This author is an A hole of the highest ranking. First of all, I am fed up with the false narrative of the oversold flight. Bee Ess!!! We’ve been over this a million times - the flight had enough seats for the boarded passengers until the airline decided to stuff its employees on this already full flight. Then had the gall to involuntarily “volunteer” people to give up their seat and use a police state to enforce their shitty customer service.
I realize the flying public can be entitled, disrespectful jerks, but let’s not forget this industry also treats its paying customers worse than any other. If I show up at Wal-Mary to purchase an advertised sale item only to find it is sold out, no harm no foul. But to pay several hundred dollars or more for a plane ticket AND make travel arrangements around thaybscheidled flight only to have it yanked out from under you is just plain wrong. These airlines SUCK and it’s high time the entire industry gets an overhaul.
Zerohedge had an article saying banks are far worse than airlines. If United/Republic hadn't been so stingy, none of this would have happened. It is a big deal to get bumped at O'hare if you have to stay overnight. Nobody volunteered to take the $800 voucher.