Well I grant that this guy is on the unsavory side and he may well be an opportunist. But it seems to me that current airline/FAA policy is part of the problem. Airlines are selling something like a lottery ticket for a seat instead of an actual ticket for a seat.
I don’t think weather or mechanical issues were involved here, it seems to be United taking the easy way of moving a crew by bumping customers. American businesses often seem to have transitioned from serving customers to serving customers for dinner. I sometimes get the feeling that they think we are prey.
Yes
For 4-5000 United could have chartered a cabin twin and flown the crew to Louisville
But now anytime they overbook it’ll be an I’m not moving and I’ll sue scenario
I’d like to know what is the average no show rate on flights
Planes used to be a lot less full in my heyday