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1. i don't think it's deregulation that's to blame, for a change.

Reply to nikibatts (Original post)

Mon Apr 10, 2017, 05:14 PM

Apr 2017

it's a general contempt for employees and customers.

they're just trying to squeeze people for maximum profit, forgetting that these are actual human beings, and there might be a cost to treating human beings as if they were machines.

point is, even in an absence of regulation, businesses ought to be able to figure out that it can't be good business to use force against a paying customer, whether the fine print permits it or not.

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How much is deregulation to blame for the United horror story and others like it? [View all] nikibatts Apr 2017 OP

i don't think it's deregulation that's to blame, for a change. unblock Apr 2017 #1

in corporate world - KT2000 Apr 2017 #2

I think, quite a lot. Before the Airline Deregulation Act, The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #3