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By *ka ..Agent k .. OP Man
over a year ago

Well what's your take on this scenario

Would you travel with I'm !

Next they will be using tasers to remove passengers.

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By *vsnikkiTV/TS
over a year ago

Limavady

It's something when Ryanair don't have the worst customer service!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Was wondering when a post about this would come up.

UA are very popular because of their cheap flights.Don't have the greatest friendliest ground staff or crews.

It was a matter of time before something like this happened. Especially now with a hole nr 1 sitting in the Oval. Surprised it didn't happen with Delta. They are notorious for being a holes.

Just an observation from someone whose flown with both airlines for over 20 years.

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By *iknaknok42Man
over a year ago

limavady

I think they will use cattle prods to get people on and off the planes. Take the seats out and just put in gates and get meat plant staff to do stewardesses.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It should t have happened. But it was t someone employed by the airline who removed the passenger.

They were federal law enforcers. To be honest, if a federal law enforcer asks me to leave a plane I would say no first too. But if they insist, who in their right mind would resist them?

They enforced federal law. Was it extremely inconvenient? Hell yes. But it's part of air travel and actually in the terms and conditions which everyone just clicks through when.booking flights.

There are always two sides of the story.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It should t have happened. But it was t someone employed by the airline who removed the passenger.

They were federal law enforcers. To be honest, if a federal law enforcer asks me to leave a plane I would say no first too. But if they insist, who in their right mind would resist them?

They enforced federal law. Was it extremely inconvenient? Hell yes. But it's part of air travel and actually in the terms and conditions which everyone just clicks through when.booking flights.

There are always two sides of the story. "

The person paid for that seat and really needed to get home.In that situation I would definitely resist. Its like you buying a product in the shop you really need, paying for it and not being allowed leave the shop with the product. To me its totally wrong

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It should t have happened. But it was t someone employed by the airline who removed the passenger.

They were federal law enforcers. To be honest, if a federal law enforcer asks me to leave a plane I would say no first too. But if they insist, who in their right mind would resist them?

They enforced federal law. Was it extremely inconvenient? Hell yes. But it's part of air travel and actually in the terms and conditions which everyone just clicks through when.booking flights.

There are always two sides of the story.

It's unfortunately part of the airline industry and very much consumer driven. If airlines stopped overbooking your fares will go up.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't think this is the first time this has happened that a passenger has been forcefully removed. They got caught out with all the phone footage. He told the officer he wasn't giving up his seat and seeing the footage of him having this conversation there was nothing about his tone that would be deemed disruptive or belligerent. He just said I'm not giving up my seat and you'll have to drag me out of it. The 69 year old wasn't bargaining that he would be.

Aer lingus over book flights. In the U.S. I seen an Irishman get annoyed as the previous flight he'd payed thousands for was overbooked and he didn't get a seat. He was standing at check-in asking was he going to get on this flight. He said it was fucking ridiculous as he had to get home and paid a few grand to do so. The woman working at check-in (not aer lingus staff) said he verbally assaulted her and called the "authorities". After a huge dramatic telling off he was allowed to carry on his way. His father had just died and this guy was on his last nerve trying to get home. The woman at check-in showed no empathy and I had a huge problem with how he was treated by her. He got on the flight to Dublin and Aer lingus crew were good to him when he got on board. Obviously paying good money for a ticket might include an arrest or a good beating.

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By *yintotryCouple
over a year ago

Belfast

"Was wondering when a post about this would come up.

UA are very popular because of their cheap flights.Don't have the greatest friendliest ground staff or crews.

It was a matter of time before something like this happened. Especially now with a hole nr 1 sitting in the Oval. Surprised it didn't happen with Delta. They are notorious for being a holes.

Just an observation from someone whose flown with both airlines for over 20 years. "
having flown United a few times we can agree..their ground crew and cabin staff ain't exactly user friendly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It was absolutely disgusting to see someone, never mind a 69 year old being treated like this after the airline made a mistake. Unfortunately their stock price has rallied so it will now be up to the man's lawyer to find some compensation for him. Put it this way, in the end it's going to cost a lot more than the vouchers they offered to passengers to disembark.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And the CEO has to leave his post.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had an awful experience on a stop-over on Aruba while traveling to Holland. the KLM security check questioned the authenticity of my passport, and because of that, I was bumped off of the connecting flight. I contacted my embassy straight away (luckily the consul on Aruba was a close friend) and they redacted a letter confirming the authenticity of my passport so that I was able to take the next flight to Amsterdam, but I found out that bumping me off of the flight for a supposed issue with my passport was just an excuse for them to create space on an overbooked flight (the consul told me it happens regularly), and it boiled my blood, they lied to me to give my seat to others. I can't believe airlines can still get away with overbooking practises. It's not right.

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