Posted on 04/12/2017 3:55:29 PM PDT by COBOL2Java
Buckle up, United Airlines, because you're about to hit stormy skies.
The airline has enraged the public this week for violently yanking an uncooperative passenger off an overbooked flight.
Now, the company is gearing up for a legal battle that can't be fixed with a half-assed apology tweet.
While United was playing the aviation blame game, the victim of Sunday's incident, Dr. David Dao, enlisted the aid of two prominent Chicago attorneys, hinting that he plans on giving the airline quite the ass kicking in court.
The 69-year-old medical professional has hired corporate law specialist Stephen Golan and personal injury specialist Thomas Demetrio. This suggests Dao will not only sue for United's mistreatment of him, but for their procedures which allowed them to kick him off to make room for their own crew.
(Excerpt) Read more at perezhilton.com ...
Good luck, buddy. The airline staff asked you to leave the aircraft. You refused, even though the law says you leave when asked. The police dragged your ass off the plane. You should be in jail right now, not preparing a frivolous lawsuit.
Pleasant dreams.
Another wrinkle, although the passenger is in a Chicago hospital with the concussion the latest story which documents that the third airport cop is suspended as well, says David Dao was taken off on a stretcher & not flown on that flight to Chicago as earlier articles stated.
This story includes a lot of eye witness detail including the fact that many of the passengers walked off the plane in protest after the passenger was assaulted.
http://wqad.com/2017/04/10/the-latest-officer-who-dragged-man-off-united-jet-placed-on-leave/
Good try DonW. If they asked you to jump off the bridge would you jump? The man was within his right to stay in the seat according to United’s rules of carriage on their website. It was an illegal order to forcibly volunteer. He was under no obligation and the “cops” had no right to remove him. They are all now suspended.
If they asked you to jump off the bridge would you jump?
Nice strawman. It doesn’t matter what the ticket says, if any member of the flight crew doesn’t want you on the aircraft for any reason, the law quite explicitly says you have to leave. Period.
“Something tells me the booking procedures will not look the same in a few years. These attorneys won’t care about the industry and it’s problems keeping schedules met. They will damage the profit margins and screw with an already stressed system.”
Look, nobody wants to be bumped, but it’s the chance you take. Everyone is exposed to it. The airlines do compensate.
If you get bumped, take it like a man. Plan for that happening once in a while.
Something tells me the colonoscopy procedures will not look the same in a few years! The attorneys will not care about the medical industry and its problems keeping schedules and unneeded tests met. They (the attorneys) will damage the (doctors) i.e. exact same to (airlines) profit margin and screw with an already stressed system.
Look, nobody wants to accidentally have their large intestine perforated, but it’s a chance you take! Everyone is exposed to it! The doctors do compensate (or malpractice insurance does, but you may be dead!). If you get perforated during a colonoscopy, take it like a man (or woman)!!! Plan for that happening once in a while. Let’s think like doughtyone /s
Read up on death by colonoscopy!
I am surprised that are usual law and order freeper contingent have so many supporting this whiny arse passenger who wouldn’t listen to the cops....
Could you point out that law? It contradicts the conditions of carriage and all the legal opinions I have read.
This ain't what's goin'down ... corporate whipping boys is more like it.
The whole thing is fascinating. Our "Masters" in this case are the (presumably!) impromptu videographers, whose commentary ... "OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!" ... is the absolute origin and creator of the entire affair.
This is what we have come to.
United will settle quickly, and the Doc may now retire.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I doubt that. The Doc will not settle until he inflicts maximum damage on United.And he is right to do so.
Nunes is an idiot and he has to go.
From previous experience dealing with United, they screwed the pooch. The best they can do is drag out the check book. A jury will not be sympathetic to United should it go to trial.
