I can’t believe this ever made it to the news. A mentally deranged passenger acted like a child and had to be dragged off the plane like a petulant child and 5 out 6 six are siding with the idiot passenger. What the heck is wrong with people!?
He was asked politely 3 times before physical removal was necessary. He had two choices. Leave the plane like a man or be dragged off like a toddler. He chose the latter. End of story.
The airline also had a couple of choices. They could 1) raise the money offer to all the passengers to voluntarily take a later flight until one passenger took them up on it, or 2) physically remove a passenger at random, knowing full well that videos of the removal of the passenger would be going viral all over social media. It takes a special kind of corporate stupid to make the choice they did.
Leave the plane like a man or be dragged off like a toddler.
1) Be a sheep and do what you're told regardless of how unjustly you feel you're being treated, or 2) resist what you consider to be unjust treatment.
End of story.
This story isn't close to being over. It remains to be seen if the guy forcibly removed will settle for a large payment from United, or whether he'll take the matter to trial and try for an even bigger payout.