United Airlines

[rlg118]

Just wait until it gets in front of a jury.

[Sir Honkers]

Originally Posted by rotobott

He sounds like a real charmer

Dr Dao has previously worked at Hardin Memorial Hospital and owned a medical practice.

It was also revealed he had previously been given a suspended jail sentence for illegally obtaining and trafficking controlled substances by fraud and deceit.

He was also found to have in engaged in sex with a male patient and then supplied him with drugs, including Oxycontin, in exchange for sexual favors.


His license was suspended in 2003, and it was then partially re-instated in 2015.

Dr Dao is also a keen poker player, and has competed in World Series of Poker events in the past - winning a total of $234,66

What does the possibility that he might be a rapscallion have to do with what happened?

[rotobott]

Originally Posted by loosegoose

What does the possibility that he might be a rapscallion have to do with what happened?

Erm maybe he saw an opportunity to scam an airline, so when he refused to get off an airliner when legally requested, he decided to get belligerent, scream like a baby, and then run back on in case anybody missed it.

That's not normal in most places, although who knows what goes on in America, the land of litigation.

[Wendigo]

Originally Posted by rotobott

Erm maybe he saw an opportunity to scam an airline, so when he refused to get off an airliner when legally requested, he decided to get belligerent, scream like a baby, and then run back on in case anybody missed it.

That's not normal in most places, although who knows what goes on in America, the land of litigation.

"When legally requested" is a bit rich when information about this power is buried in the small print of the terms and conditions. Perhaps they should have a large sign on the door just as you enter

Don't get too comfortable, if we want your seat then kindly just piss off or we'll drag you out.

Nah, why be open about something that's so embarrassing, as I said in another thread they should reserve a row of seats on each flight rather than being greedy bastards.

I hope they enjoy the publicity storm coming their way

[snowy25]

Now I don't know about US flights but it seems odd that no one took up the offer of $800, a night in a hotel and a flight the next day. I would have thought on a plane full of people that at least 4 people would have been able to move their plans around. If I had been on the flight I would have called my boss at work, told him I would be a day late due to a airline issue and took the $800.

Slightly different I know as a tourist but many years ago coming back from Florida on Virgin they had overbooked the flight.. So they offered $500, a hotel room for the night, a flight the next day and also a free first class return ticket to anywhere they flew for people to drop out. You should have seen the rush to claim that.

However after saying that it seems to me that if I book a seat then I get the seat. They are happy to stiff you if you cannot make it by refunding only part of your flight costs. However they can then throw you off you booked seat if they feel like it through their own system of overbooking every flight. It seems a little one sided there. Also the most annoying thing here is that they were not removed for other fare paying passengers but employees. United screwed up and I bet they regret now not getting those employees to their destination another way.

[cicciobuki]

Originally Posted by rotobott

Erm maybe he saw an opportunity to scam an airline, so when he refused to get off an airliner when legally requested, he decided to get belligerent, scream like a baby, and then run back on in case anybody missed it.

That's not normal in most places, although who knows what goes on in America, the land of litigation.

I probably wouldn't start screaming, but i'd be very pissed if an airline did this to me.

I don't even understand how this can happen. In this digital age, if there is overbooking they should at least notice this in he check-in phase, right? Who leads on a passenger and makes him get through all the damn controls and passport checks for nothing? Or do they expect passengers to die or disappear between check-in and boarding? What kind of amateur company waits until people are seated on the plane to then take them off??


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Originally Posted by snowy25

Now I don't know about US flights but it seems odd that no one took up the offer of $800, a night in a hotel and a flight the next day. .

I'd take that offer, i rarely make 800 dollar in a day!

[cginok]

Originally Posted by Wendigo

"When legally requested" is a bit rich when information about this power is buried in the small print of the terms and conditions. Perhaps they should have a large sign on the door just as you enter

Don't get too comfortable, if we want your seat then kindly just piss off or we'll drag you out.

Nah, why be open about something that's so embarrassing, as I said in another thread they should reserve a row of seats on each flight rather than being greedy bastards.

I hope they enjoy the publicity storm coming their way

"We're not talking about right or wrong, we're talking about the law." (my favorite quote from WKRP) It's not their fault, anymore than it's a banks fault or a car dealers fault, that someone doesn't read the fine print. I seriously doubt that United is the Lone Ranger on this. I would bet that every airline has the same kind of clause in their ticket sales. I would further bet that other airlines have done this in the past. The only difference with this incidence is that there's a video.

[Gordon3]

Originally Posted by rotobott

Erm maybe he saw an opportunity to scam an airline, so when he refused to get off an airliner when legally requested, he decided to get belligerent, scream like a baby, and then run back on in case anybody missed it.

That's not normal in most places, although who knows what goes on in America, the land of litigation.

This is why we can't have nice things in this country...too much focus on the behavior or the background or those who get f'd, instead of speaking out against those who do the f'g.

[martynz]

Originally Posted by snowy25

Now I don't know about US flights but it seems odd that no one took up the offer of $800, a night in a hotel and a flight the next day. I would have thought on a plane full of people that at least 4 people would have been able to move their plans around. If I had been on the flight I would have called my boss at work, told him I would be a day late due to a airline issue and took the $800.

Slightly different I know as a tourist but many years ago coming back from Florida on Virgin they had overbooked the flight.. So they offered $500, a hotel room for the night, a flight the next day and also a free first class return ticket to anywhere they flew for people to drop out. You should have seen the rush to claim that.

However after saying that it seems to me that if I book a seat then I get the seat. They are happy to stiff you if you cannot make it by refunding only part of your flight costs. However they can then throw you off you booked seat if they feel like it through their own system of overbooking every flight. It seems a little one sided there. Also the most annoying thing here is that they were not removed for other fare paying passengers but employees. United screwed up and I bet they regret now not getting those employees to their destination another way.

I heard that 3 passengers (including the doctor's wife) accepted the $800 offer. The airline should have upped the ante for the remaining 1 seat.
Of course it wasn't the usual overbooking situation...which should not be allowed to happen. My understanding is that its a rort carried out by the airlines on the assumption that there are always no-shows so they take the risk of selling those seats (even though they have already been paid for).
Imagine if theatres tried that...I guess they can't because you buy/reserve a specific seat.

[snowy25]

That is the thing I would have thought more than 3 would have taken the offer as unless you really had to be somewhere the offer seemed too good to turn down. I believe they could have gone as high as $1350 as compensation. It therefore makes you wonder why they didn't do that before letting it go to this stage. If they had made that offer you can bet at least one person would have taken it and all this bad press would never have happened. I know they say any publicity is good publicity but this is likey to cost them far more than the $500 they scrimped on.