HEY STUPID PEOPLE
THE AIRLINES SOMETIMES *NEED* TO MOVE A PILOT AND CREW
STOP PLAYING LAWYER
THEY HAVE EVERY “LEGAL RIGHT” TO REMOVE ANYONE FROM AN AIRPLANE FOR ANY REASON_ EVEN IF THE PILOT JUST DOES NOT LIKE THEM
they needed to offer him 4x value of the ticket in cash and/or limit to $1300 in addition to the voucher. They didn’t follow their own written procedures and that’s why they’re in a world of sh#t
I’ve been minimizing comment on this fiasco and just enjoying the show, but I agree with you. That airplane is private property. If at any time on the ground they decide not to serve a customer, they have the legal right to ask that person to leave (just like a restaurant, or like a girl who invites you over for “dinner” and changes her mind before dessert). When they asked him to leave, he was supposed to leave. It may end their business relationship permanently, but that is their right since the airplane is their property.
And you are so certain you know what applies in this heavily regulated industry?
Section H.
Show us, Mr. Smarty K.
In any case, the people who want to play lawyer or judge should be citing precedent. In other words, similar cases that have made it to the appellate level.
In general, people should cooperate peacefully and then try the courts if they think they’ve been wronged. Even if Dao gets money, the whole world knows what a pervert he is and that he lost his medical license for illegally prescribing drugs.
United is going to have write the former passenger known as Dr. Dao a check and that settlement will be in the millions of dollars.
Please point out your legal rationale here. The author of this piece made a specific legal citation. Please attempt the same.
Stating a belief in what you think the law should be is no substitute for citing what the law actually says.
And your, "stop playing lawyer" is funny considering the company is trying frantically to cover it's nakedness with the pages of fine print that was written by lawyers.
Uh, no. He paid them money and at that point entered into a contract with United.
We don't know for certain if this was the case here or not... the CEO implied it was, but we don't yet know.
I do know that the union is powerful, and the CEO last Fall agreed to a new contract with them that gave a lot away to the union... including making it easier for employees to get free rides for vacations, family and friends, etc.
The attitude within United might be tipping more and more in favor of the sacred union employees' rights over the rights of their paying customers.
THE AIRLINES SOMETIMES *NEED* TO MOVE A PILOT AND CREW
Charter a plane and move them.
Why are you yelling and complaining. Your United stock took a quick beating, but has pretty much rebounded. It was $70.11 last Friday, $69.13 today.
Now go take your meds.
“EVEN IF THE PILOT JUST DOES NOT LIKE THEM”
It is my understanding the pilot can do that very thing, but ONLY the pilot. There is another article going around that claims the pilots had nothing to do with this decision. United screwed the pooch on this one.
THE AIRLINES SOMETIMES *NEED* TO MOVE A PILOT AND CREW
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You are absolutely correct. But now the question becomes what are the rules/regs/etc that
govern the process. Next when did did UA become aware of the need to move that crew?
Was it before they boarded all the people, after they boarded all the people, etc?
Your caps lock key is apparently still on from earlier. Look again on the middle left side of your keyboard and you can click it again to turn it off.
If it won't turn off, you can go to Walmart and buy a new keyboard or go to Best Buy and have Geek Squad replace the broken keyboard on your laptop
Legal or not, it was a scummy thing to do.
Airline employees are supremely arrogant.
Yeah, as I am reading it United had the right to kick someone off of an “oversold flight”. That’s what’s in the law is that exact phrase.
They do not have the right to bump someone for an employee who has not paid to be on the flight.
If getting their employees to another airport was all so critical then they could have put those employees on another airline’s available flight.
Or they could have chartered a private jet for them which would have been cheaper than what they’re dealing with now.
Not according their contract they don’t.
Still can’t get it off caps lock?
You really need to read your comments to yourself - your first and third line regarding people of less than high intelligence and about playing lawyer - which I can safely assume you are not (while you go on in the next line to incorrectly assert a legal right of the airline).
FYI - the legal right to remove an individual from an aircraft is strictly limited by United’s Contract of Carriage Rule 21 which lists specific reasons - none of which were involved here.
Could you show us “stupid people” that right in writing. The lawyers seem unable to find it.