Unfortunately, as happens across the country each day, the flight was overbooked — in other words, United had sold more tickets than it had seats available.
The flight was not overbooked with sold tickets.
Libs love to present arguments in terms of ways they WISH things were.
Thus Obamacare sucks because the Democrats HAD to dilute it to meet with sufficient Republican approval to get it passed. Yep I hear this argument every week. Some will even tell you that it is the Republican input that made it sucky.
And United has now changed their policy such that staff must arrive at the gate an hour before departure.
Apparently previously it was okay to arrive after the plane had been seated and revoke tickets.
If their employees can’t show up on time to work, that’s not my problem. Telling me that it was vital that these workers get sufficient sleep and to their jobs the next day does nothing to explain why the passengers who purchased tickets with sufficient travel time buffer were not afforded the same protections.
Exactly when I stopped.
You don’t
A) Sell a man a ticket.
B) Let him through security.
C) Give him a boarding pass.
D) Allow him to board.
E) Allow him to take his seat.
F) Accompanied by a family member.
And then tell him “Ooops! We screwed up! Get off the plane, we need that seat!”, and throw him off using force, and without mutually agreed upon compensation.
Calling this “overbooking” is a gross misnomer showing either the ignorance or disingenuousness of the writer. Or both.