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on a serious note though, read online earlier that he was a doctor and has patients to see, so he was allowed back on the plane
all stemmed from UA having Cabin crew that needed to be elsewhere in the morning and they needed the space, they only needed to be a 5 hour drive away, but the CC preferred to fly rather than take a cab
If Arsenal were owned by United Airlines then they might have hit on a way to finally get rid of Wenger.
I'm confused, he already had a seat didn't he? This is not how musical chairs works
Not Easyjet then.
Turns out the passenger was at fault all along, if the pilot asks you to leave the aircraft you have no choice.
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'.
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.
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?