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Then they offered $800 for volunteers.
Then when they still had no volunteers they randomly selected some people using (supposed) computerized random selection.
When one of those randomly selected people refused, they beat him, and dragged him bleeding, off the plane.
Apparently $800 was their limit. After the limit is reached they roll in the muscle and beat you up if you don't comply.
I smell a hilariously large payout for this poor guy sometime soon. This is a PR disaster for United.
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Then they offered $800 for volunteers.
Then when they still had no volunteers they randomly selected some people using (supposed) computerized random selection.
When one of those randomly selected people refused, they beat him, and dragged him bleeding, off the plane.
Apparently $800 was their limit. After the limit is reached they roll in the muscle and beat you up if you don't comply.
I smell a hilariously large payout for this poor guy sometime soon. This is a PR disaster for United.