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 pera on Monday April 10, 2017 @01:17PM (#14080545)

Randomly selecting passengers is not a bright idea, specially after they boarded into the airplane and are already seated. Just offer more money until you find a real volunteer: even if you have to pay $10k that's going to be much better economically and morally than forcing a random client out of a plane.

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Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by gdubs on Monday April 10, 2017 @01:30PM (#14080689)

Plus, there's no way it would get that high. Likely people were willing to be bought out, but wanted it to be "worth it". Fear of missing out would intervene very quickly, once the vouchers reached a certain point.

Even on a plane full of game theorists, willing to bid up to a million dollars, you're still probably miles away from the amount this will cost in negative PR, to say the least.

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Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by AjithAntony on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @05:21AM (#14086080)

I think one of the articles or tweets said that some passengers offered to go if they were given $1000

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Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by FabHK on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @03:52PM (#14091808)

United apparently offered USD 800 plus a hotel room for the night; that seems pretty close.

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