It's an economic roulette game played by the airline. Lets use GFretwell case as an example (all wild ass guess').
Ticket price: $600 per person negated by the fact they have to be transported the flight. Westin hotel room $300 ? Dinner & breakfast $150 Clothing $150 Spiffs & miles & cash $600
Who comes out the winner?
Me too! I was traumatized by seeing his belly. I have a bigger one so I will let this pass...
They had to pour coffee down their throats to sober them up and get the pot munchies under control.
Flying has no service regarding the customer...
More like flight or fight...
He fell mouth first into an armrest
There is a real good video of the fall that ran on NBC news tonight. He was holding onto a seat on the starboard side and when they pulled him, he twisted around and landed on a port side aisle arm rest, face first.
that is not a beating.
This was the moment of impact
If the passenger in the C seat had just stuck his arm out, there probably would not been more than a bruise but they looked like they were trying to get put the window.
Doen't matter, the cops still caused the injuries.
No, Dao caused the kerfuffle and is 100% responsible for his own injuries.
When you find yourself at odds with the law, comply peacefully with their requests.
Later, if you feel you've been wronged, get a fat-faced ambulance-chasing lawyer and sue everyone involved.
When you find yourself at odds with the majority opinion, you should just shut up. What's that, you say? You have "rights"?
Or theirs. It's called a police state. Get used to it. []'s
You comply, and seek your redress, if any, in civil court. You don't turn it into a criminal matter, with you being the criminal.
It is United's and they were the ones telling the guy to get off the plane and then calling the cops to enforce it.
Yes, you do have the right to politely argue your point. But every action has unintended consequences. Argue with the intolerant liberal left and they'll likely resort to violence. Maybe that's where you want to be, maybe it's not.
My opinion on all this is that Dr Duh was making big bucks selling prescription drugs and got used to the easy money. Unfortunately (for him) he got caught, lost his license to practice full time and is now going broke. I think when airport authorities asked him to deplane, he saw an opportunity to make some easy cash. I'm sure if this goes to trial, his legal team will have no trouble finding a panel of easily-duped jurors.
If the flight leader had just got on the intercom and announced "We can push back until that jerk in 22 D gets his ass off this plane" the passengers would have kicked his ass and threw him onto the jetway.
+1
Clearly they should have handled him differently. But if he was resisting, holding on to a seat, they pull him, he finally let's go and goes flying, that isn't the police beating him up.
It does matter when the cops are accused of beating him and people are claiming they have been or will be criminally charged. It also matters with regard to a civil case. You don't see a difference in a damage award to someone like Rodney King, deliberately beaten by the cops while not resisting and someone like the doc, who is resisting, clinging onto a seat, winds up smashing into another seat because the cops are trying to pull him out because he won't go?
Obviously not a poster boy for the medical community but he did draw attention to an airline practice that few paying public would agree with. I seriously doubt that he did this deliberately as it draws attention to his dirt bag past.
You can count me as one of the people who understands the airline policies, the fact that they can bump you and I understand their occasional need to get a replacement crew somewhere to fly a plane. I also understand the reason for over booking and am OK with that.
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