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United Airlines knew the guy was a ethnic MINORITY by his last name. Duh.

Lots of people have "ethnic" last names due to marriage who are not that minority, and vice versa.

United messed up in this situatino in many ways, but I really doubt they are targeting Asians as part of some master plan to discriminate.

Unfortunately for United, many people in Asia don't see it that way now.

Foreign carriers make up 2/3 of the service from the Far East to the US:
https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/US%20International%20Air%20Passenger%20and%20Freight%20Statistics%20Report%20for%20December%202015.pdf

So United doesn't have much to lose.

Also, their stock is up today to where it was before the incident:
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/UAL?p=UAL

How quickly people forget...

United invested in flights to large cities in China seeing it as a growth market. This will be a problem for them. Mark my words, their earnings will fall this year and their stock will suffer when earning results come out next quarter.

Yes, but it's not a lot. Seasonal service to Xi'an 3x a week. 3x a week service to Chengdu and Hangzhou. All their other flights are to the Beijing and Shanghai, just like other US carriers.

So United sells more seats per day on the Washington-San Francisco route than they sell in a week to Chengdu, Xi'an, and Hangzhou.

It's not only the Chinese that are absolutely disgusted.

but the dude isn't even Chinese!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sheer greed, that damn United Airlines.

no, it's the incompetence of low-paying labor.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sheer greed, that damn United Airlines.

no, it's the incompetence of low-paying labor.

I think 99% of airline executives are some of the greediest out there. Sorry. Minimum wage labor is another thread.

[Anonymous]

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United Airlines knew the guy was a ethnic MINORITY by his last name. Duh.

Lots of people have "ethnic" last names due to marriage who are not that minority, and vice versa.

United messed up in this situatino in many ways, but I really doubt they are targeting Asians as part of some master plan to discriminate.

Unfortunately for United, many people in Asia don't see it that way now.

Foreign carriers make up 2/3 of the service from the Far East to the US:
https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/US%20International%20Air%20Passenger%20and%20Freight%20Statistics%20Report%20for%20December%202015.pdf

So United doesn't have much to lose.

Also, their stock is up today to where it was before the incident:
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/UAL?p=UAL

How quickly people forget...

United invested in flights to large cities in China seeing it as a growth market. This will be a problem for them. Mark my words, their earnings will fall this year and their stock will suffer when earning results come out next quarter.

Yes, but it's not a lot. Seasonal service to Xi'an 3x a week. 3x a week service to Chengdu and Hangzhou. All their other flights are to the Beijing and Shanghai, just like other US carriers.

So United sells more seats per day on the Washington-San Francisco route than they sell in a week to Chengdu, Xi'an, and Hangzhou.

It's not only the Chinese that are absolutely disgusted.

but the dude isn't even Chinese!

Asian. All of Asia is in an uproar, and most of the rest of the world. Good luck with that, United.

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Anonymous wrote:United is suffering from Trump-like stupidity at its helm.

I think they also forbid 12 year girls from boarding the plane because they were wearing leggings?

That was a totally different situation and one that was understandable. The girls were riding on a “buddy pass” which has dress codes for people traveling using it.
We have used a buddy pass before and were told by the person providing it that we had to dress a certain way. Those are the rules.

They didn’t handle this one well. It should have all been taken care of at the gate, before anyone boarded.

And, BTW, nice political reference there. Do you throw out politics with every post you make?

Can you explain this further? What is a "buddy pass" and why is the dress code different for those passengers? What else is forbidden besides leggings?!

Discounted or nearly-free flight tickets available to airline employees. Typically, buddy passes are restricted to the employee’s immediate family members, although some airlines also allow buddy passes to be given to friends as well. The person(s) receiving the buddy passes must typically be registered with the airline as one of the employee’s designated recipients.

https://www.theflightexpert.com/buddy-pass/

Letter from United to customers: https://hub.united.com/our-customers-leggings-are-welcome-2331263786.html

This site lists the dress code: http://heavy.com/news/2017/03/united-airlines-dress-code-spandex-leggings/

. How come the girls' father wearing shorts was allowed through?

If you read the link, shorts are allowed as long as they are a certain length.

Of course they are, because it's ok to police women's bodies, not men's. The rules are discriminatory. I'm all for modest and professional clothing, but if the requirements are unequal, they need to be scrapped.

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The Asian physician wasn't wearing leggings!

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Anonymous wrote:United is suffering from Trump-like stupidity at its helm.

I think they also forbid 12 year girls from boarding the plane because they were wearing leggings?

That was a totally different situation and one that was understandable. The girls were riding on a “buddy pass” which has dress codes for people traveling using it.
We have used a buddy pass before and were told by the person providing it that we had to dress a certain way. Those are the rules.

They didn’t handle this one well. It should have all been taken care of at the gate, before anyone boarded.

