Posted on 04/12/2017 6:38:09 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
The Snowflake generation now uses their rage as a vicious Marxist weapon with the intent to harm the reputation of anything they don't like, especially when it's a large corporation
Okay, I’ve just about had my fill with the news about the United Airlines passenger being dragged off the plane because the company overbooked, but the passenger refused to leave the flight.
Should they overbook? Probably not. There is an average number they have calculated of the number of people they believe will not even show up, so based on those numbers, they overbook a little bit to make sure the seats are full. There is not exactly a very big profit margin in the airline industry, as it is.
So...what’s your take on this, Sean?
Pretty bad when you are called a snowflake by CFP.
Even worse when they are 100% right.
United has an effective “drop and drag” policy to make room for their employees to fly, even if you have boarded and are seated in your paid seat.
The latter is against the law. Period.
I think the service in the airline industry (actually almost all industries when compared to the Far East) is generally bad in the U.S..
However, I’m surprised at the number of conservatives here who take the side of the snowflake here vs. a business. Even if they weren’t smart about it, when someone acts this idiotic, I would bend over backwards to make sure he does not get away with such behavior.
The horrible thing is that the removed passengers were just thrown into an aligator swamp behind the airport.
If you have plenty of time, Fly....
Cry me a river. Airline profit is at an all time high.
The Rules of Carriage set conditions under which a passenger can be removed. Wanting the seat for someone else isn’t one of them.
Airlines to report ‘blowout’ record profits amid low gas prices, higher fees
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2016/01/12/airline-profits.../78647924/
Jan 12, 2016 - U.S. airlines are poised this month to report ‘blowout’ industry profits for 2015 that could set a record since deregulation in 1978.
You mean laws in this land where you have to bake cakes for gay weddings even if it goes against beliefs, and where you can use the bathroom of the gender you feel like that day? That legal system? Period? Yeah, that legal system will give girls periods even when it’s not their time of the month.
Finally a voice of reason and rationality.
Can’t take this seriously as it starts with a false premise. There was no overbooking.
It wasn't overbooked. At the last moment they decided to boot 4 passengers to make room for United employees.
The passengers had paid for their seat, reserved it, had boarding passes, and were sitting in that seat waiting to take off when the company decided to boot them.
One passenger made a scene, but it was disgraceful in the case of all of them.
I don’t know any other industry that can get away with “overbooking”. If someone pays for a seat, that seat should be guaranteed.
Maybe the Dodgers should sell 60,000 tickets to their 55,000 seat stadium. Lets watch them kick 5000 people out of those seats when everyone shows up.
The passenger may have been wrong. But that does not matter. The airline employees who were supposed to be in control of the situation were wrong. This is not about the passenger. It has nothing to do with him. Did the airline handle the situation well. NO! They were pompous as always. They handled it badly, let it get out of control. And then the airline did not understand that thousands of people hate the airline because they too have been mistreated at one time or another.
The attitude of several United employees is quite horrible. Maybe it will change after this. I don’t think so. But lets hope.
I don’t think the airlines deserve your tender support. I think they need to follow the law like anyone else.
The airlines are in a quasi monopoly and they use their muscle to get away with appalling customer service and frequently ride over the rights of their customers as they attempted to do in this case.
Not to call them out is to accept the same treatment for yourself or your family the next time. This passenger had read the rules of passage & knew his rights. Once he had been seated he could only be removed for cause or if he volunteered.
“So...what’s your take on this, Sean?”
Sean the bot.
Not United employees.
United partner airline employees.
I haven’t clicked through to the blog, but I have long loathed UA and would have a hard time finding sympathy for them.
I did once, about 4 years ago, see an unusual event though. My youngest daughter spilt a drink upon my wife. A UA (yes, United Airlines) stewardess actually noticed this mess, on her own, and with her own initiative gave my wife a napkin! I was shocked!
My wife wanted me to email UA about it but i didn’t want the stewardess to lose her job. The stewardess was fairly young and probably hadn’t been through her full training yet. I didn’t want her to lose her job for such an act.
I will not divulge the incriminating flight number and date.
“Can’t take this seriously as it starts with a false premise. There was no overbooking.”
And they can deny boarding but once a passenger takes his seat it is a different rule.
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