Turns out the guy was fishing for a lawsuit......even threatened it beforehand. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
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Fly United and you might get your ass kicked
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Of course the 4 staff members could have gotten in a rental car and driven the 5 hours to Louisville. For a flight that was not even overbooked in the first place. This was a major fail on United's part 
How do police control order when it pays for people not to follow the rules?
What if everyone doesn't follow the rules?
The guy baited the cops into over reacting.
What if everyone doesn't follow the rules?
The guy baited the cops into over reacting.
When I heard him scream like a little girl on day one I knew something wasn't right about this story. Sure enough.....
Your referring to united playing stupid games I hope. What more can the guy do? He calmly on the phone stated his case that he couldn't take a later flight. His only leverage is to threaten lawsuit which is damn deserved. Guy is not at all fishing for a lawsuit, it's called leverage and his only option to keep the seat he paid for.GromsDad said:
Not just the settlement.....it will be the additional cost burden due to new government regulations or business practice changes that will come as a result. Guess what, if they are no longer allowed to overtbook, that will come down as an additional cost on every airline ticket.grapedrink said:Calm down, the settlement won't be that bigGromsDad said:
Do you think corporations should be given unlimited power and not held in check whatsoever?GromsDad said:Not just the settlement.....it will be the additional cost burden due to new government regulations or business practice changes that will come as a result. Guess what, if they are no longer allowed to overtbook, that will come down as an additional cost on every airline ticket.grapedrink said:Calm down, the settlement won't be that bigGromsDad said:
Face it every additional cost or regulation put on corporations by government simply gets passed along to consumers in the form of higher prices and increased hassles. I'd rather just let the free market figure things out.Kento said:Do you think corporations should be given unlimited power and not held in check whatsoever?GromsDad said:Not just the settlement.....it will be the additional cost burden due to new government regulations or business practice changes that will come as a result. Guess what, if they are no longer allowed to overtbook, that will come down as an additional cost on every airline ticket.grapedrink said:Calm down, the settlement won't be that bigGromsDad said:
Doesn't work that way. You end up with greed, collusion, and price fixing which screw over the customer even further.GromsDad said:Face it every additional cost or regulation put on corporations by government simply gets passed along to consumers in the form of higher prices and increased hassles. I'd rather just let the free market figure things out.Kento said:Do you think corporations should be given unlimited power and not held in check whatsoever?GromsDad said:Not just the settlement.....it will be the additional cost burden due to new government regulations or business practice changes that will come as a result. Guess what, if they are no longer allowed to overtbook, that will come down as an additional cost on every airline ticket.grapedrink said:Calm down, the settlement won't be that bigGromsDad said:
Unless of course you really want to end government intervention completely and let foreign carriers take part in our free market with no restrictions, offer better services (which they already generally do), and completely bankrupt US-based airlines. Hell, why stop at airlines?
You have this huge issue with big government but have no problem with big corporate. Don't you find that a bit odd? The former at least tries to make things fair and safe for the consumer, even if inefficient at times. The latter has no problem fucking you over all for the almighty dollar and nothing else.
Bear in mind, without government protections, the company you work for could force you to work 20 hour days, 7 days a week with no financial compensation. Your children would also have to work in sweat shops for 16 hours a week for slave wages. I can call Nike if you want, put you and family on a plane to Malaysia and you'd be right in your free market utopia, put your money right where your mouth is.
The goal should be fairness. The corps got the upper hand cuz they got $$$$ to influence policy.
Fair fair fair
Fair fair fair
How do you manage to twist your little brain into a pretzel like that, to believe that this guy is an asshole and blame him for UNITED charging you more money?GromsDad said:
What happened here is the product of the free market dummy.GromsDad said:Face it every additional cost or regulation put on corporations by government simply gets passed along to consumers in the form of higher prices and increased hassles. I'd rather just let the free market figure things out.Kento said:Do you think corporations should be given unlimited power and not held in check whatsoever?GromsDad said:Not just the settlement.....it will be the additional cost burden due to new government regulations or business practice changes that will come as a result. Guess what, if they are no longer allowed to overtbook, that will come down as an additional cost on every airline ticket.grapedrink said:Calm down, the settlement won't be that bigGromsDad said:
United is consistently voted as the shittiest airline in the world and they are still making billions in profits. Why would they get better?
Free market didn't do sh!t for improving airlines.
Why do you think that there's only 4 shitty airlines that keep buying and retiring all the competition?
Consumer protection laws don't exist in this country.
Oh no, new government regulations that might actually make flying more pleasant :confused2:GromsDad said:Not just the settlement.....it will be the additional cost burden due to new government regulations or business practice changes that will come as a result. Guess what, if they are no longer allowed to overtbook, that will come down as an additional cost on every airline ticket.grapedrink said:Calm down, the settlement won't be that bigGromsDad said:
I'll gladly pay a few more bucks to guarantee I'm not going to get booted off a plane. Airlines have had free reign for years. Packing in more seats, charging for checked bags, generally doing everything within their power to screw the passengers. Profits soar, while fares remain unchanged, even with fuel costs at record lows.
All the things you bitched about in one of these threads is the result of airlines fighting over pennies, and actually costs us more money in other ways. Take checked bags for example. That creates more work for TSA agents having to screen more bags, so while you are standing in that evergrowing line, your tax dollars are hard at work while the airlines make more money.
Fookin hell you are like an action figure with a pullcord that recites rightwing talking points :sleeping:
Seriously
Republicans are some of the biggest ingrates I've ever met The fact that you get to go home after an 8 hour day with weekends and paid holidays is the result of unions and government intervention in labor laws. Haven't we seen what happens enough times when we don't regulate adequately :confused2: They basically get carte blanche to screw over consumers and cry fowl at any hint of regulation. Then they screw us and leaving us holding the bag, while they get a golden parachute.
Good thing they have Faux News and people like GromsDad in their corner
So, the fake news (?) stories about the doctor report he lost two front teeth, a broken nose, a concussion and some other injuries. He is Vietnamese (one of the boat people), has to deal with the negative press that United would surely deny having a hand in airing.
I don't know, the clip with audio from a passenger sitting directly behind him support reports he was on his mobile talking to a United CSR trying to keep from being removed (in what sounded like a calm but pleading voice). The plane was not 'over sold' as reported until United ignited the incident by trying to remove the passengers so their staff could fly to their next destination.
None of the US airlines are really that good although a few are better than others. I booked 4.5 million air miles on American and I hate them to this day but choices have to be made. I'm glad I retired and can now fly when I want to, not when demands required going into the not so friendly skies.
I don't know, the clip with audio from a passenger sitting directly behind him support reports he was on his mobile talking to a United CSR trying to keep from being removed (in what sounded like a calm but pleading voice). The plane was not 'over sold' as reported until United ignited the incident by trying to remove the passengers so their staff could fly to their next destination.
None of the US airlines are really that good although a few are better than others. I booked 4.5 million air miles on American and I hate them to this day but choices have to be made. I'm glad I retired and can now fly when I want to, not when demands required going into the not so friendly skies.