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posted by on Friday June 09 2017, @06:43AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-a-good-week dept.

United Airlines' customer-relations woes continue, this time with a musician attempting to board with her centuries-old violin and being assaulted by a UA employee and having her hand injured.

A professional musician says a United Airlines employee tried to wrestle away her violin after she insisted on carrying the valuable antique onto her flight.

Yennifer Correia wanted to keep the violin, which is hundreds of years old and worth tens of thousands of dollars, with her while flying Sunday from St. Louis to Houston for work, reported KPRC-TV.

Federal law requires airlines to allow musicians to bring their instruments aboard as carry-on luggage, under certain conditions, but Correia said a United supervisor insisted she pay $50 to check in her violin.

"She was rude from the beginning, saying these are the rules — all you can take with you are some personal items on the plane, and the instrument is too big and it's not going to fit," Correia said.

[...] "She proceeded to throw herself on top of my suitcase, so she could take the rest of the sticker from my suitcase," Correia said. "At this point, we're both struggling — pulling the suitcase — and I'm trying to get her not to take the sticker from me."

This comes immediately after an incident where a wheelchair-bound woman was dropped by a UA employee, causing permanent injuries.


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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by wisnoskij on Friday June 09 2017, @11:03AM (3 children)

    by wisnoskij (5149) <{jonathonwisnoski} {at} {gmail.com}> on Friday June 09 2017, @11:03AM (#522997)

    How does this law many any sense at all?

    Some [stackpathdns.com] instruments [stackpathdns.com] would [stackpathdns.com] not [antiquesandthearts.com] even fit in the cargo hatch of a commercial airliner.

    I am a musician. Please clear two aisles for my drum set. I am legally entitled to bring it on the plane with me.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 09 2017, @12:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 09 2017, @12:30PM (#523016)

    Only a grand piano? I expected one of the links to lead to a pipe organ...

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by khallow on Friday June 09 2017, @01:12PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday June 09 2017, @01:12PM (#523029) Journal
    Protip: anyone with the upper body strength to have a grand piano as a carry on isn't going to be fucked with by airline employees.
  • (Score: 2) by sjames on Friday June 09 2017, @03:05PM

    by sjames (2882) on Friday June 09 2017, @03:05PM (#523102) Journal

    The regulation specifically limits itself to instruments that will physically fit in an overhead bin. But practically, if you manage to walk on a plane with a grand piano on your back, just growl if they look at you funny and they probably won't give you any trouble.