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Sculpin Beauregard

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27. You hit the nail right on the head. So true.

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #26)

Tue Apr 11, 2017, 07:32 PM

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United Airlines CEO apologizes for horrific event, promises review of policies after passenger... [View all] DonViejo Apr 2017 OP

What he "continues to be disturbed by" is louis-t Apr 2017 #1

is this while he sends KT2000 Apr 2017 #2

And leaks to the Daily Mail that the victim is a convicted drug dealer. meadowlander Apr 2017 #22

Yep. dalton99a Apr 2017 #29

Desperately trying to put the shit back in the horse. Charles Bukowski Apr 2017 #3

Sonny boy Kushner doesn't care about that guy be dragged down the isle... Bengus81 Apr 2017 #4

Simple solution, keep 4 seats as reserve seats for United's personal only on every flight. NT cstanleytech Apr 2017 #5

Or if they don't often need to do this, they should have plenty moonscape Apr 2017 #10

That to though there would still have to be a cap and random removal of passengers if no one cstanleytech Apr 2017 #11

No, it would end up what the market would bear. There is a tipping moonscape Apr 2017 #14

They did offer money... jimmil Apr 2017 #24

I'm quite sure the CEO wishes their policy was to offer more - for another 500 moonscape Apr 2017 #38

That EXACT thing happened to me but from Hawaii to LA. jimmil Apr 2017 #41

STOP OVERBOOKING! muntrv Apr 2017 #6

Pass a law,min $2,000 per person per day ejected plus hotel and all transportation.... Bengus81 Apr 2017 #7

Exactly, with a built in COLA. nt SunSeeker Apr 2017 #9

For $8000, they could have CHARTERED a private plane colorado_ufo Apr 2017 #23

Company needs to lose millions of dollars before he admits wrongdoing IronLionZion Apr 2017 #8

Running scared due to stock tanking Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #12

He should have also apologized for his offensive "re-accomodate" reference from yesterday. SunSeeker Apr 2017 #13

He is Mexican, so maybe he doesn't understand the problem with that greenlife1 Apr 2017 #28

Ben Carson is black, and a white supremacist dalton99a Apr 2017 #30

No excuse, he speaks English. SunSeeker Apr 2017 #34

The guy is the CEO of a major U.S. airline, athena Apr 2017 #35

Post removed Post removed Apr 2017 #42

He is an American. His culture is your culture, assuming you are also American. athena Apr 2017 #43

That's quite the allegation particular to an entire nationality based wholly on anecdotal evidence. LanternWaste Apr 2017 #44

Not overbooked until United valued 4 staff members over 4 customers at last minute. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #15

Maybe he should have been more "disturbed" by it... regnaD kciN Apr 2017 #16

2 days too late, after his original BS statement and WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #17

In 1978 the "airlines" were deregulated turbinetree Apr 2017 #18

+1. n/t ronnie624 Apr 2017 #37

Munoz needs to go. Now. spiderpig Apr 2017 #19

they didn't care until this went viral in China Ohioblue22 Apr 2017 #20

Precisely. dalton99a Apr 2017 #31

Huge coverage on Chinese TV spinbaby Apr 2017 #36

at the time this broke in China the tweet got retested 97000 times Ohioblue22 Apr 2017 #40

Wow, this dope really is out of it. lark Apr 2017 #21

What a pile of sh*t CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #25

Stock market woke you up, huh ? C_U_L8R Apr 2017 #26

You hit the nail right on the head. So true. Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #27

I suppose there will be plenty of empty space to seat their employees now miyazaki Apr 2017 #32

Big, giant, $250 million Fuck You Kennah Apr 2017 #33

Shitty apology jeanmarc Apr 2017 #39