LOL at re-accomodate.

Anonymous wrote:There are regulations about how airlines choose who to bump, and the process (including compensation offers). My guess is United followed them. The person who was forcibly removed did not comply with a lawful order

I don't work for United.. but I'm not sure why this passenger didn't just comply with the police asking him to leave. Does he also not pull over his car when police try to stop him?

You keep harping on about this lawful order nonsense. What is a lawful order? We don't live in a military state, just because someone says get up, including an officer, doesn't mean you have to get up. Sure, you'll face their wrath and deal with consequences, you'll be rewarded in court of course, but it's the GD principle. He had a ticket, an assigned seat and was already allowed to board the plane. There is no indication that he wa a threat or otherwise a danger to fellow passengers, he wasn't under arrest. The airline should've found another way to get their crew to their location and not at this mans expense.

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Anonymous wrote:United CEO apologizes.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-united-drags-passenger-0411-biz-20170410-story.html

*That's* the apology? That's corporate equivalent to "I'm sorry you feel angry."

It's called PR mumbo jumbo.

I'm still going with "they know they are going to be in front of a judge over this so they aren't saying anything that could be used against them in that situation".

"Re-accommodate"? Methinks someone is going to be re-accommodating United's bank accounts shortly.

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Anonymous wrote:United CEO apologizes.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-united-drags-passenger-0411-biz-20170410-story.html

*That's* the apology? That's corporate equivalent to "I'm sorry you feel angry."

It's called PR mumbo jumbo.

Anonymous wrote:United CEO apologizes.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-united-drags-passenger-0411-biz-20170410-story.html

*That's* the apology? That's corporate equivalent to "I'm sorry you feel angry."

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Anonymous wrote:This is so bizarre.
https://twitter.com/Tyler_Bridges/status/851228695360663552

The guy who got dragged out returns to the flight and is running around like a chicken mumbling " I have to go home". This guy is suppose to be a doctor?

What the what is that?!?! How do you get on after being dragged off by police??

OMFG, you cannot be this dense.

Maybe this is why they had to act how they acted? Maybe, rather than being a kind-hearted physician, he actually was a threat to other passengers.

This obviously occurred before he was extricated from his seat, which is starting to seem slightly more justified.

United CEO apologizes.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-united-drags-passenger-0411-biz-20170410-story.html

Anonymous wrote:Or he could have been freaked out and disoriented from getting hit in the head.

Or because it was psychologically traumatic. Or, the psychological trauma and a TBI.

Anonymous wrote:I'm really shocked by United's response too. How can anyone view that video and not at least apologize for the rough handling of the passenger???

I think it's an indication that they know they messed up badly enough that they don't want to say anything that can be used in court or by their regulators. This isn't an incident that's going to be settled with a twitter apology so they aren't going to make one.

Most people flying on a Sunday evening have somewhere to be on Monday. They should have offered more.

Anonymous wrote:And still, it is a 4+ hour drive. Why not get a limo and put the 4 United Employees in it if everything else was booked. They would have been door to door faster than sorting through this mess.

Or offer people $800 plus a seat in a limo?

Or he could have been freaked out and disoriented from getting hit in the head.

And still, it is a 4+ hour drive. Why not get a limo and put the 4 United Employees in it if everything else was booked. They would have been door to door faster than sorting through this mess.

Anonymous wrote:on Kayak United shows only 2 flights on Sundays from Chicago to Louisville. 5:40pm -8:02 and 9pm to 11:02pm.
Delta/American/SW. Midway also has Louisville flights.

Were the bumped passengers offered the 11:02 plus a voucher of 300-800 or would they have had to wait until Monday with a voucher of 800 plus free food, hotel, transport to hotel?

They were offered Monday afternoon flights plus the $800.

Anonymous wrote:This is so bizarre.
https://twitter.com/Tyler_Bridges/status/851228695360663552

The guy who got dragged out returns to the flight and is running around like a chicken mumbling " I have to go home". This guy is suppose to be a doctor?

What the what is that?!?! How do you get on after being dragged off by police??