I also fly mostly AA these days. Looking back United is the domestic carrier
I've flown the least, well except Spirit, I don't think I've ever flown them.
I like AA because I can get a direct to LAX from Hartford. The downside is it
leaves at 6am which means I need to be out of the house at 3am. I'm debating
staying at the airport, leaving the hotel at 5am has a lot of appeal.
-Curt
From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
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Cc: Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] (Doctor?) dragged off United AIrlines flight
Very wise. I fly AA a lot these days and they are both friendly and
punctual. I have yet to be dragged out of my confirmed seat, either.
On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 3:14 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> This is one of those situations where by buying a tikkie you subject
> yourself to the airline's terms, and whatever mitigation there is on them
> by Fed law. That said, if I am sitting on the damn plane, and someone
> comes and tells me I have to leave my seat and take a later flight and here
> is a $200 voucher or whatever I say ("NFW" in my mind) and "No thank you"
> to the FA or whomever. Then the jack-booted thugs come and the phones come
> out, and I say politely say, "No thank you" again. Then whatever
> transpires happens but if it results in physical injury then Better Call
> Saul!
>
> --FT
>
>
>
> On 4/10/17 2:48 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote:
>
>> 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/
>>
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> large or petty,
> never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
> Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of
> the enemy.”
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