Posted on 04/11/2017 7:29:42 AM PDT by narses
The media seems to be ignoring this question, why? Where is the report on who he really is?
I am trying to not buy everything the media is trying to sell. Not sure about this case yet.
That link crashes my browser. I don’t think the site gets along with my virus protection.
This out online now:
He really is “a neatly dressed elderly Asian male who got bloodied & concussed by stormtroopers” when he tried to explain he needed to fly because he had patients waiting. Does he now deserve to be further brutalized by the media for your pleasure?
In the end the plane took off several hours late after the blood was cleaned with he & his wife on board...suggests there were other alternatives for the airline after all. Let’s spend our interest exposing the employees responsible for the incident and the policy setters.
TMZ actually did a rundown on him. Dude is shady, was convicted of a lot of stuff, had license suspended and was reinstated but allowed to practice under very restrictive guidelines, if TMZ is accurate and the doctor in question correctly ID’d. Do your own DD to validate or verify.
The man who was forcibly dragged off of an overbooked United Airlines flight has been
identified as David Dao, a doctor, professional poker player and father of five originally
from Vietnam who was once convicted of trading drugs for sex as part of a downfall that
derailed his medical career.
The Louisville Courier-Journal and USA Today confirmed his identity and that he lives in
Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
Dao, 69 was on his way from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to Louisville when the
incident took place. It was captured on video by nearby passengers and led to outrage and
United eventually apologizing for how it all played out.
Dao is a doctor who studied at a medical school in Saigon, Vietnam. He’s a father of five and
a grandfather. Four of his five kids are doctors and his wife, Teresa, is a pediatrician.
However, Dao had his medical license suspended for more than 10 years for illegally
prescribing patients with painkillers. He was sentenced to probation, avoiding a two-year
prison sentence he could have served.
Here’s what you need to know link including photos:
Good grief...this “urgent” question really needed its own vanity thread?
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And in News/Activism no less.
If the airline sold me a seat, and then beat me up after I was in it to give it to someone else, it shouldn’t really matter if I’ve got other unrelated personal issues.
Airlines overbook planes all the time. Usually you offer something to get someone to give up their seat. Otherwise, if you sold the same seat twice, it seems like the guy with the boarding pass has dibs.
Let's say the passenger was lying. That's not the issue. The issue is that he didn't want to give up the seat he paid for. And in this situation? C'mon. A chartered small plane or a rental car would've gotten the United crew the 298 miles to Louisville without a problem.
I've been thinking about the "overbooked" issue. Why? The old standby process worked just fine and the airlines could make some profit from filling seats of no shows. But why should the airline overbook? If that seat was sold, the airline is making its profit even if the passenger doesn't show up. Just don't allow any refunds for no-shows and don't allow cancellations.
OK, so this guy was not perfect. In fact, he really seems like a jerk.
I still maintain that United handled this VERY poorly. They should have raised their offer until someone accepted it. Forcibly removing a paying customer from the plane is just wrong. And United will lose a TON of money for having done this. As they should.
Tried to put up a standard post with a link to the article in the Louisville C-J, but copyright restrictions do not allow it.
Very strange that these hit pieces come about about Dr. Dao, as I don’t see how they are that relevant to the incident he was a victim of.
Hmmm....
The policy is already clear, you are not guaranteed a seat on a plane, even if you are a doctor. You also have to follow instructions from the crew. If you don’t, security is called and if you again don’t follow orders, then you get hauled off the plane. Not sure what the controversy is.
This guy’s attorney is going to make a lot of money.
Don’t trust the media, EVER. They are saying it was an overbooked flight. It wasn’t.
From what I have read no United employee manhandled this guy. The police did that. Federal law is if you are told to deplane you have no choice but to get off. This idiot howling and screaming and running back on is ridiculous. Reminds me of the ride lines at Disney......
He's a slight, non-threatening 69 year old man who got assaulted and bloodied by some thug Chicago Dept of Aviation cops.
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