The flight was not overbooked. The united employees showed up at the last minute looking for seats — they did not have reservations.
UA should have put them on another flight if it was that important.
United had the cops haul him off when he had committed no crime. The police should have told United it was not their problem. He wasn’t arrested, so he has a case for unlawful detainment against the LEO. Hope he gets rich on this. A good example of why I don’t fly.
A flight crew who was needed for a flight the next day was delayed due to in-climate weather and was needed for a flight leaving the destination airport the next day.
So yeah, employees just showed up without reservations at the last minute.
“The united employees showed up at the last minute looking for seats — they did not have reservations.”
If what I heard was correct, they were being relocated to cover a flight. They weren’t joyriding. That being said, United could have handled this whole thing a lot better.
You don’t understand the aviation industry. Many times crews have to be, at the last minute, shuttled to other locations to complete a crew for a flight that would otherwise face delay or cancellation.