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?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @01:17AM (1 child)
George Bush (biblical scholar) (1796–1859), American biblical scholar and preacher
George Bush (racing driver) (1911–1967), American NASCAR driver
George Washington Bush (1779–1863), first African-American settler in what is now Washington State
Take your pick. It's a common name.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @02:08AM
Via wikipedia:
"In April 1997, Houston City Council unanimously voted to rename the airport George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston, after George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States."