It would suck, but you’ve got to pick your battles in life. The fact of the matter is airlines have a nearly absolute right to kick people off their planes, this was a battle he could not win. Best to leave the plane quietly and use his anger to get fat cash from United. Did he really think “if I throw a loud enough temper tantrum they’ll let me stay”? Haven’t we all learned better by the time we get to puberty? Once you start throwing a tantrum the airline kind of HAS to pull you off the plane, otherwise everybody learns the way to avoid getting bumped is being childish.
HAHAHA if you think that, you are naive... This man will get lots of cash out of this airline... Yes the Captain is the law on a plane and can do whatever they want, but if you think that just because you CAN do something means you should... you are a fool.
United is paying through the nose for this... and will be for quite some time.. and yes this guy will get paid a lot more than the $800 voucher he didn’t take voluntarily. United will suffer 10s if not 100s of Millions in lost revenues and brand damage from this incident... and this guy will get a payout directly as well.
United, fly the gestapo skies.
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>> “The fact of the matter is airlines have a nearly absolute right to kick people off their planes, this was a battle he could not win.” <<
Complete nonsense!
They must obey the laws, and remain in compliance with their “carrier contract,” which prohibits them from removing a passenger after admitted to the aircraft except is certain rare circumstances related to the specific passenger.
They were outside their own submitted carrier contract, and all commercial and admiralty law. (admiralty law takes over when the plane is demonstrably under way)
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Haven’t you learned anything from all this?
An Airline does not have an absolute right to kick a passenger of off their plane.
[For the millionth time...] Passenger airlines are common carriers meaning that they are required to operate under Federal laws and regulations that, among other things, specifically disallow them from having an absolute right to remove a passenger.
In this case, UAL had procedures they were supposed to follow. These procedures are spelled out in a contract that conforms to federal law. They breached the contract, violating federal law.