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Re: Passenger dragged off overbooked plane
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Originally Posted by
Zenith
I wonder why it wasn't one of the hundreds of white people on that plane? And why the only Asian guy you can see sitting in that section?
Or is that an amazing coincidence?
The three security guys wanted a Chinese takeaway.
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I know that they say the majority of CEO's are sociopaths but this guy will clearly say anything to anyone. He has changed his mind again - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39572841
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Re: Passenger dragged off overbooked plane
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Eric Cartman
It's all damage limitation now. It could take a while.
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Originally Posted by
xsnaggle
Thanks Mrs r.
I don't think they realise how dumb their press release is. We asked for volunteers but someone refused to leave voluntarily. Well he wasn't a volunteer then, was he?
What's most sickening is that this could have happened to anyone on that plane. Though I guess the whites were probably fairly safe.
I assumed this was a fishing trip but knowing some of your revious I tend to doubt it?
What exactly were you trying to intimate?
I wasn't being entirely serious, I don't think they beat him up just because he's Asian. But the truth is that it didn't come as a complete surprise to see that pretty much everyone else in view was white and just fine, as Zenith also alludes to. Of course there are white people who get treated like shite somewhere in the world every minute, and this was a wry comment that perhaps I shouldn't have made in case it was misconstrued.
Nice to see that I have a reputation though, I feel like that PerryJason character now :hehe:
Also a bit surprised to see so many posters here coming down on the side of the airline. A few months ago I saw someone being chucked off a plane, the first one I've ever seen (in fact, it was a family who left because they were sitting in my seat, the one with the bassinet, and refused to move). They left quietly and it's true that it's entirely up to the captain who flies and who doesn't - in this case, he didn't want passengers who might get angry at 40,000 feet.
That was totally justified, but are people here saying that if the captain asked them to disembark when they had done nothing wrong, they'd get up and leave rather than argue their case? I find that very difficult to believe.
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blue matt
Bingo, thats what reports are now saying, the guy was very vocal even before he was asked to leave
Link to that? I've read quite a few things now and the gist is that they offered $400, then $800, then selected people. You are saying he got vocal during the $400 and $800 phase? I'm very surprised that United didn't mention this in any of their press releases as that would give them a reason to deplane him (or whatever silly verb the yanks use).
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The plot thickens, they are digging the shit up on him now:---
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/...MYL?li=BBoPWjQ
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Re: Passenger dragged off overbooked plane
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Originally Posted by
lardy
United Airlines had an overbooked plane. They asked for volunteers to take a later flight and resorted to dragging a resisting passenger down the aisle. This is the best summing up of all the different clips I've found:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/aliciamelvi...er-the-airline
It seems as if there should be something more to the story than this but I'm not sure there is. United have already put out a press release pretty much confirming why it happened (someone didn't want to be a volunteer so they were forcibly removed from their seat).
Hope this guy sues and wins bigly.
This sort of crap belongs on facecloth not here.
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Originally Posted by
Taunton Blue Genie
Not Easyjet then.
If it was EasyJet, he'd have been charged an extra £20 to cover the cost of being dragged off.
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BLUETIT
Starting to make sense now.
He probably asked to get tossed off (the plane).
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Americans appear to have gone soft . In the past he would have been dragged off the plane, then shot dead for being non white.
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They may be attempting to smear the wrong bloke.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So.. as it turns out 'The Meeja' confused United Dave Dao with another Dave Dao and now they all stand to be sued for defamation. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/United?src=hash">#United</a> <a href="https://t.co/7VJU9kyvVi">pic.twitter.com/7VJU9kyvVi</a></p>— Claire Connelly (@_ClaireConnelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/_ClaireConnelly/status/852036052286033921">April 12, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Originally Posted by
Wales-Bales
If it was EasyJet, he'd have been charged an extra £20 to cover the cost of being dragged off.
They have got it right.
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Originally Posted by
Charlie
They may be attempting to smear the wrong bloke.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So.. as it turns out 'The Meeja' confused United Dave Dao with another Dave Dao and now they all stand to be sued for defamation. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/United?src=hash">#United</a> <a href="https://t.co/7VJU9kyvVi">pic.twitter.com/7VJU9kyvVi</a></p>— Claire Connelly (@_ClaireConnelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/_ClaireConnelly/status/852036052286033921">April 12, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Oh please be true, that is hilarious
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Daily Mail went all in as well.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Looking forward to seeing how much this one costs you, <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyMailUK">@DailyMailUK</a> 🍿 <a href="https://t.co/Xbk7i0Yp9R">pic.twitter.com/Xbk7i0Yp9R</a></p>— hrtbps (@hrtbps) <a href="https://twitter.com/hrtbps/status/852088424576274432">April 12, 2017</a></blockquote>
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This doctor will be able to retire soon enough. Wish I was lucky enough to get beaten up on a plane.
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Re: Passenger dragged off overbooked plane
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Originally Posted by
Wales-Bales
If it was EasyJet, he'd have been charged an extra £20 to cover the cost of being dragged off.
I'm glad you didn't say 'pulled off'.
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Originally Posted by
Charlie
They may be attempting to smear the wrong bloke.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So.. as it turns out 'The Meeja' confused United Dave Dao with another Dave Dao and now they all stand to be sued for defamation. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/United?src=hash">#United</a> <a href="https://t.co/7VJU9kyvVi">pic.twitter.com/7VJU9kyvVi</a></p>— Claire Connelly (@_ClaireConnelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/_ClaireConnelly/status/852036052286033921">April 12, 2017</a></blockquote>
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What an absolute clusterf@ck of a mess
:hehe:
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Originally Posted by
Charlie
They may be attempting to smear the wrong bloke.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So.. as it turns out 'The Meeja' confused United Dave Dao with another Dave Dao and now they all stand to be sued for defamation. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/United?src=hash">#United</a> <a href="https://t.co/7VJU9kyvVi">pic.twitter.com/7VJU9kyvVi</a></p>— Claire Connelly (@_ClaireConnelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/_ClaireConnelly/status/852036052286033921">April 12, 2017</a></blockquote>
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:hehe:
It's the other Dave Dao I feel sorry for.
Now the whole world knows that he traded drugs for secret gay sex.
He probably thought he'd kept it all relatively quiet.
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Dr Lecter
:hehe:
It's the other Dave Dao I feel sorry for.
Now the whole world knows that he traded drugs for secret gay sex.
He probably thought he'd kept it all relatively quiet.
Must be why he doesn't go to games anymore.
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Re: Passenger dragged off overbooked plane
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lardy
This doctor will be able to retire soon enough. Wish I was lucky enough to get beaten up on a plane.
I was thinking something similar.
Presented as a choice I'd take 10 mins of humiliation and a light beating in exchange for a long and opulent early retirement :hehe:
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Originally Posted by
blue matt
Bingo, thats what reports are now saying, the guy was very vocal even before he was asked to leave
Think by now we can be very sure that this accusation is total bollocks.