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Re:When imperfect systems are good: Bluesky's lossy timelines by branko_d on Thursday February 20, 2025 @01:35AM (#43111773)
> afford to pay tremendous sums for being wrong

Or they can just haul you forcefully from the flight you paid for:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_United_Express_passenger_...

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Re:When imperfect systems are good: Bluesky's lossy timelines by scarface_74 on Thursday February 20, 2025 @02:03AM (#43111913)
This is ridiculous. There must have been some amount of money that would have convinced four people to deplane voluntarily. $800 was ridiculously low.
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Re:When imperfect systems are good: Bluesky's lossy timelines by ericpauley on Thursday February 20, 2025 @08:37AM (#43114473)
Case in point! Imagine how much United(Express) settled this for.
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