he has a mental illness because he overprescibes drugs and likes sex ?

I am merely taking his behavior both before and after the cop incident as an explanation for acting so oddly.

I wonder if there are other exceptions or interpretations for that specific situation beyond what is in this regulation?

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

Yeah, I was surprised to see language stating a maximum (if they want to offer me 50k for my seat, why shouldn't they be able to?). Was probably put in there at the request of the airline industry.

I think, as has been stated by others, the explanation for acting so oddly was that he was being forcibly thrown off of a plane that he had every right to be on

At the point where airline staff are telling you to get off, and then the cops are telling you to leave, you do not have a right to be on there anymore. Yeah it sucks. He was not acting rationally before they dragged him out.

At the point where airline staff are telling you to get off, and then the cops are telling you to leave, you do not have a right to be on there anymore. Yeah it sucks. He was not acting rationally before they dragged him out.

At the point where airline staff are telling you to get off, and then the cops are telling you to leave, you do not have a right to be on there anymore. Yeah it sucks. He was not acting rationally before they dragged him out.

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Our hotel smelled like dead hooker vagina (before you ask I had gotten a detailed description from beardown)

In any case, that plane is private United property. If they ask you to leave, akin to a bar or stadium asking patrons to leave, I think they have every right to do that. Certainly they should return this guys money in that case. I don't see how you can refuse to leave the private property. Your redress at that point is a breach of contract claim.

But I love United getting all the bad press. By far my worst airline experiences have been with UAL.

Flights are overbooked all the time, with the recent incident on a United flight an obviously terrible handling of the situation by the airline. But if you’re told you’re going to be bumped before you board, don’t volunteer to take the airline’s compensation—whether they offer cash or a voucher. You’re actually entitled to more money if you say no to their offer and are just denied boarding.

The infographic below from AirHelp explains why overbooking happens and how to minimize your chances of getting bumped from a flight. It also explains the monetary benefits of being bumped, though. If you volunteer to be bumped, the airline might offer you $200-$400 back, but if you’re involuntarily denied, federal regulations require you to be compensated up to $1,300, depending on how much of a delay was involved. You should get 2 to 4 times the ticket price plus a full refund of your original ticket. Cash is better than a voucher, but you have to make sure you’re involuntarily denied boarding, rather than accepting whatever the airline offers for volunteers.

I smell a bit....

That's not really true. They've done it all over the country. The cost cutting is temporary which chases out the other airlines that can't compete and then they cut routes and raise prices and there is literally no other choice. Chicago is lucky it has O'Hare that at least keeps them kind of honest.

When I lived in NY, they basically took over the airport in long island. They ended up being like 80% of the total flights in the airport. You could fly direct to Chicago, Las Vegas, and many other destinations multiple times a day right from there. The flights were packed most of the time. The airport became dependent on Southwest much more than Southwest was dependent on them but it was a very good relationship for both sides. First they started to raise prices. They then bought a few terminals at LaGuardia, and started moving flights there and got rid of all flights to Las Vegas, then Chicago, and then pretty much every place but Baltimore and Florida(for all the old people who leave for the winter). Now, keep in mind Chicago is the main hub of Southwest so it really is disruptive when they cut off flights to there. So that airport went from a place you could get to virtually every place they fly with 0 or 1 stops to a place where you basically were just flying to Baltimore and then going to the more limited places they go. Airport traffic plummeted and that airport is now costing the city millions of dollars and it is proving very difficult to get another airline in there given the control Southwest still has even with how they have virtually abandoned the airport. Now people have to find a way to the terrible LaGuardia airport or accept the limited options available at a once thriving airport.

That isn't just what they did there. They've done it to other places too.

Now, they aren't even trying to be a low cost airline unless you fly on a Wednesday morning or Saturday night so the cost savings is minimal which I mean they can do because capitalism and stuff but we need to stop acting like Southwest is some benevolent company that loves it's customers like it has in the countless commercials they do. They are becoming the Wal-Mart of the airline industry.

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

In Matt Levine's column today, he mentioned that the airline industry has saved over $100 billion over the 30 years that the practice of overselling has been in effect. Which makes United's behavior that much more reprehensible for not upping the ante...they figured why offer more when we can just call the cops?

Not sure why everyone is calling out overselling policies when this wasn't what happened here. He wasn't bumped for other paying customers; he was bumped for deadheading employees who could have driven, taken another flight or taken another flight on another airline. It's basically an intentional battery case.

This is to say nothing of, nor consider, the close relationship between airport security and the corporations that operate there, but if I call the police on you, for something I reasonably believe to be a legitimate reason, am (or, how am I) on the hook for any bedlam which ensues?

Like, if I'm evicting a tenant at a rental property, and the Sheriff shows up to do his thing, and the evictee ends up tussling with the cops, could I be on the hook for damages if it is later revealed that notice of eviction wasn't properly served, or something approaching that?

There's deep pockets either way for this guy, but I'm just unsure of how liability is with United, despite the actual violence being committed by police officers.

The menstrual cycle changes among Hassidic Jewish women was something as well.

Ask Cleveland how they felt after United left them high and dry. Or St. Louis when American pulled out. Airlines change their schedules and shift their flight frequency all the time. It's about maximizing revenue, not part of some evil plot. I fly from 30-40 round trips per year and can say that Southwest is consistently the "friendliest" among the major airlines. I agree they are not a discount airline any more. Their pricing is generally on a par with the big boys but if you are traveling with family the free checked baggage can be a significant savings. Maybe if you could pay for extra leg-room you'd be a bigger fan.

But hey...bags fly free.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Yeah does anyone know who those guys were? I've heard them referred to as police officers, airport security, and also United security. They looked like they could have been Air Marshals.