And it's getting very tiresome to keep hearing that the flight was overbooked, when in fact the airline opted to toss off paying passengers so that four employees could enjoy free travel.
Regardless of Dao's past history, United screwed up. They would have done so no matter who it was they chose to have removed.
Wait until Livenation starts doing this at concerts.
“I’m sorry, I know that you’d planned to see this concert from the fourth row but we managed to sell that seat for a couple thousand dollars, here are some free vouchers to see cover bands at the House of Blues.”
And on another thread, that reportedly HAS happened on an airline (where a higher paying passenger got to fly in a seat that had already been sold and occupied).
“when in fact the airline opted to toss off paying passengers so that four employees could enjoy free travel.”
Weren’t they staff that were needed to work another flight?
I don’t think this was some fun free travel perk. They were going to work.
“And it’s getting very tiresome to keep hearing that the flight was overbooked, when in fact the airline opted to toss off paying passengers so that four employees could enjoy free travel”
Get your alternative facts straight.
And it’s getting very tiresome to keep hearing that the flight was overbooked, when in fact the airline opted to toss off paying passengers so that four employees could enjoy free travel.
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Please clear this up for me. I read that United was repositioning flight crew for work purposes, and that they were offering compensation that would have been in the thousands of dollars for the four passengers. How is that free?
and the crew didn't get a "Free ride" like going on vacation...they were a crew heading to another assignment, and it was not negotiable...
Monumentally stupid statement.
You need to grow up or educate yourself.
Yes, they would be flying for free, but that's not the main issue.
Are you aware that the air travel system is a mind-boggling game of pick-up sticks?
If the crew which replaced the "bounced" passengers to get to their destination did not arrive, it would affect, potentially, not just one future flight, but a snowball effect affecting dozens of other flights and thousands of other people.
Ignorance is not just bliss, it is dangerous.