And why would we want to do that. How is this any different than any other kind of abuse done to the public by a company? From my perspective, this disgraceful incident was far worse than the dragging of the recalcitrant doctor off of the UAL plane. This guy and his family were not belligerent, and yet they were threatened with jail for simply trying to use what they had paid for. The airlines don't need any more regulation, they need to be sued each time they do something like this. But the truth of the matter is that the airlines, like most of our large businesses today, are run by a bunch of Harvard MBA’s ( or some reasonable facsimile from another equally detestable place) who have teen taught that the bottom line is the ONLY measure of their success.
I agree to a point.
However, first off, don’t simply believe the story of the “family”. People exaggerate what happened, especially innocently in the heat of the moment. Sometimes, they flat out embellish.
2nd, why suddenly this rash of stories on airlines? Do you really believe nothing much was happening until the Chinese doc was dragged by security from United? Something stinks. It’s the media, making stories.
As someone pointed out on another thread of another incident, there are thousands upon thousands of flights and millions of people each day. Even if true, these stories are still a tiny % and conversely, with so much flight activity, there HAS to be something adverse that happens sometimes.
My adversities have always been due directly to the airport (TSA, etc), not airlines so much! I hate flying for this reason, especially since 9/11 when they treat all like criminals rather than picking on the obvious suspects.