I still can’t figure out why they singled this Dr. out for removal. Surely there had to be some other person who would disembark willingly, get another flight and/or an upgrade.
Apparently no one was volunteering to change flights.
They computer generated the seat numbers at random and told the passengers in those seats to leave the aircraft.
If United was insistent upon this one doctor being removed from the flight, they could have easily booked another flight for him on another airline either later that evening or earlier than the 2:00 pm United flight the next day.
Airlines have their rules, but when did passengers cease being human beings?