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United Airlines violently drags a doctor off a plane so employee could take his seat

Why do you fly United?


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GK86

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Exactly. Just because I might find myself in a situation and decide to be submissive doesn't mean I believe everyone should react the same.
This is an important distinction. I'm baffled at how many people here think every opinion is a binary control tactic on the world at large. I can know I wouldn't have done this in that situation while believing that this shouldn't happen to people, regardless of their own behavior.
 
No, there's not enough blame to go around. Who else is to blame but United? Jesus, what is going on here?

Well there is some for the police for sure. You can see that there were two other police officers there who didn't go to those drastic measures, but the third alpha male officer decided I'm gonna be the hero.
 
He refused to do a specific thing they required that wasn't optional. a good reason,is besides the point.

You can argue a change of policy would eliminate the issue, argue that offering more money would mitigated the issue is one thing. That they have shitty customer service sure.
Arguing its a shitty reason so they can't enforce it and he shouldn't have to comply? Completely wrong.

People get kicked off of flights all the time, for many reasons, the passenger never gets to dictate the enforcement once a decision is made.
The only option is to comply while on the plane..then afterwards they can pursue action.

Nope. Violence totally not acceptable.
 

Tain

Member
must accept responsibility for their actions.. they must accept the the consequences of their actions but they don't deserve abuse for the sake of abuse

can't wait for your future where you're cool with armed security cams merking people for holding up a mcdonald's line
 

Gotchaye

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He refused to do a specific thing they required that wasn't optional. a good reason,is besides the point.

You can argue a change of policy would eliminate the issue, argue that offering more money would mitigated the issue is one thing. That they have shitty customer service sure.
Arguing its a shitty reason so they can't enforce it and he shouldn't have to comply? Completely wrong.

People get kicked off of flights all the time, for many reasons, the passenger never gets to dictate the enforcement once a decision is made.
The only option is to comply while on the plane..then afterwards they can pursue action.

I mean, you seem to just be empirically wrong. You've granted that this was quite possibly the best course of action available to the guy.

If the specific thing he's being asked to do is beside the point, then it seems like you should be able to come up with reasons why complying in all cases is obligatory that don't lean heavily on analogies to situations where the airline has a good reason to make a request and compliance is cheap.
 

TyrantII

Member
Do you know what selling something that you don't have is called? Fraud. Strange how that doesn't apply here. I was just watching a doc about a guy who went to jail for fraud for overselling timeshares in a complex.

Different laws. They have a lobby and you do not.

Welcome to the Oligarchy son.
 

bloodydrake

Cool Smoke Luke
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Those type of people follow authority figures no matter what even if it's ethically wrong.

They don't get that those types of opinions is what lead to some pretty fucked up atrocities

Def not saying that this incident is equal to Nazi Germany but dude needs to open his mind up a little bit

the difference is "on a plane" i agree with authoritarianism while on a plane ...probably on a sub too for that matter.
 

forgrim

Member
What bothered me most was that he falls to the ground and the police first reaction was not to check if he was okay, but drag him out like a sack of potatoes. Thats your first reaction???
 

Lorcain

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The people defending UA have probably never worked in corporate America before, or don't understand how it works. United Airlines doesn't care who's right or wrong. All they care about right now is mitigating the liability and PR damage as fast as they can. Their legal team most likely have the settlement drafts ready to go, and are prepared for significant counter offers by the doctor and his attorney.

If you're arguing that the doctor was at fault, then you're missing the point, or you're just arguing to argue. It's not about who's at fault. UA knows they're liable while the doctor was on their plane. They also know that they are getting crucified in the court of public opinion. This is all about moving to settlement as quickly as possible for them.

What you'll see afterwards are things like mandatory refresher customer service training driven from UA corporate, review of incentive practices to encourage passengers to deplane, escalation management training, etc.
 
No its "On a Plane" order must be maintained.
I couldn't care less what happened at the intersection of a street someone sits down and protests that's different.
You do realize that the airline created the chaos don't you? The passenger wasn't breaking any rules, or causing any disruption. He was physically manhandled off of a plane that he paid to ride without violating any of it's rules. What the fuck bro?
 

