Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Doctor dragged off United flight was felon who traded prescription drugs for secret gay sex with patient half his age and took them himself - and he needed anger management, was 'not forthright' and had control issues, psychiatrist found"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4401980/Dr-dragged-United-swapped-drugs-secret-gay-sex.html

You're about a day behind. The UAL victim and the felon who traded drugs for gay sex are two different people (same first and last name but each has two different middle names from the other). News rags like the Daily Mail rushed to smear the guy before they confirmed the info. Who knows, UAL may have even released thw info in an attempt to divert people like you from blaming them for the assault on the passenger.

+1,000,000

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I felt upset watching the video. That is just wrong. I'm not going to be flying United.

Good. More room for me.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Doctor dragged off United flight was felon who traded prescription drugs for secret gay sex with patient half his age and took them himself - and he needed anger management, was 'not forthright' and had control issues, psychiatrist found"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4401980/Dr-dragged-United-swapped-drugs-secret-gay-sex.html

You're about a day behind. The UAL victim and the felon who traded drugs for gay sex are two different people (same first and last name but each has two different middle names from the other). News rags like the Daily Mail rushed to smear the guy before they confirmed the info. Who knows, UAL may have even released thw info in an attempt to divert people like you from blaming them for the assault on the passenger.

Anonymous wrote:"Doctor dragged off United flight was felon who traded prescription drugs for secret gay sex with patient half his age and took them himself - and he needed anger management, was 'not forthright' and had control issues, psychiatrist found"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4401980/Dr-dragged-United-swapped-drugs-secret-gay-sex.html

Anonymous wrote:I felt upset watching the video. That is just wrong. I'm not going to be flying United.

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.

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Ok then, next time an airline asks for volunteers, make sure that you are on top of the list, and that you need to be somewhere. Your point here was just debunked by the actions made my Delta. It doesn't seem like he was imposing that he is more important than others, however, people have varying schedules and some are not very flexible. His case was the latter.

To me, what's shocking was the way this was all handled, and proper procedures that were not followed. It seems like it's a case of airline employees taking advantage of their power just because they know they can do it, and security personnel not doing their due diligence before acting on the report by UAL.