A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he was dragged off

Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by ajhurliman on Monday April 10, 2017 @01:11PM (#14080440)

I'm glad he did act out, though. Ultimately, he's doing so on our behalf as passengers. When United freaks out about negative PR they're conditioned to be more wary about pushing customers around.

If I were in his position I'd quietly fume about it and United would get more comfortable about booting people who have boarded without repercussions. It's pretty rare that passengers' cases get brought to light so it's kind of refreshing.

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Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by SamBam on Monday April 10, 2017 @01:26PM (#14080639)

Exactly. 100% this.

If he had just left when the police arrived, as commenters above you are suggesting, then that would mean that the threat of violence was a successful solution to United's mistake, and we'd never have heard about it.

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Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by cmurf on Monday April 10, 2017 @05:28PM (#14082717)

I agree. Someone who has committed no crime, and no breach of the contract of carriage, has the right if not the responsibility to resist police power. It's a misuse of power. United should not have requested police presence and the police should have refused to intervene.

Otherwise this becomes might makes right.

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