Passenger dragged off overbooked plane

[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.

[Cyclops]

Perish the thought that stewards will be dragging Cardiff fans out of their pre-booked seats when the Toon Army come to City...

[Steve R]

Perish the thought that stewards will be dragging Cardiff fans out of their pre-booked seats when the Toon Army come to City...

Is it too late to start building an Ark?

[Mrs Steve R]

Is it too late to start building an Ark?

He said Toon Army.

[blue matt]

the whole overbooking flights is just a stupid idea, but i guess it works, as why have they been doing it for so long

s.prised no-one took the offer though, as they are normally great, i know someone who was asked to be bumped by AA, they took it, as it was the cost of the flight refunded AND the put on the next flight ( next day ) AND another flight anywhere in the world ( to be used within 12 months )

[Ainsley Harriott]

the whole overbooking flights is just a stupid idea, but i guess it works, as why have they been doing it for so long

s.prised no-one took the offer though, as they are normally great, i know someone who was asked to be bumped by AA, they took it, as it was the cost of the flight refunded AND the put on the next flight ( next day ) AND another flight anywhere in the world ( to be used within 12 months )

Apparently the $800 these people were offered (well below the $1300 entitled to them by US law if they are "involuntarily" removed from their intended flight) is given to them in American Airlines vouchers...with multiple hoops to jump through (sometimes there are times of the year these vouchers aren't valid, sometimes the balance can't be redeemed in one go - a commentor on Reddit was apparently given $250 of vouchers that were 5 x $50 which were only applicable on a '1 per flight' basis).

Basically they are entitled to $1300 in cash, and so $800 in **** vouchers is a shitty deal.

[Mrs Steve R]

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 ^^

I could not play the vids on there so I found it on youtube, that's just crazy.

[PontBlue]

Airlines should not be allowed to overbook and I hope that guy successfully sues them for millions.

[lardy]

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.

[xsnaggle]

[QUOTE=lardy;4732706]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?

[lardy]

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


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.

[Steve R]

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.

[The Bloop]

the whole overbooking flights is just a stupid idea, but i guess it works, as why have they been doing it for so long

s.prised no-one took the offer though, as they are normally great, i know someone who was asked to be bumped by AA, they took it, as it was the cost of the flight refunded AND the put on the next flight ( next day ) AND another flight anywhere in the world ( to be used within 12 months )

I think 2 people accepted the offer of $800 to get off but they still needed 2 more.

I don't understand though how this wasn't spotted at check-in? Don't they count in America?

[Eric Cartman]

I think 2 people accepted the offer of $800 to get off but they still needed 2 more.

I don't understand though how this wasn't spotted at check-in? Don't they count in America?

$800 or a $30 million after getting beaten to a pulp. This dude was playing the long game.

[Vimana.]

I think 2 people accepted the offer of $800 to get off but they still needed 2 more.

I don't understand though how this wasn't spotted at check-in? Don't they count in America?

There is probably a 'Trump won somehow' gag going spare there.

[David Vincent]

That was a bit like when I was dragged out of The Plaza after watching Emmanuelle. I wanted to stay for the next viewing but they said I'd have to pay again. I was happy to do that but then they said my overexcitement was annoying the other punters. As they dragged me out I kept twisting and turning to get a last look at the lovely Sylvia Kristel.

[Pearcey3]

That was a bit like when I was dragged out of The Plaza after watching Emmanuelle. I wanted to stay for the next viewing but they said I'd have to pay again. I was happy to do that but then they said my overexcitement was annoying the other punters. As they dragged me out I kept twisting and turning to get a last look at the lovely Sylvia Kristel.

She didn't have any tits though.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

you would all be moaning if the air Marshall had just shot him

I can see it now " Another Black shot by US police "

they just cannot win

Are you colour blind?

[Colonel Cærdiffi]

[The Bloop]

If Arsenal were owned by United Airlines then they might have hit on a way to finally get rid of Wenger.

[Wales-Bales]

I'm confused, he already had a seat didn't he? This is not how musical chairs works

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Not Easyjet then.

[Wales-Bales]

Not Easyjet then.

If it was EasyJet, he'd have been charged an extra £20 to cover the cost of being dragged off.

[Jimmy the Jock]

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.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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'.