While I understand everybody taking up the rights of UAL,
I have had it with the thugs that run the airlines and the airports.
You do not have the expectation of being beaten to a pulp with contract in hand.
UAL is the parent contractor and will pay. Any pilot could have bumped that rate to 1500 and the issue is over.
“I have had it with the thugs that run the airlines and the airports.”
That is a big part of the problem. Air travel has become such a PITA that compensation of less than several thousand just isn’t worth it. Can’t forget he was traveling with his wife. If an airline is bumping a passenger, how about choosing a lone traveler to negotiate with.