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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]why is the passenger's personal info at ALL RELEVANT?   should airlines bump customers based on a subjective assessement of  what "good reasons" they have for wanting to go on the flight that they booked and paid for?

I'll bite:  I think that if it is an unemployed person that person should be automatically bumped first.  He or she doesn't have to get to work so they aren't a priority

Do you see how ridiculous this exercise is? [/quote]

I agree. Which is why "I'm a doctor, I need to see patients" isn't a good excuse to avoid the bump. Everyone on the plane has a valid reason to be at their destination in a timely manner.[/quote]
He does not need an excuse. He is a paying customer, he does not have to beg to stay on the flight.[/quote]

Yep. He paid his fare. If United wanted HIM off the flight they needed to offer a price point that he would have accepted. And perhaps money wasn't an issue, in which case United obviously should have regrouped and come up with another option. It's pretty frightening that an airline like United was so out of its depth on this "crisis" situation which did not have to escalate the way that it did. I sort of wish this would happen to me so that I could sue and never work again. The use of the work "voluntary" by United is so odd. Don't they have legal counsel who can at least use a dictionary? And now this passenger is being trashed and criticized in the media?! The lawsuit is just getting bigger. He could be a convicted felon. Who cares? He paid his fare, he had a ticket that correspond with his seat, he was seated. Policy or not United did a very boneheaded thing that they will regret for many financial quarters to come. And you people who love to be contrarian and talk about "policies" and technicalities need to ask yourselves how indignant you'd feel about being told you MUST VOLUNTEER to get off of a flight you paid for and needed. Would you be OK with being asked to give up your seat at a concert or sporting event once you're seated? [/quote]
Thank you, 12:06.[/quote]

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