Physician removed forcibly from United flight after overbooking--UPDATED

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158. I'm sorry, forgive me for using the wrong word.

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Okay, is compensation better? Rather than forcibly dragging the passenger off the plane. Because THAT really is truly scary part of the story, you see. Yes, overbooking as a practice is completely ridiculous. No argument. But you can see that where they really went wrong was the physical violence. Right? Edit you were the poster I was agreeing with, so clearly you do. Why are you harping on me about using the word reward? I was merely pointing out what they should have done instead of kicking him off.

Look, once a passenger is on board, the only reason they should be removed is if they are a threat. The whole issue of whether or not airlines should overbook isn't even the point. They removed a passenger who wasn't a threat. They could have used any number of excuses, but it doesn't matter. Violence against a non-threatening passenger is the one that matters.