Posted on 04/12/2017 12:27:30 PM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: So United Airlines. The CEO has now come out and apologized again and said after he watched the video he was outraged, found it reprehensible, all of that.
Mr. Snerdley just walked in, and he was upset over something Governor Christie said. Governor Christie’s the governor of New Jersey, and Governor Christie has lambasted United for doing what they did simply to make money. “Come on, Governor. That’s what the liberals always say when they go out and bash a corporation. That’s not the way to bash this.” Snerdley came in; he thinks Christie was being a hypocrite because United makes New Jersey a lot of money flying into Newark. And, of course, the state of New Jersey does everything they do to get money like every other government entity does.
They’re never do with a dime less than what they have every year. So I looked at Snerdley and I said, “You know what? We’re the kind of get sidetracked on this United story.” When you look at this — when you look at really what was involved here — they had four crew members that were in Chicago that they needed to get to Louisville for a flight out of Louisville the next morning. And for that reason they bumped four people off the plane and beat up one of them who refused to go and snuck back on.
Now, I looked into it and there are any number of ways to get those four employees to Louisville. They could have chartered a small jet. They could have driven them the court. They could have found a bus. They could have rented a bus. They could have put ’em on a train. They could have done any number of things instead of what they did. And here’s another thing. Now, I realize that the more we’ve learned about this guy, Dr. David Dao, I mean, he is an intriguing figure. The guy is a doctor. He lost his medical license.
He was getting gay guys hooked on OxyContin to keep them coming back to him, where he would hold them up for gay sex. (So goes the story.) When he lost his medical license, he joined the professional poker circuit and earned about a quarter of a million dollars doing that. Look, folks, it’s fun, and it’s interesting. But do you realize none of that justifies what happened to the guy? Okay, so he’s a kook. So he’s strange. It doesn’t justify what happened to the guy. I’m not suggesting that United is behind this.
But, look, there are some people that want to mitigate what happened by pointing out this guy’s oddities or his frailties. Here’s what United needs to do. To solve the problem going forward, here’s what United needs to. Right now when you go buy a ticket to United or any airline, it’s a contract. By the way, this guy met the terms of the deal. There was a seat on the plane offered for sale. He bought it, he paid for it, and he got on the plane. How many of you people have been bumped from a flight after you’ve been seated?
They usually bump you in the gate area before anybody’s been seated. So that was a little odd. But the guy met the terms of the, quote-unquote, “contract.” He purchased the ticket and he paid the price and for that he got a seat on the airplane — and then they come and they threw him off. What United needs to do is rewrite the contract. What do they call it? Nobody reads the fine print. Make this plain as day. Here’s the new deal with United Airlines if you decide to fly with them:
You agree to pay the price for the seat on the airplane, and you get on the airplane realizing that you might be asked to vacate that seat — and if you don’t, you could get beat up. Then if you buy the ticket, and that happens to you, then you have no recourse because you have signed a contract acknowledging you could get beat up if they try to throw you off the plane and you refuse to go. That’s how this could be solved in the future if United doesn’t want to change the policy. (chuckling) Man, this is boomeranging now.
The ChiCom Parliament has taken this up, because United,, I guess wants to expand its service in China. And this guy… (interruption) What is he? (interruption) Vietnamese, but he wasn’t born there? (interruption) Was he born in Vietnam to Chinese parents or what is it? There is a… (interruption) There is a Chinese link to the guy and a Vietnamese link as well.
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“There are unknown unknowns.” — Rumsfeld
Actually, there are many cases in which a ‘contract’ is illegal and can easily be thrown out.
You can’t sue someone for failing to live up to any contract that calls for an illegal act. IOW if a hitman renegs, you have no legal option, likewise if you had a written contract with a cocaine dealer.
You could not legally enter into a contract where you could be assaulted as a condition of default.
I would say there is probably more to the story than has yet to be told. So Rush does have a point.
[[likewise if you had a written contract with a cocaine dealer.]]
Dagnabbit- and i had a notary republic AND justice of the peace witness the signing of the contract too!
You don’t know what I know, but I know you think you know what I know. But I don’t. Get it?
The worm has turned.
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Dr David Dao is seen arguing with police and a flight attendant in the new video The clip shows some of what happened just before he was dragged off the plane In the clip, the police officer is heard telling Dr Dao he will have to drag him off ‘I won’t go. I’m a physician I have to work tomorrow, eight o’clock,' Dr Dao said
Dr Dao then tells the person he is talking to on the phone: 'I… I tell you… make a lawsuit against United Airlines.'
More at link.
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Get got his wish - dragged off...
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/contract-of-carriage.aspx
If he didn’t like getting pulled off the plane, why didn’t he just buy his own , like I do?- “Rush”
I read that Delta leads on overbooking.
I remember when he used to say that.
"Dr Dao then tells the person he is talking to on the phone: 'I… I tell you… make a lawsuit against United Airlines.'"
Yes please drag me off so I can sue. He's soooo innocent! Yeah right.
Is "boarding" considered "complete" when the planes doors are closed or when an individual customer is on the plane and seat belted in?
May seem like a nitpick, but as a matter of law, definitions can make a difference.
He saw a opportunity for a big payday- Not a crime in all 50 states.
Rush (and his “expert” callers) was so horribly wrong on this yesterday, that I’m afraid to read today’s installment.
Not crime to kick him off either. Just another AH.
United is lucky, damned lucky, if all this guy does is sue them.
That story is from 14 years ago. Why post?
Overbooking is normal, and I don't think was the issue here. The issue here was the airline trying to accommodate traveling employees AFTER the plane was boarded.
There's probably some reasonable cutoff time for employees needing to get onto a flight... perhaps 30 minutes prior to boarding.
They can't have a flock of off-duty employees showing up for a flight as it's just getting ready to push back from the gate and expect to disrupt the whole flight to accommodate them.
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