Members Vee Posted April 10, 2017 Members Share Posted April 10, 2017 United Airlines had an (allegedly)* overbooked flight yesterday - they needed four seats available for crew who needed to reach the destination. They offered passengers vouchers. All refused. They then began a passenger lottery trying to force people off the plane. When one man refused to disembark - a doctor who claimed he had patients to see in the morning - United had him forcibly removed, but not before assaulting him and dragging him through the plane. While being videotaped. Buzzfeed and the Washington Post have details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted April 10, 2017 Members Share Posted April 10, 2017 This is awful. Is this common and we just don't hear about it? I don't know what's happening to the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KMan101 Posted April 10, 2017 Members Share Posted April 10, 2017 I'm absolutely disgusted by that. This is a PR nightmare for United. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted April 10, 2017 Author Members Share Posted April 10, 2017 Turns out the flight may or may not even have been overbooked - they just wanted to give seats to United staff. And now: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roman Posted April 10, 2017 Members Share Posted April 10, 2017 I have no clue why airlines and airports feel they have the right to treat people this way. some of them may say "well this stems form 9/11." My ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted April 10, 2017 Members Share Posted April 10, 2017 I hope he sues the pants off of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted April 10, 2017 Members Share Posted April 10, 2017 Just last month, Oscar Muñoz was awarded U.S. Communicator of the Year by PR week. Go figure! http://www.prweek.com/article/1426909/united-airlines-ceo-oscar-munoz-named-prweek-us-communicator-year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted April 10, 2017 Members Share Posted April 10, 2017 This is everywhere. Pretty shocking and appalling. They have entered a PR shitstorm and deserve every bit of it. I hope they're made to pay dearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted April 10, 2017 Members Share Posted April 10, 2017 This is part of the reason why I barely fly. Overbooking flights is just so unfair. If you pay for that ticket, you get that seat - unless it's through circumstances that cannot be avoided. I hope this passenger gets a nice settlement out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted April 10, 2017 Members Share Posted April 10, 2017 Overbooked flights IMO should be illegal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted April 11, 2017 Members Share Posted April 11, 2017 OMG, they're making things worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted April 11, 2017 Members Share Posted April 11, 2017 He's going to end up without a job! Please register in order to view this content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roman Posted April 11, 2017 Members Share Posted April 11, 2017 he blamed the passenger. "FLY UNITED.....so if the plane crashes, no matter what....IT'S YOUR FAULT." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted April 11, 2017 Members Share Posted April 11, 2017 I'd love to say that I'm going to boycott United but I've hated them for years. Once they merged with Continental they decimated the hub at the Cleveland airport. The few times I've flown them since the merger has been an exercise in frustration. I hope this CEO gets dumped on his ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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