Bossking

Banned
must accept responsibility for their actions.. they must accept the the consequences of their actions but they don't deserve abuse for the sake of abuse

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"They bought their tickets! They knew what they were getting in to! I say, let 'em [get their face busted up by the cops for staying seated]."
 

Lan Dong Mik

And why would I want them?
Goddamn that shit is not cool.

How much do you guys think he's gonna he's going to get from United in the inevitable lawsuit? 100 mil or so? Fuck United, hopefully they go bankrupt.
 

1871

Member
Either the people arguing in favor of United are alienated af, or they're on a payroll. Can't explain it otherwise.
 

Kyuur

Member
I don't understand what most people claiming 'physical assault' etc in here expect law enforcement to do in the event that someone refuses to leave private property when requested to.
 

jmdajr

Member
Once they let them on the plane they should take the L. You messed up, deal with it. You shouldn't take them off.

It's beyond BS.
 

guybrushfreeman

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I don't understand what most people claiming 'physical assault' etc in here expect law enforcement to do in the event that someone refuses to leave private property when requested to.

It should've never involved law enforcement to begin with. Yes, it's still physical assault when law enforcement does it too
 
I don't understand what most people claiming 'physical assault' etc in here expect law enforcement to do in the event that someone refuses to leave private property when requested to.

How about the airline finding other accommodations for their employees without physically assaulting paying customers? How many cowards do we have in here that would stand for this behavior? Wow.
 

Audioboxer

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I don't understand what most people claiming 'physical assault' etc in here expect law enforcement to do in the event that someone refuses to leave private property when requested to.

Probably spend a good bit of time and patience explaining over and over the plane isn't going anywhere till you leave and we may have to remove you if you don't comply. If you want a "reasonable" response to your question. Not go quickly to dragging people up aisles. This isn't a bouncer ejecting a rowdy drunk off a plane.

However, this is precisely why the airline should just have backed down instead of gritting their teeth and chalked this passenger up to someone it's more hassle than it's worth to deem as randomly selected. Eventually another 2 passengers would probably have begrudgingly accepted being picked if the message from the airline was repeated over and over that the plane isn't taking off till 4 people accept compensation and leave.

It's the airlines fault so delays on the run way and penalties the airport might charge them for that are their responsibility to pay. The time taken to have people leave by choice or leave by being picked is for the airline to shoulder. No one should ever be dragged off a plane unless they are violent/drunk/etc. Even then there is a responsibility not to hurt them.
 
The thing that bugs me the most is I think in any other situation other people would have stood up to try and stop this. But nobody is trying that shit on an airplane because they'll just get labeled as a terrorist. The fact that we have some clowns on here arguing for the right to use force is even crazier. United wanted this man off the plane so they could bring in 4 united employees that were needed for another flight. It wasn't cause this guy had a bomb or was threatening the passengers. This happened because United couldn't coordinate getting 4 of their employees some where else and they called the cops who fucked this guy up because they failed to plan accordingly. Anyone defending this needs to take a long look in the mirror and realize "hey, I'm an asshole".
 

bloodydrake

Cool Smoke Luke
I mean, you seem to just be empirically wrong. You've granted that this was quite possibly the best course of action available to the guy.

If the specific thing he's being asked to do is beside the point, then it seems like you should be able to come up with reasons why complying in all cases is obligatory that don't lean heavily on analogies to situations where the airline has a good reason to make a request and compliance is cheap.

I'm saying who gets to decide on the plane whats a justifiable reason or a good reason? The pilot and crew who are responsible? or a passenger?
Its irreverent if the passenger didn't like the idea..they chose him and made a decision his best option was to get off the plane of his own accord.

I guess they could have just cancelled the flight and had everyone leave the plane then said..."just kidding you can all come back on...except him." That might have worked out better in retrospect but he was still wrong for not listening to the Police tell him to get up and leave or they would force him to.
 
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