Fook United Airlines

[Ridge]

Read the thread, saw the video clips, heard the weeping and gnashing of teeth. For a country built by rough men who sailed across high seas on leaky wooden ships we have sunk this low. What a bunch of whiny pussies.

1. No one forces anyone to fly.
2. Flying is NOT a right.
3. Last I checked private businesses still have rights.
4. Screw entitled scum bags.
5. We as a society are the most entitled, lazy, effeminate, whiny, complaining, mouth breathing bunch of ignoramus idjits this country has ever produced.
6. In [insert your favorite third world shit hole here] people walk barefoot for hours to get dirty water in 100 + degree heat to survive. Thousands of people are rounded up and killed because they said the wrong thing, or worshipped the wrong God. But in America the land of the free and the home of the brave we start sobbing because some entitled whiny fuck won't give up his seat. And books his stupid face on a stupid seat. Get over yourself.

End Rant.

Okay, but how does any of that excuse United "volunteering" a paying customer to give up their seat so some United employees can get a free ride to a city 4 hours away by car, so they can be on a flight in another 20 hours? And then when the tribute refused, United sicked the airport cops on him, who then gave him a concussion and dragged him off the flight, where they apparently beat him some more?

[yz9890]

Okay, but how does any of that excuse United "volunteering" a paying customer to give up their seat so some United employees can get a free ride to a city 4 hours away by car, so they can be on a flight in another 20 hours?

First of all, if UAL wants them in SDF then of course they're going to foot the bill. Second, there are several variables that affect the required rest period prior to beginning a new flight duty period. What time of day they're to report for duty, how many segments they'll fly, time zone crossing, rolling yearly, weekly, and daily limits, whether or not there previous rest period was reduced etc. And regulatory issues aside, there's likely a CBA that describes acceptable methods to move a crew.

I'm not saying it doesn't suck but a hundred other crew movements happened that day and likely that many bumped passengers as well. No one bled, screamed, and fainted or no one put it on Facebook though so those other events didn't make the news.