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Let's be adults, ok? A crew for another flight needed four seats. That meant four passengers had to get off. Three who were asked left without a fuss. But Dr. Putz had a screaming sh*t fit, fought with police, and had to be dragged off. Would you want medical treatment from this adult 5-year-old? Then he rushes back on board and has to be removed again.

Interfering with the duties of a crewmember violates federal law.

Federal Aviation Regulations 91.11, 121.580 and 135.120 state that "no person may assault, threaten, intimidate, or interfere with a crewmember in the performance of the crewmember's duties aboard an aircraft being operated." Reporting is at the discretion of the crewmember.

Security violations are excluded. Those cases are handled by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Updated numbers are posted on this web page quarterly.

The repercussions for passengers who engage in unruly behavior can be substantial. They can be fined by FAA or prosecuted on criminal charges.

As part of the FAA's Reauthorization Bill (April 16, 2000) the FAA can propose up to $25,000 per violation for unruly passenger cases. Previously, the maximum civil penalty per violation was $1,100. One incident can result in multiple violations.

Thinking the Law of Greater Tonnage is a boating analogy that applies here. I don’t recall if it is an actual law or just an application of common sense. The net of it is this: Boaters need to avoid collisions; a small boat with the right of way should yield to a larger boat if a collision is likely to occur. Should the operator of a small boat fail to do so, he can swim confidently back to shore knowing that he was right...

United Airlines is the small boat. UA was right, but failed miserably at avoiding a collision.

It doesn’t take too much business travel to see people behave badly in response to flight delays, cancellations, lost luggage, etc. It’s wrong of course for a passenger to come unglued... but it needs to be managed to. At some point, UA should have considered where this situation was going, and shifted course quickly.

Again with this garbage & caps no less. The rules are for overbooking. United has admitted they were not over booked. They wanted to move crew. The rules speak as to boarding, this person was in their seat. The man was interfering with nothing. He attacked or threatened no one.

Don’t spread disinformation when the videos and reports from passengers describe no such screaming fit or fight. The man was sitting quietly in his seat saying he had patients the next day & had to get home. He screamed when one reached in and dragged him out over the seat rest, injuring him and rendering him unconscious.