Re:Analysis of the United Airlines passenger removal incident
by tarlinian on Thursday April 20, 2017 @12:50PM
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Exactly...I don't get the complaints about the existence of IDB legislation. If the airlines got to write the contracts themselves, they'd say you'd get no compensation at all outside of a refund of your ticket price if you can't be rebooked.
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Re:Analysis of the United Airlines passenger removal incident
by mikeash on Thursday April 20, 2017 @12:56PM
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I'm OK with its existence. I'm not really OK with its content. min(4 x fare, $1,350) is way too low. Make the minimum compensation for involuntary bumping $10,000 (cash, not stupid vouchers) or something, and then maybe we'd see some sense.
I'm sure there needs to be some way to remove people against their will if something really crazy happens. But it should be the absolute last resort if all else fails, not a way to cap losses to a low amount.