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Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by JohnLeTigre on Monday April 10, 2017 @04:32PM (#14082255)
Some observations

- Surely there is a difference between overbooking and diminishing the number of available seats after the fact.

- Also, I would like to see how their "random computer pick" complies with their legal obligation of having IDB priority criterions.

- That was excessive force without any doubt. I mean, they had to clean up the blood afterwards.

- The doctor had to meet patients the next day, he had to uphold his hypocratic oath, I'm not sure this constitutes a "refusal" to vacate the plane in the legal sense.

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Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by talmand on Monday April 10, 2017 @04:37PM (#14082305)
"Your honor, the reason I committed trespass was because I had to meet patients then next day and I should be absolved of these charges."

Yep, that should work.

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Re:A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight, so he w... by JohnLeTigre on Monday April 10, 2017 @04:53PM (#14082450)
lol, good point

I suspect it wasn't tresspass though, more like a bought-pass

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