On what grounds did he (specifically) have to leave?Originally Posted by Philbccfc
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On what grounds did he (specifically) have to leave?
Was listening to travel experts talking about this on the radio and apparently it is the right of the airline to ask anyone to alight the plane and NO REASON has to be given.
Weird, I know , but that's what they said.
Here it is:--
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/...GrY?li=BBoPWjQ
Last edited by BLUETIT; 11-04-17 at 17:25.
its a fail-safe built into the T&C's
you could have a passenger being abusive ( yet abusive is a personal thing, to some it might be rude, to others its abusive ) or a passenger who is " drunk ", where is the line in being drunk ? ? ? it differs in people opinions
yet that doesnt excuse the " overbooking "
I would be furious too if I was given no choice but to leave a 'plane - on the tarmac ! - for the reason of 'no reason except we can' .
For goodness sake, the lack of space was a result of their own poor management.
However we have not seen all of the story - there may be more to it - there may not be.
If they were going around asking for volunteers and this guy started to air his views and opinions very strongly, then I can see how that would be hugely unhelpful and how it could quickly escalate.
I wonder what the Staff would/could do if everyone simply kept an entirely calm stance and issued a polite but firm 'no thanks'.
They did the offer bit already, this was after they picked people at random to get off. That is their procedure, overbook the flight and then force people who have paid for a ticket to get off so they can ferry their staff instead. Once they don't get off it is time to call the police and have them beat the shit out of the guy.
I know someone whose daughter is a flight dispatcher, apparently 'random' actually means 'person who has paid least for their ticket'.
Bingo, thats what reports are now saying, the guy was very vocal even before he was asked to leave
He wasn't boasting to everyone about how much he had paid for his holiday was he?
I would be too, what kind of stupid do you need to be to seat an entire plane and then tell people that some of them can't fly and will have to get off?
I believe I am right in saying that overbooking flights is common practice airlines bank on passengers being unable to travel for one reason or another. If this is your system then when it backfires your reaction should be more professional than dragging someone off the plane, but if that is the way you go then you deserve a weight of negative publicity and a big compensation claim to be paid out.
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).
The plot thickens, they are digging the shit up on him now:---
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/...MYL?li=BBoPWjQ
Think by now we can be very sure that this accusation is total bollocks.
It just won't go away:---
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/...kYM?li=BBoPWjQ
I missed it to be fair
I was going on a news report on CNN about it ( which was on the day i posted it )
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