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Re:Southwest to Stop Overbooking as United Uproar Echoes by wccrawford on Friday April 28, 2017 @08:17AM (#14218767)
"This case" was an unusual incident. The majority of overbooking is handled before anyone enters the plane.

So while your analogy works for the doctor who was dragged off the plane, it doesn't work for the overbooking system in the air travel industry as a whole.

Re:Southwest to Stop Overbooking as United Uproar Echoes by flukus on Friday April 28, 2017 @10:41AM (#14219721)
Hail Corporate!