Why isn’t this drug dealing Perv in prison and lost his Med License? Multiple sources on that one. Selling drugs for GAY sex, no mention if all his victims were consenting adults.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4401980/Dr-dragged-United-swapped-drugs-secret-gay-sex.html
I keep seeing this phrase, ‘The flight was overbooked’. In fact, it appears this flight was ‘perfectly booked’, meaning every seat had a paying customer, every paying customer had a seat. That sounds about as perfect as any Airline could be. It may have been the only thing United got right here. That life was going along swimmingly until United showed up with their 4 deadheads, seems to be the point of failure. There were plenty of available options, United chose badly! If any own stock in United and they don’t have it queued to sell, they deserve the hit that’s surely coming. JMO.
I don't fly much because of the poor service. I am retired, so I have a choice. From the looks of it the airline service has gotten down right dangerous to one’s health.
If it's on the internet it has to be true, right, Gail?
United Passenger Lawyers Up, Will Likely ‘Re-Accommodate’ Airline In Court
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But the thing going on with Dao might be different because it seems likely that the alt-right latched onto the criminal record of the wrong David Dao. From the Independent:There is presently confusion about whether the man on the United flight was actually David Thanh Duc Dao, quite possibly another person entirely to David Anh Duy Dao, the man with the criminal records.Likely, the confusion just leads back to some dumbass internet jockeys. But would you entirely put it past United to have leaked out some of this information, given how awful their initial reaction to the situation was?If Dao sues — when he sues — the only good move for United would be to give Dao whatever he wants, as quickly and quietly as possible. They want to take “full responsibility.” They want to “make it right,” then pay the man.
It seems like two issue in this matter are getting mixed together. One is whether United had the right under the contract to remove this passenger. The answer is either yes or no, and if there is a breach of the contract the passenger is entitled to damages.
The other issue has to due with how this man was removed from the plane. I guess I am in the minority, but the passenger was totally in control of how he was treated. He could have objected, but once the decision is made, the smart thing to do would be to gather your things and exit the aircraft, perhaps ranting the whole time, but moving toward the exit. Once back in the airport, raise hell and seek your remedy. But the passenger brought his ill treatment on himself.
One of the more dismaying things, on FR in particular and the internet in general, is the phenomenon of people digging their heels in on the basis of their preconceptions, which are shoddily supported by old, incomplete or outright false information. Anyone who has been keeping up with this story should know the following:
- The CEO of United Airlines has issued an apology amounting to a mea culpa
- Airport security has placed at least one of their security agents involved on leave
- The flight was not overbooked. United chose to force four members of a flight crew needed in Louisville the next day onto a flight after paying passengers had been boarded and seated
- The doctor in question was dragged out of his seat violently enough to cause bleeding and concussion due to merely remaining in his seat and saying “no” repeatedly
- The doctor in question has been misidentified, he is not the individual with a sordid arrest history, he is a married man who was on that flight with his wife, with several adult children who are themselves doctors
But, that never stops people from continuing to ignorantly argue obviously wrong positions and continuing to smear the reputation of a person on the basis of information provided, whether out of stupidity, ignorance or even outright malice on the part of those seeking to mitigate PR damage.
I’ve seen it again and again, and have even been taken in on a few occasions myself. I hope this guy sues the pants off of not just United but airport security and every media outlet who has slandered him due to misidentification.
Mega dittos for your post!
Yeah he somehow got back on the plane, ran up and down the isles, then collapsed in a seat and was taken off on a stretcher.
“This story includes a lot of eye witness detail including the fact that many of the passengers walked off the plane in protest after the passenger was assaulted.”
That’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard about this. Why didn’t they volunteer to be bumped, get 1k, and prevent the whole thing? Passengers who actually left they proved they could have volunteered if they weren’t so self centered. In many ways we have become a nation with a lot of very childish, selfish, people that expect everything to go their way 100% of the time. Life doesn’t work that way.
It wasn’t $1K it was an $800 voucher for future travel with the airline, typically with blackouts and restrictions sufficient to make it difficult to use for any travel you’d actually want or need to do, ask people who are frequent flyers who have accepted them.
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