Sure, it seems wrong when you've bought a ticket...but that would only be fair if you were charged for the seat whether you boarded the flight or not. Probably more people would object to that. The punishment will be that publicity for events like this will motivate flyers to avoid an airline whose algorithms for overbooking lead to more of this. I think some airlines would tolerate more empty seats to avoid this.
The bottom line here is that even an MD who has to work the next day is subject to the vagaries of commercial airline travel. If you're bumped you get off the plane without a fight. If you know in advance that it will be a matter of life and death, you allow additional time for problems. Air travel is not as enjoyable as it once was. Even though I have lifetime flight benefits through SWMBO's former work, I'd rather be driving (a Mercedes...obligatory On Topic addition). Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond via Mercedes Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 10:22 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Curt Raymond Subject: Re: [MBZ] (Doctor?) dragged off United AIrlines flight I've always wondered what would happen if they couldn't get enough people to volunteer... I feel like possession is 9/10s, if you're in the seat somebody else gets bumped. The "compensation" they offer you always sucks. Like $200 when you get off a cross country flight. There was an idea at one point that there should be an auction. So I say I'm willing to give up my seat for $1000, if you think $500 is reasonable you could bid against me. The airlines are, of course, against it because it will cost them money. At some point they're going to have to stop overbooking flights, I don't understand why its okay to sell something multiple times on the assumption that some of the people won't want them. -Curt From: archer75--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: "arche...@embarqmail.com" <arche...@embarqmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 12:36 PM Subject: [MBZ] (Doctor?) dragged off United AIrlines flight Video circulating on Twitter shows the moment a man was forcibly dragged off a United Airlines flight Sunday night. According to the passenger who posted the video and statements from United, the flight was overbooked, and several passengers were randomly bumped off the flight. One of the unlucky few claimed to be a doctor who had to be at work the next day, so he refused to get out of his seat and leave the aircraft. As you can see in the video, police and airport employees forcibly drag him out of his seat and down the aisle, leaving him bloodied and dazed in the process. http://bgr.com/2017/04/10/united-airlines-doctor-removed-flight-3411/ --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
