Perish the thought that stewards will be dragging Cardiff fans out of their pre-booked seats when the Toon Army come to City...
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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.
Perish the thought that stewards will be dragging Cardiff fans out of their pre-booked seats when the Toon Army come to City...
Airlines should not be allowed to overbook and I hope that guy successfully sues them for millions.
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.
[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?
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 )
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.
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.
Police statement.
He fell.....
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