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United Air's Abuses: Doing the Heavy-Handed Thing a Third Time

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

kaszz writes:

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: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 18 2017, @11:40PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 18 2017, @11:40PM (#496069)

    Don't bitch to me, bitches. I've been boycotting air travel since 2001. As far as I'm concerned, either the TSA can be abolished or the airline industry can go out of business permanently. I don't care which.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @07:29AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @07:29AM (#496173)

    Putting the Poo In Putting: United Airlines hasn't seen ticket sales suffer from passenger-dragging incident yet, analyst says [marketwatch.com] i.e., buy stocks now. Or maybe this is fake news? Who knows?

  • (Score: 3, Touché) by TheRaven on Wednesday April 19 2017, @08:11AM (1 child)

    by TheRaven (270) on Wednesday April 19 2017, @08:11AM (#496189) Journal
    I just got back from a trip to China. After that experience, I'm no longer going to complain about the TSA. They are efficient, polite, and helpful in comparison.
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    sudo mod me up

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2017, @09:55AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2017, @09:55AM (#497322)

      The TSA did an enhanced pat-down on me...I've decided to keep the baby.