United Airlines: Passenger violently removed due to overbooking
11-04-2017, 13:19
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Re: United Airlines: Passenger violently removed due to overbooking
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Traumatised at not being able to get his own way?
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He has been aggressively dragged off a flight, his his head on the way to the extent it's quite bloody. I am not a Doctor, I don't know his condition, but he seems very disturbed.
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11-04-2017, 13:21
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Re: United Airlines: Passenger violently removed due to overbooking
'I want to commend you for continuing to go above and beyond': Defiant United Airlines CEO pens 'tone deaf' email defending staff after 'belligerent' passenger was viciously dragged from overbooked flight
CEO needs sacking imo
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ing-staff.html
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11-04-2017, 13:23
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Re: United Airlines: Passenger violently removed due to overbooking
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He has been aggressively dragged off a flight, his his head on the way to the extent it's quite bloody. I am not a Doctor, I don't know his condition, but he seems very disturbed.
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Resisting is also aggression. Would you have acted in this manner? I think not.
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11-04-2017, 13:26
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Re: United Airlines: Passenger violently removed due to overbooking
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He has been aggressively dragged off a flight, his his head on the way to the extent it's quite bloody. I am not a Doctor, I don't know his condition, but he seems very disturbed.
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I have been trained first aid by St John's Ambulance and I have worked in the healthcare sector for 25 years, even though I am not medically qualified to give a legal diagnosis, I can safely say that he has the classic symptoms of someone in shock. (Dazed, confused, walking wounded).
Initial testimony from other passengers said he received no medical assistance until he was escorted off the plane a second time, this was said to be well over an hour later. They neglected their duty of care to this man, in my professional opinion.
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11-04-2017, 13:29
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Re: United Airlines: Passenger violently removed due to overbooking
Well, no-one appeared concerned enough to offer their seat. Would you give up yours? No, really?
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11-04-2017, 13:42
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Re: United Airlines: Passenger violently removed due to overbooking
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Well, no-one appeared concerned enough to offer their seat. Would you give up yours? No, really?
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Well, as I commented earlier on, a woman gave up her seat twice on a Delta Airlines flight somewhere in the US and netted $11,000 in total for doing so. I would do that everyday no problem. So yes, I would do it and make sure it was worth my while.
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11-04-2017, 13:46
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Re: United Airlines: Passenger violently removed due to overbooking
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Well, as I commented earlier on, a woman gave up her seat twice on a Delta Airlines flight somewhere in the US and netted $11,000 in total for doing so. I would do that everyday no problem. So yes, I would do it and make sure it was worth my while.
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With respect Mick, getting a nice pay day is just a little bit different from giving up your seat altruistically.
I suspect most people here would take the view that they too, "have to get home". I think the way he handled himself was demeaning for a man of his obvious intellect.
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11-04-2017, 13:47
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Re: United Airlines: Passenger violently removed due to overbooking
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Resisting is also aggression. Would you have acted in this manner? I think not.
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what would you say if this old fellow was your dad -would it be ok to manhandle your old pappy out of his seat and drag him bloodied down the isle
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11-04-2017, 13:53
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Re: United Airlines: Passenger violently removed due to overbooking
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With respect Mick, getting a nice pay day is just a little bit different from giving up your seat altruistically.
I suspect most people here would take the view that they too, "have to get home". I think the way he handled himself was demeaning for a man of his obvious intellect.
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If similar circumstances were to happen again, on any airline, I might now do what this man has done, what they going to do? Drag me off as well, I am sure it will make Youtube within 10 minutes, I do not think any reasonable carrier would want to behave and have their brand tarnished in such a manner.
I would say me protesting my stay, gives me the upper hand, they want me off, they can compensate me and not just a couple of hundred quid!
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11-04-2017, 14:01
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Re: United Airlines: Passenger violently removed due to overbooking
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what would you say if this old fellow was your dad -would it be ok to manhandle your old pappy out of his seat and drag him bloodied down the isle
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I started by saying the security staff were heavy-handed. What I'm discussing is the pre-escalation which the Doctor has some responsibility for. I do not condone his poor treatment; but whose old pappy would act in such a belligerent manner that it required physical removal?
I also think his apparently unconscious removal saw him firmly grasping his apple iphone...
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If similar circumstances were to happen again, on any airline, I might now do what this man has done, what they going to do? Drag me off as well, I am sure it will make Youtube within 10 minutes, I do not think any reasonable carrier would want to behave and have their brand tarnished in such a manner.
I would say me protesting my stay, gives me the upper hand, they want me off, they can compensate me and not just a couple of hundred quid!
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I don't believe you would have acted in the manner of this man. Besides, we know you can be bought off
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11-04-2017, 14:02
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Re: United Airlines: Passenger violently removed due to overbooking
The whole story is borne out of incompetence by the airline.
Why did they issue boarding cards to all passengers if they needed 4 seats for staff.
Dealt with at check-in, there would have been none of this.
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11-04-2017, 14:11
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The whole story is borne out of incompetence by the airline.
Why did they issue boarding cards to all passengers if they needed 4 seats for staff.
Dealt with at check-in, there would have been none of this.
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I think they needed seats for their staff to rv elsewhere as an unpredicted change. Circumstances change in huge organisations. We are used to it all running like clockwork; when things alter (like flight delays) we just have to suck it up.
We don't all have the screaming ab dabs. I am waiting for the Nazis to be mentioned.
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11-04-2017, 14:14
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Re: United Airlines: Passenger violently removed due to overbooking
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I think they needed seats for their staff to rv elsewhere as an unpredicted change. Circumstances change in huge organisations. We are used to it all running like clockwork; when things alter (like flight delays) we just have to suck it up.
We don't all have the screaming ab dabs. I am waiting for the Nazis to be mentioned.
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you just did
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11-04-2017, 14:14
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Re: United Airlines: Passenger violently removed due to overbooking
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I think they needed seats for their staff to rv elsewhere as an unpredicted change. Circumstances change in huge organisations. We are used to it all running like clockwork; when things alter (like flight delays) we just have to suck it up.
We don't all have the screaming ab dabs. I am waiting for the Nazis to be mentioned.
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Werent the security team from the SS?
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11-04-2017, 14:16
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Re: United Airlines: Passenger violently removed due to overbooking
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you just did
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Werent the security team from the SS?
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Godwins Law. End of discussion
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