And, BTW, nice political reference there. Do you throw out politics with every post you make?

Can you explain this further? What is a "buddy pass" and why is the dress code different for those passengers? What else is forbidden besides leggings?!

Discounted or nearly-free flight tickets available to airline employees. Typically, buddy passes are restricted to the employee’s immediate family members, although some airlines also allow buddy passes to be given to friends as well. The person(s) receiving the buddy passes must typically be registered with the airline as one of the employee’s designated recipients.

https://www.theflightexpert.com/buddy-pass/

Letter from United to customers: https://hub.united.com/our-customers-leggings-are-welcome-2331263786.html

This site lists the dress code: http://heavy.com/news/2017/03/united-airlines-dress-code-spandex-leggings/

. How come the girls' father wearing shorts was allowed through?

If you read the link, shorts are allowed as long as they are a certain length.

Of course they are, because it's ok to police women's bodies, not men's. The rules are discriminatory. I'm all for modest and professional clothing, but if the requirements are unequal, they need to be scrapped.

This. They should just give out uniforms- then everyone will know the passengers are on buddy passes rather than regular paying customers like the rest of us. Problem solved!

[Anonymous]

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United Airlines knew the guy was a ethnic MINORITY by his last name. Duh.

Lots of people have "ethnic" last names due to marriage who are not that minority, and vice versa.

United messed up in this situatino in many ways, but I really doubt they are targeting Asians as part of some master plan to discriminate.

Unfortunately for United, many people in Asia don't see it that way now.

Foreign carriers make up 2/3 of the service from the Far East to the US:
https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/US%20International%20Air%20Passenger%20and%20Freight%20Statistics%20Report%20for%20December%202015.pdf

So United doesn't have much to lose.

Also, their stock is up today to where it was before the incident:
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/UAL?p=UAL

How quickly people forget...

United invested in flights to large cities in China seeing it as a growth market. This will be a problem for them. Mark my words, their earnings will fall this year and their stock will suffer when earning results come out next quarter.

Yes, but it's not a lot. Seasonal service to Xi'an 3x a week. 3x a week service to Chengdu and Hangzhou. All their other flights are to the Beijing and Shanghai, just like other US carriers.

So United sells more seats per day on the Washington-San Francisco route than they sell in a week to Chengdu, Xi'an, and Hangzhou.

It's not only the Chinese that are absolutely disgusted.

but the dude isn't even Chinese!

He's ethically Chinese, but of Vietnamese nationality (originally....he's a full blooded American citizen today).

The Chinese are all over Asia, have been living in other Asian countries for hundreds of years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

United Airlines knew the guy was a ethnic MINORITY by his last name. Duh.

Lots of people have "ethnic" last names due to marriage who are not that minority, and vice versa.

United messed up in this situatino in many ways, but I really doubt they are targeting Asians as part of some master plan to discriminate.

Unfortunately for United, many people in Asia don't see it that way now.

Foreign carriers make up 2/3 of the service from the Far East to the US:
https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/US%20International%20Air%20Passenger%20and%20Freight%20Statistics%20Report%20for%20December%202015.pdf

So United doesn't have much to lose.

Also, their stock is up today to where it was before the incident:
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/UAL?p=UAL

How quickly people forget...

United invested in flights to large cities in China seeing it as a growth market. This will be a problem for them. Mark my words, their earnings will fall this year and their stock will suffer when earning results come out next quarter.

Yes, but it's not a lot. Seasonal service to Xi'an 3x a week. 3x a week service to Chengdu and Hangzhou. All their other flights are to the Beijing and Shanghai, just like other US carriers.

So United sells more seats per day on the Washington-San Francisco route than they sell in a week to Chengdu, Xi'an, and Hangzhou.

It's not only the Chinese that are absolutely disgusted.

but the dude isn't even Chinese!

He's ethically Chinese, but of Vietnamese nationality (originally....he's a full blooded American citizen today).

The Chinese are all over Asia, have been living in other Asian countries for hundreds of years.

Whatever he is, he's definitely a hero, an American hero.
We should all be proud of what he did for the American consumer of aviation services. The public humiliation that he endured will help fix chokehold that the airline giants have held over us. Change will happen, thanks to the outrageous treatment he received at the hands of United Airlines.

[Anonymous]

He didn't comply because has a mental illness in addition to his criminal convictions.

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Anonymous wrote:He didn't comply because has a mental illness in addition to his criminal convictions.

You're just mad that United is in trouble. Let's be honest. The world saw what was done to him.

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Anonymous wrote:He didn't comply because has a mental illness in addition to his criminal convictions.

Nice try, United shill.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand the excuse airlines give for overbooking flights. Airline tickets are usually nonrefundable so if someone doesn't show up they already paid & the airline gets the money. Is it that the airlines want to be able to get twice as much money for that seat if you don't show up?