The fact that some government officials are holding press conferences over this is just insane.
If the government realized how THEY treat customers, there would be endless press conferences.
This whole thing is BS. If you do not like how it went, don’t fly. And if I was on that flight and was the reason 230 other people did not get home, I would expect some ridicule.
I work with medical doctors every day. Every, single, day.
I interact with about 200+ of them every month. Trust me, very few of them need to RUSH home to patients.
Unless this guy is a world renowned specialist who jets from city to city curing Elephant Man disease or something as equally horrible...he has time. An extra few hours on the trip home is not going to ruin him or his patients.
When will people learn that being an a-hole is not civil disobedience. If the cops tell you to do something, do it. Then complain. Then suit. Explain to the people at the gate that you are a world renown surgeon saving babies. They will get you where you need to go.
Take the $800 and a hotel. For goodness sake, act like a grownup. Not an a-hole.
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Do your doctors have to take hospital call? Because if you are assigned call, and you cannot make it back in time to take the call, then you can get your hospital privileges suspended. It is up to the physician on call to find a replacement, and it is very difficult to do that at the last minute.
This Dr. probably is not on call, but your statement that very few need to rush home is inaccurate in a call situation.