Well, the doctor kind of dared them to do anything. He said “NO! I am not leaving. You will have to drag me out!”
So that’s what they did. It may have been amusing hearing that first overreaction from the doctor. I thought I was hearing a wild animal braying.
This was before he stood up and hit his head on the luggage compartment. Before he was extracted from his seat. They handled it poorly, but the doctor seemed to have forgotten it aircraft belongs to United. They do have some leeway about what happens.
One good outcome is that from now on, United will not force any already seated passengers to deplane in the event their air crew needs some seats.
lee martel, why don’t you just go away! We know you’re a cop sympathizer here and it’s shameful that you keep prattling along. I just hope that some time in your miserable life, a bunch of cops kick the living $hit out of you just for the fun of it!
He was quite the jackass.
Of course, all UA had to do was raise their offer to the psychological level of a grand and they would have had enough volunteers.
Throwing in limo service to the hotel would have iced it.