Don't fly United

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what is shocking here? That airlines overbook or bump passengers off flights? Or security personnel being rough?

Or are we all angry that airlines have a right to overbook and dismiss passengers?
The compensation is notorious and that is allowed by industry

Liar.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting article about why the compensation offer probably topped out at an $800 voucher - http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2017/04/11/united-denied-boarding-fiasco/

I watched the tv interview with the United Airlnes CEO. I have ZERO respect for him, and will never get on a United flight. NEVER!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what is shocking here? That airlines overbook or bump passengers off flights? Or security personnel being rough?

Or are we all angry that airlines have a right to overbook and dismiss passengers?
The compensation is notorious and that is allowed by industry

We're angry that a paying passenger was beat up to protect the airlines profit. This was about money. The airline was in a negotiation with a group of passengers to get volunteers to be bumped. Instead of continuing that negotiation by bettering their offer, they unilaterally cut it off, and essentially beat up a guy who didn't agree to the deal. It's not right, it's not acceptable, and we're not taking it anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what is shocking here? That airlines overbook or bump passengers off flights? Or security personnel being rough?

Or are we all angry that airlines have a right to overbook and dismiss passengers?
The compensation is notorious and that is allowed by industry

Liar.

I am not lying, Delta and SW and JetBlue and others all overbook when they can. Most are told before boarding that they have been bumped off a flight. Someone I know got a text message. A big inconvenience, but such is flying

[Anonymous]

If United had done what Delta did here, this wouldn't have happened.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2017/04/09/why-delta-air-lines-paid-me-11000-not-to-fly-to-florida-this-weekend/#5995ee4f4de1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what is shocking here? That airlines overbook or bump passengers off flights? Or security personnel being rough?

Or are we all angry that airlines have a right to overbook and dismiss passengers?
The compensation is notorious and that is allowed by industry

The 6:51 link has a "Parallel Story on Delta". Read it. A family of four walked away with $11,000. from Delta for getting bumped.

We'll take Delta over United any day. Sorry, United.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what is shocking here? That airlines overbook or bump passengers off flights? Or security personnel being rough?

Or are we all angry that airlines have a right to overbook and dismiss passengers?
The compensation is notorious and that is allowed by industry

Liar.

I am not lying, Delta and SW and JetBlue and others all overbook when they can. Most are told before boarding that they have been bumped off a flight. Someone I know got a text message. A big inconvenience, but such is flying

Right, but they don't resort to physical violence to bump a passenger. They increase their offer until someone agrees to it. Big difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If United had done what Delta did here, this wouldn't have happened.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2017/04/09/why-delta-air-lines-paid-me-11000-not-to-fly-to-florida-this-weekend/#5995ee4f4de1

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what is shocking here? That airlines overbook or bump passengers off flights? Or security personnel being rough?

Or are we all angry that airlines have a right to overbook and dismiss passengers?
The compensation is notorious and that is allowed by industry

We're angry that a paying passenger was beat up to protect the airlines profit. This was about money. The airline was in a negotiation with a group of passengers to get volunteers to be bumped. Instead of continuing that negotiation by bettering their offer, they unilaterally cut it off, and essentially beat up a guy who didn't agree to the deal. It's not right, it's not acceptable, and we're not taking it anymore.

You are correct. Airlines are not making a lot of profits and have become very stingy. There is a limit to how much they will compensate. The guy could have avoided this by graciously accepting, but he was a doctor and therefore more deserving than other people and thought that the security personnel would let him stay if he said 'No'. Whereas that is not how it works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what is shocking here? That airlines overbook or bump passengers off flights? Or security personnel being rough?

Or are we all angry that airlines have a right to overbook and dismiss passengers?
The compensation is notorious and that is allowed by industry

We're angry that a paying passenger was beat up to protect the airlines profit. This was about money. The airline was in a negotiation with a group of passengers to get volunteers to be bumped. Instead of continuing that negotiation by bettering their offer, they unilaterally cut it off, and essentially beat up a guy who didn't agree to the deal. It's not right, it's not acceptable, and we're not taking it anymore.

You are correct. Airlines are not making a lot of profits and have become very stingy. There is a limit to how much they will compensate. The guy could have avoided this by graciously accepting, but he was a doctor and therefore more deserving than other people and thought that the security personnel would let him stay if he said 'No'. Whereas that is not how it works.

Yes, clearly protecting United's profits was more important than the health of any patient's the doctor was scheduled to see the next day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what is shocking here? That airlines overbook or bump passengers off flights? Or security personnel being rough?

Or are we all angry that airlines have a right to overbook and dismiss passengers?
The compensation is notorious and that is allowed by industry

We're angry that a paying passenger was beat up to protect the airlines profit. This was about money. The airline was in a negotiation with a group of passengers to get volunteers to be bumped. Instead of continuing that negotiation by bettering their offer, they unilaterally cut it off, and essentially beat up a guy who didn't agree to the deal. It's not right, it's not acceptable, and we're not taking it anymore.

You are correct. Airlines are not making a lot of profits and have become very stingy. There is a limit to how much they will compensate. The guy could have avoided this by graciously accepting, but he was a doctor and therefore more deserving than other people and thought that the security personnel would let him stay if he said 'No'. Whereas that is not how it works.

You know where to go, United, don't you? And it ain't the friendly skies for you any more.

[Anonymous]

What were UAL's profits for last year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what is shocking here? That airlines overbook or bump passengers off flights? Or security personnel being rough?

Or are we all angry that airlines have a right to overbook and dismiss passengers?
The compensation is notorious and that is allowed by industry

We're angry that a paying passenger was beat up to protect the airlines profit. This was about money. The airline was in a negotiation with a group of passengers to get volunteers to be bumped. Instead of continuing that negotiation by bettering their offer, they unilaterally cut it off, and essentially beat up a guy who didn't agree to the deal. It's not right, it's not acceptable, and we're not taking it anymore.

You are correct. Airlines are not making a lot of profits and have become very stingy. There is a limit to how much they will compensate. The guy could have avoided this by graciously accepting, but he was a doctor and therefore more deserving than other people and thought that the security personnel would let him stay if he said 'No'. Whereas that is not how it works.

WTF. why should he graciously accept when the delay is unacceptable to him. Maybe money was not the criteria for him. I saw another video taken just before they dragged him off, where he clearly says the next flight would be too late for him. If they bumped the compensation, maybe someone else would have accepted the offer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What were UAL's profits for last year?

$2.3 billion

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Munez gets 6.7m a year??? That clown needs to be canned. What does he possibly do to merit that compensation? The airline was better before it merged and has gotten nothing but worse.

United made $2.3 billion in profits last year:
http://newsroom.united.com/2017-01-17-United-Airlines-Reports-Full-Year-and-Fourth-Quarter-2016-Performance

Here we are!