Ok, you guys are being a bit dramatic.
Is that a quote to the upset passengers from one of the LEOs as the Dr. was being dragged down the aisle?
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Ok, you guys are being a bit dramatic.
Ok, you guys are being a bit dramatic.
Wow racism! While it exists, just because someone thinks the best course of action in this specific case was just to leave and not be dragged off doesn't make them racist.But thanks to political situations we can't discuss here and probably a decent dose of racism, we get where the flag wavers seem to hate Dao and love United.
Wow racism! While it exists, just because someone thinks the best course of action in this specific case was just to leave and not be dragged off doesn't make them racist.
I don't hate Dao nor do I love United. I am looking at it from a how could it have been prevented situation from both sides. Additionally, how I think I would have handled the situation. Heck as another passenger on the plane and seeing him refuse, I may have just said. Let him stay on. I will get off in his place I will take the $800 voucher, instead of whipping out the old cell phone and videoing the incident.
OkI agree, but there is some truth to what he is getting at. I keep typing and deleting my post re corporations and govt (elected) officials and their relationship with the people they serve. Its too early on a monday to get fired up about that subject.
Dramatic? A man was put was subjected to violence, put in the hospital and was was likely permanently disfigured. Nothing posted here today is even close to dramatic.
Many times the minority are the loudest especially when they can be tough guys behind key boards.I wasn't specically referring to you or 100% of United defenders. But when you look at the national articles comments sections as well as the main defender mouthpieces you see plenty of not so veiled racism. There's plenty of references to "Chinese takeout" in the defender set.
For this same exact situation?When I made my post earlier I was not implying I am pro Dao. I'm against how United handled it but what I want to know and still no one has answered is how far should United be allowed to go to remove someone from the plane? What should be their ramification if they hurt someone else?
Yep, now they'll just cancel the flight and rebook everyone on an extra section flight that may just be the exact same airplane.For this same exact situation?
United handled it poorly, so they really should not have done that or be removing people for this reason once the plane is boarded. United should either have a policy to not overbook therefore preventing the situation. Or before boarding passengers determine who is being bumped and let them know before hand and do not allow them to board the plane. Additionally making it clear at the time of purchase that they overbook and therefore, they are subject to be bumped and outline very specifically what will happen if they are. Also, they should easily be able to tell at the time someone books if it is already overbooked and advise the person at the time they book of such and that in essence they will be flying stand by and unless someone cancels or has not checked in say 30 mins (or whatever time is deemed appropriate) prior to departure they will not have a seat. Then if someone cancels prior to the flight, you bump the 1st person that booked after at capacity up to their seat. Basically, book until full and then wait list everyone you are overbooking prioritizing when they booked. If doing it based on price then do it for each section that have the same price. It really shouldn't be that difficult.
They didn't do that so they failed and bear responsibility for what they did.
But in a situation say where a passenger is assaulting other passengers or ran on the plane and didn't have a ticket or other situations where somebody should be removed before take off, I don't know. I would need to rely on expertise from experienced law enforcement. Would it be safer to taze the person or other method to get them out with the least likely possibility of hurting them or others on the plane. That being said, removing someone who is unwilling no matter the technique used I would think runs the risk of injuring the person. Or simply have everyone deboard the plane and say there is a mechanical issue or some other reason. If the person still doesnt get off after everyone else does, then that should at least eliminate the risk of others being injured. Also not sure how easy it is to remove seats and put them back securely to allow more room to remove the person, but that may be an option to consider as well.