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74. O.K. then they didn't refuse to leave....

Mon Apr 10, 2017, 08:22 PM

Apr 2017

.. However you want to describe it.......like I said the whole situation sucks and airline overbooking sucks and this was an absolute shit way to handle it. Nothing excuses it at all.

But nothing indicates that it was racially motivated, just your garden variety greed. There's enough shittiness on United's part that there's no need to add any additional shitty elements that aren't there.

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So why was the Asian passenger 'volunteered' to leave the flight [View all] malaise Apr 2017 OP

Btw, he's also a senior citizen BannonsLiver Apr 2017 #1

Good effin' grief malaise Apr 2017 #4

They sound indistinguishable from Trump cultists dalton99a Apr 2017 #78

I would imagine that each ticket has a unique number to identify it, no? Orrex Apr 2017 #2

Well I hope he's gets to place the word malaise Apr 2017 #6

Well, maybe he'll be a retired doctor... Orrex Apr 2017 #11

One of the ways they select is by how many times they have flown duncang Apr 2017 #9

That was my main question in the other thread. Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #3

Ditto, tritto, and quadritto!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2017 #7

"Ditto, tritto, and quadritto!!!" Iggo Apr 2017 #20

Wall Street only heard "United is overbooked! Business is good!" TeamPooka Apr 2017 #64

According to all the articles I've read.... vi5 Apr 2017 #5

They didn't leave willingly. The other couple also failed to "volunteer." Being required to leave pnwmom Apr 2017 #45

O.K. then they didn't refuse to leave.... vi5 Apr 2017 #74

This message was self-deleted by its author ymetca Apr 2017 #8

I agree... TBA Apr 2017 #12

Everyone just sat there complaining? B2G Apr 2017 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author ymetca Apr 2017 #23

I too wish someone would have volunteered to take the voucher True Dough Apr 2017 #33

Also assumes they knew why he was being dragged off. cos dem Apr 2017 #41

Good point True Dough Apr 2017 #50

Why cowardly? The correct response would have been for the airline to UP the OFFER pnwmom Apr 2017 #46

Oh I agree they should have tried upping the offer again to the cap which is cstanleytech Apr 2017 #59

That is the cap an involuntarily ousted passenger many claim. However there is no cap pnwmom Apr 2017 #61

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2017 #76

that TeddyBear 1 Apr 2017 #10

The Con's America malaise Apr 2017 #13

YES!!! get the red out Apr 2017 #24

This is the equivalent of making black people stand in buses malaise Apr 2017 #30

It's all there in the terms and conditions that go with purchasing a ticket... Baconator Apr 2017 #39

Refused to volunteer HAB911 Apr 2017 #14

Well by meaning you can't be forced to volunteer malaise Apr 2017 #16

Justice Gorsuch would vote to protect United Airlines here. TeamPooka Apr 2017 #15

yes he would HAB911 Apr 2017 #18

Who? malaise Apr 2017 #19

That son of a bitch get the red out Apr 2017 #25

100%. But he's a "nice guy," so he'd add, "So sad. I wish I could've ruled differently." WinkyDink Apr 2017 #54

at the end of the day, he had a valid ticket, they overbooked which is disgraceful anyway sunonmars Apr 2017 #21

Precisely malaise Apr 2017 #22

Wait until his lawyers read the fine print on the ticket. jaysunb Apr 2017 #37

yup Skittles Apr 2017 #52

I think there is also a lawsuit against the Chicago PD here too. TeamPooka Apr 2017 #63

According to an account I read in the other thread.. cwydro Apr 2017 #26

How do you know he's a doctor? randome Apr 2017 #27

Has his name been reported anywhere? nt B2G Apr 2017 #28

Not that I'm aware of. I would think as soon as it is, we'd know the answer. randome Apr 2017 #31

He was outraged about his treatment, and he had every right to be. The airline pnwmom Apr 2017 #49

With no limits? Should the passengers have held out for $100,000 apiece? randome Apr 2017 #57

Now, now, stop all that being reasonable and get on the outrage train!! EX500rider Apr 2017 #69

Other passengers nearby said that's what he told them earlier mainer Apr 2017 #70

I did not know that. Thanks. randome Apr 2017 #73

If they overbook, and need to choose volunteers, the only fair way to do it is last people who still_one Apr 2017 #29

This wasn't an overbooked flight. randome Apr 2017 #36

The last people who bought the tickets should be the ones chosen still applies still_one Apr 2017 #38

That sounds like a good idea. randome Apr 2017 #43

Sounds like a united problem not the passengers metroins Apr 2017 #40

You are speculating. But what doesn't require speculation is that the airline pnwmom Apr 2017 #51

If they truly were in a bind and needed to get 4 staff to a destination... randome Apr 2017 #58

Increase the voucher offer... califootman Apr 2017 #66

One point to me was really bad. duncang Apr 2017 #32

Good point. metroins Apr 2017 #42

Random oberliner Apr 2017 #34

I'll fly again when I sprout wings furtheradu Apr 2017 #35

I'm getting there malaise Apr 2017 #44

Ughhh! I know! furtheradu Apr 2017 #60

Back at yah malaise Apr 2017 #65

I normally wouldn't post a worldstar video but I haven't seen it anywhere else. NWCorona Apr 2017 #47

Yep they beat him up malaise Apr 2017 #48

This episode; the young woman slammed to concrete---Whatever happened to simple handcuffing? WinkyDink Apr 2017 #53

I'm actually really sick over one of the other threads... Docreed2003 Apr 2017 #55

+1,000 malaise Apr 2017 #68

awesome post steve2470 Apr 2017 #72

Really? vi5 Apr 2017 #75

Video on MSNBC/Kornacki imminent. WinkyDink Apr 2017 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author doc03 Apr 2017 #62

As if I needed another reason to avoid flying United. Paladin Apr 2017 #67

This is a textbook business case of how NOT to handle this steve2470 Apr 2017 #71

I think they should have booked a private plane to ferry the... LAS14 Apr 2017 #77

Fascism and communism Eko Apr 2017 #79