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posted by martyb on Tuesday April 18 2017, @11:28PM   Printer-friendly
from the when-will-they-ever-learn? dept.

Ever thought that this headline was a "shit happens" event?
2017-04-09 Passenger Violently Removed From Overbooked United Airlines Flight

And sometimes one can be unlucky twice?
2017-04-12 United is Heavy-Handed Again: Boarded, Seated Passenger Threatened With Cuffs to Disembark

No! United Airlines is at third strike right now 2017-04-15:
  * A couple says they were kicked off a United flight on the way to their wedding
  * A bride and groom were kicked off their United Airlines flight from Houston this weekend as they traveled to Costa Rica for their wedding.

Td;lr: Married couple finds their seats in economy class taken up by a sleeping man. By courtesy they just sit down on seats three rows away which happened to be in economy plus class on a flight which is half empty. They asked to upgrade but were refused and then headed to their assigned seats. However by then the airline had decided that they were rule breakers and must be thrown off regardless.

Details: United Airlines flight number 1737 on 2017-04-15. George Bush Intercontinental Airport (Houston, Texas) on Saturday to Liberia, Costa Rica.

Last time after the second incident, the stock took a fall from 69.8 to 69 US$ (UAL). One can ask how much this will cost in market value decimation and in customers dropping them? What will the economist and MBA, CEO, Oscar Muñoz say?


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  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday April 19 2017, @12:42AM (6 children)

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Wednesday April 19 2017, @12:42AM (#496082) Homepage Journal

    yeah the stock is down but United Airlines is not going away.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by richtopia on Wednesday April 19 2017, @12:51AM (3 children)

    by richtopia (3160) on Wednesday April 19 2017, @12:51AM (#496084) Homepage Journal

    I had the same thought last Monday! But for some reason the stock is just going lower.

    • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday April 19 2017, @03:13AM (2 children)

      by kaszz (4211) on Wednesday April 19 2017, @03:13AM (#496120) Journal

      On Monday they went from 69.05 to 70.77 but.. on Tuesday their stock price went from 70.77 to 67.75 US$. Down -4.3% in one day so keep up the good work! ;-)

      Their stock will be priced at 0.01 US$ in 203 days if they keep up at the Tuesday rate.

      Popcorn!

      • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Wednesday April 19 2017, @09:40PM (1 child)

        by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 19 2017, @09:40PM (#496568) Homepage Journal

        Their stock will be priced at 0.01 US$ in 203 days if they keep up at the Tuesday rate.

        https://xkcd.com/605/ [xkcd.com]

        • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday April 20 2017, @01:36AM

          by kaszz (4211) on Thursday April 20 2017, @01:36AM (#496648) Journal

          Yeah, I know. On the other hand they are now beyond just a temporary dip.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @04:47AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @04:47AM (#496146)

    In fact, if the company fails, you lose the value of the stock, but UAL gets bailed out.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday April 19 2017, @01:18PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 19 2017, @01:18PM (#496275) Journal
    However, if the stock is overpriced for other reasons, this can be a trigger to cause the stock price to drop significantly for reasons that stick around more than PR does. I don't agree that it is a good time to buy because I don't know what other problems are present, but sure, it is time to consider a buying strategy, if you're so inclined and adequately research the stock.

    And if you planned to buy UAL anyway, this would be a better time to buy than before the mess started IMHO.