The United Airline assault on a passenger is just another symptom of authoritarianism

[LisaM]

42. They messed up by not having standby crew in Louisville.

This not having enough crew thing seems new. In the past year and a half, I've had several flights delayed because there is not a crew, or the crew is shorthanded. This tells me that they are over-working the crews they do have, and cutting it too close getting them from one flight to another.

I had this happen with a crew - we were delayed maybe an hour, and it was a late night flight - and I have to say, the crew themselves were as professional as could be and never once let on that they'd probably raced across the airport and started their next shift with no breaks.

As the unions break down, this is what happens. Does the average Joe on a place realize that taking power away from unions trickles down to situations like this? Probably not.