Not for me, it won't blow over. United sucks, and I will boycott them. They're pretty bad on service and overbooking, and that's it for me. No more United flying.
United used to be my "go to" airline when flying on business. Sure they cost more, but the service (back then...) was always good, it was consistent and I never seemed to have the airline horror stories that other folks had with other airlines. For all the years and all the flights I had to take over those years, never once did United lose my luggage or cause it to be late following me. "Back in the day" United was top notch in my book.
If we've learned anything about United Airlines lately it's that their overbooking policies suck, they think nothing of displacing people off a flight because of their overbooking policies, and then they say they "regretabbly had to "reaccommodate" some passengers."
This wasn't a "reaccommodation" ... it was flat out assault and battery. It was unnecessary. The four airline employees that needed to be in Louisville "the next day" could've gotten there by car for example, and that would've been a hell of a lot cheaper than paying $800 per passenger with overnight accommodations at some shithole airport hotel.
Then again, United could've put the four employees on another flight. What was the rush to put them on this one flight anyway?
Yes, United Airlines SUCKS and they deserve every bad piece of publicity they get from this. Period. Full Stop.