Doctor violently dragged off flight because Unite AIrlines made a mistake with booking

Is it true they needed the seat for imigration porposes

I want to see pictures of who occulied the seat or seats after ppl were renoved or bumped

Very understandable about the lady for sure. I just dont see where strong armed robbery was in the airlines credo. The guy paid for his seat and was seated. Anyways, I'm sure they will pay dearly for what they did, he is a doctor after all, and can afford very good representation I'm sure. It's sad times nowadays nonetheless..

Flight attendant huh..hubba hubba...

"Attention, valued customers. We've overbooked the flight and are seeking volunteers to give up their seats in exchange for $100 and not beating the shit out of you!"


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i just saw this covered in cnn...they interviewed one of the passengers on the flight....it was not complimemtary in any way of UAs actions

Idiot.
Learn Law.
A ticket is a Contract. If money was accepted for it, it is a BINDING CONTRACT. The airline has accepted the responsibility to get you from point A to point B at the time - or reasonably close to it at the designated time and date - unless something happens outside of their control. That's their side of the contract to be fulfilled, after they took your money.
Reasonable, normal, civilized behavior is expected, but those are covered elsewhere.

The much quoted "rules" on back of the ticket - if a ticket is actually issued - are in fact a "Contract by Adhesion".
"Contract by Adhesion" is generally NOT ENFORCEABLE (and legally binding) if brought to Court in a lawsuit.

What doesn't make sense though is that before the incident, they had no visible connection to United. No one would have given them a second glance. Now it is all over the news and more bad publicity.

Bottom line is the airline overbooked the flight.

They are pushing the limits and want the customer to be the one to "give" so their profits stay up.




The beauty of living in a free market capitalist society is that this type of stuff gets punished naturally.

wow.

regardless of the law, a jury that watches that video will vote for a penalty.

Go, United!


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I'll do a meditation tonight praying for the Sick pricks to get what they deserve.. we should all focus our intent on these evil people. Even the ones at the gas stations. Hack thier souls! ....With meditation.

Last Edited by ET SF on 04/10/2017 04:39 PM

wow.

regardless of the law, a jury that watches that video will vote for a penalty.

Go, United!


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The huge problem with your argument is, that the airline has a LEGAL BINDING CONTRACT with the passenger (if the ticket is paid in full) to fly him on THIS flight to his destination, or at worst, on another plane at a NOT MUCH LATER time to his (contracted) destination. I believe, two hours is the maximum permissible time between flights.

The airline is, and was in a breach of contract, and enforced the breach, with violence.
I hope he sues, and sues for a LOT (and gets a LOT with some massive punitive damages to boot and for good measure).

Funny, when we employees fly, we're some of the best dressed people. I can sit in the gate area, look around, and guess who's flying stand-by/free.

I'm assuming the pass riders (women/girls/teens) wearing tight leggings and not covering their butts didn't care about the dress code. Once they covered up with a dress or skirt, they were permitted to board. The dress code is so much more relaxed than it used to be, so they must have looked really bad.

Im suprised so many people think that man was in the right...

That is not a public area... he was asked to leave and refused. He should not only be drug off the plane but he should face charges.

Sad so many GLPers have joined the delusional entitled crowed.

Oh ffs...................the man PAID for his seat and was already seated!!

the airline is wrong wrong wrong and will pay

You're correct. Airlines have the right to remove passengers. He probably was not on a full fare ticket also.

What rights do passengers have on over-booked flights?
[link to www.wfaa.com]

Last Edited by nutmeg on 04/10/2017 04:55 PM

OOHHH I see you do not like Asian people.

just kidding..

You are pretending like he would not get another flight or a full refund if he chose. Why?

He was asked to leave a privet plan buy the operators and thought he had a RIGHT to be there regardless of any reasoning.

It was very reasonable for him to get up and leave when asked... he only had a right to be upset and disgruntled he could even refuse their service in the future etc. But he had ZERO right to what he did and attempt to force himself on the plane.

You and people who think like you are what wrong with the world today.

He sat there and ignored them, as I would and anyone I work with would do the same, they let you past the gate onto the plane you are seated they overbooked but the dont let more than the amount of seats on plane get past the gate. So you are siding with the airline, he was on the plane had an expectation to get home. he didnt want some voucher. whoever was held back at the gate and couldnt board is who should be compensated not dragging off a customer.

Sick terrible airline.

1 - 0 for Corporate America for now..


after media blow-up + lawsuits:

1 - 1000 for the public


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so where on the ticket does it say the any airline has the right to have any passenger removed because the airline had made a booking mistake?

where is the clause when you pay that they can remove your right for no reason but they overbooked.
if he was making a scene at the gate and pushed in ...maybe call the police.
if he did not have an assigned seat...ok

but none of this happened...

this guy is just sitting in his seat waiting to leave so he could return to his job as a doctor with patients waiting him in the morning.
this was their last flight out till the morning.

what everyone keeps saying in not what GLP stood for years back...

we are not sheeple here.

please really...who here would have gotten off the last flight of the night ...from your return flight to go back to your job.

if it had been me on a flight with deadline for my job...i i had a paid ticket and an assigned seat..i had arrive at the gate on time and was just sitting there...no i would not have taken the bump off and the $$$ for the inconvenience...no i would have said sorry i need this seat i PAID for.

you would have seen me getting dragged off screaming why are you removing me?

there is no law that states and airline can remove a passenger for no other reason then they need your seat for there staff and they F'ed up and over booked.

that is not any reason listed on the ticket.


anyone who says otherwise...well...

Last Edited by psyoptics on 04/10/2017 05:09 PM

I hope everyone who defends this gets hogtied and sent to a mental institution. Karma is a bitch. Assholes.

I'll bet there was a lot of hate directed to whomever sat in his seat after he was dragged off.

Sad part is they had to pass directly by the
Doctor being carried out. Soulless human I guess.

Wow. That second video is more powerful.

Big mistake. The passenger was Asian too. Asians don't play. They will sue the shit out of United.

SUM TING WONG

No its about the law of contracts. Its NOT about private or public property. Please read earlier posts by AC with a Hungarian flag and my post about this case on the previous page.(correction p.12) The passenger had every right to refuse their demand. The airline was in breach of contract and they made matters worse for themselves by involving the police to enforce their illegal actions. The good dr's lawyers are going to have a field day in court

Last Edited by Infinitus on 04/10/2017 05:27 PM

fUCK YOU.

you do not fly much.....

yes they call it bumped off...but never removed once you are on the flight.

you will not be seated on the plane.

i have had to wait to board because of this.

this is ALWAYS settled BEFORE you board said plane.

this was FUBARed by the gate personnel.
they did not handle it professionally.

they do not have the right to remove any person because they have other at the gate who did not have an asigned seat.

the doctor had a ticket and an assigned seat...he was boarded and was sitting quietly.

again....if i was this man i would have not given my seat up after i went through everything and was sitting in my assigned seat.

now if i was coming home and had nothing the next day.....maybe i would have taken the $$$....but if i was traveling for work before the next flight...hell no i would not give up my PAID for seat.

You'd need more than a couple monkey's for me.