The flight was not overbooked.
United Airlines had 4 United employees flying standby and they were removing ticked passengers to give their employees flying standby the seats held by ticketed passengers.
It is not clear if the passenger pulled off was also flying standby or was confirmed for that flight.
United is going to lose their ass on the lawsuit that this guy files.
I wonder if it was union cabin crew flexing their union muscle because they didn’t make adequate plans to get to their departure city, or whether it was company execs wanting to take wives/mistresses on a last minute trip.
The United PR crew has been mighty quiet so far.
>>United is going to lose their ass on the lawsuit
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In an honest JUSTICE system, yes, it is a no-brainer.
Sadly, with today’s INjustice system, “bought” judges are not beyond the realm of possibility.
I noticed a lot of posters missed that little tidbit.
UAL's actions on this are horrid.
There are seats reserved for crew members on flights to reposition the crews to staff planes in other cities. They are usually not able to fly on other flights due to the crew members’ schedules and duty regs. Not sure if these were positive space crew members but I doubt they were just flying for fun or to get home.
If employees were on standby then the paying passenger should fly, let your employees wait for an empty seat. United has to be brain dead to pull this stunt. The doctor will win his lawsuit and United will suffer for years because everyone now knows just because you have bought a ticket and are seated on one of their planes awaiting take off they reserve the right to drag your butt off of the plane regardless of your condition, unconscious or conscious.
I don’t understand this. When I worked for them, employees were the very first to get bumped. I was on an international flight with a hotel and tour waiting for me, and I was taken off a plane for a last minute paying customer.