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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: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 09 2017, @06:59PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 09 2017, @06:59PM (#523212)

    If you can, it's long past time to stop flying commercially. I have. I think of it as having put all that airline ticket money into a very nice ground vehicle. It's turned out to be a great decision. I get to actually see the country, I ride in style and comfort, I stop and sleep anywhere I want, I find all manner of great eateries, I listen to fabulous music in reasonably high fidelity, I've built two of my related hobbies into the vehicle (shortwave and ham radio), ...

    Best of luck driving to an overseas destination.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 09 2017, @07:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 09 2017, @07:30PM (#523227)

    If you can, it's long past time to stop flying commercially.

    Best of luck with your reading comprehension problem.

  • (Score: 4, Funny) by fyngyrz on Friday June 09 2017, @09:24PM (1 child)

    by fyngyrz (6567) on Friday June 09 2017, @09:24PM (#523270) Journal

    Best of luck driving to an overseas destination.

    Perhaps in your perusal of the scientific literature, you've heard of that new invention, the "ship"? The claims are so amazing... it is said they float, right on the water. According to the précis, they are equipped with huge engines and these devices called "rudders", and it is claimed that by using these in some sort of combination, they can move in specific directions, intentionally, as if they were... aimed! Unbelievable, isn't it??? Not only that, but it is rumored that you can put your vehicle on a ship [shipoverseas.com], and just drive it off at the destination!

    The floating business... apparently these supposed "ships" are made from ducks, or perhaps the collected bottles of SOS letters thrown into the sea by the ignorant stranded on the islands of online discussion forums. I got lost when the science in the main body of the "It Floats!" paper went over my head, you see, so I can't be authoritative on this matter.

    Perhaps these "ships" are merely rumor. I cannot be sure. There are so many scams. I may have dreamed that last trip to Europe, to be honest. After all, floating... who could possibly credit that???

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 10 2017, @01:58PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 10 2017, @01:58PM (#523487)

      Of course he has heard of a ship. He also has an IQ over 80, so he realizes that adding extra days to travel time means you have less time at the destination. I know, hard concept to grasp for someone without a real career who stretches a stupid sarcastic one-liner to 3 paragraphs. It's one of those things people like you do. You haven't traveled the world, seen other cultures, opened up your mind. This makes you a bland person with nothing to contribute, so you dilute what you can. contribute. Literal homeopathy I'll call it.

      You enjoy your drives and that ship you've never been on. We have things to do.