Did anyone think of Peter, Paul & Mary, 'Bleeding on a jet plane'?
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Did anyone think of Peter, Paul & Mary, 'Bleeding on a jet plane'?
http://newsthump.com/2017/04/11/unit...=socialnetwork
United Airlines confirms that beatings will continue until volunteering improves
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ignorance. Ever found a liberal that you can have a discussion with?
I also fly United alot, and while most of the time it's been a positive experience (even the occasional complimentary upgrade to 1st), there have been a few ugly experiences, including my aforementioned sucessful impulse control to keep from rearanging the bone structure of several prissy pissy "I am the law!" (male) flight attendants....
That's the issue. If there's no imminent threat or security issue, they (airline attendants, crew, etc.) need to realize that they ARE NOT law enforcement officers, they cannot summarily make up their own rules, they are just uniformed customer service representatives, need to conduct themselves accordingly (e.g. back down and shut the fuck up)...The way I figure, this type of thing could have got someone killed if they tried pulling it on the wrong person on the wrong day....
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Last edited by DireWolf; 04-11-2017 at 21:48.
This guy apparently has an odd history.
United passenger who was dragged from plane says he's still in the hospital
David Dao, a Kentucky physician who touched off a national debate over airline overbooking policies this week when he was dragged off a United Airlines flight, was still recovering in the hospital Tuesday after suffering injuries from the incident, according to a Kentucky television station that spoke to him.
Dao told WLKY-TV that he was not doing well and that he was still in a hospital in Chicago. When asked what his injuries were, he said "everything," the station reported.
On Sunday, Dao had boarded a United flight from Chicago to Louisville that the airline had overbooked. When flight staff chose four passengers to get off the plane to make room for United employees, Dao refused, saying that he was a doctor who needed to go back home to see patients.
The airline summoned security officers, who dragged a shrieking Dao out of his seat and off the plane. Footage of the incident, taken by passengers, many of whom were distraught over Dao's treatment, later showed Dao with a bloody face.
The incident has sparked criticism of United Airlines' handling of the incident. United Chief Executive Oscar Munoz initially said Dao, whom the airline did not publicly identify, was "disruptive and belligerent" when airline employees told him he would have to relinquish his seat because the flight was overbooked.
But as criticism mounted on Tuesday, Munoz issued another statement saying Dao had been "mistreated" and added, "I deeply apologize to the customer forcibly removed and to all the customers aboard."
Little is known about Dao or why he was so adamant about remaining on the flight, leading news organizations to probe his history. The Louisville Courier-Journal and other news organizations reported Monday that Dao had previously been convicted of six felonies related to his medical practice in 2004, in which he was accused of illegally prescribing painkillers to a patient in exchange for sex.
He was given five years of supervised probation.
Dao surrendered his medical license in 2005, and applied for reinstatement, telling regulators it was a matter of "family honor." In a 2014 letter, his attorney described Dao as "a grandfather, an active participant in his local church" who supports an organization that helps the homeless in his community, Elizabethtown, Ky.
According to publicly available state licensing records reviewed by the Los Angeles Times, Dao has a history of mental health problems, including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, for which he has received treatment. A 2011 psychological evaluation of Dao concluded that he "lacked the foundation to navigate difficult situations, both inter-personally and in a complex profession."
That evaluation also said Dao has struggled with "poor decision-making" and a "lack of awareness around his personality and relational issues." The records said Dao had been previously cited by a hospital in the 2000s for "disruptive conduct" and was ordered to seek evaluation for "anger management" issues. In 2002, another doctor wrote that Dao sometimes "unilaterally chose to do his own thing."
But another psychological evaluation administered in 2013 concluded that Dao "emotionally was free of debilitating anxiety, depression, or psychological turmoil to the extent that it would affect his ability to function in activities of daily living or manage the practice of medicine."
Regulators cleared Dao to return to medical practice in 2015, in which he was initially restricted to working one day a week, supervised by another doctor.
The Times has been unable to reach Dao for his version of events.
The Chicago Department of Aviation suspended a security officer involved in the incident, the handling of which "was not in accordance with our standard operating procedure," the department said in a statement.
The department did not respond to The Times' requests for the officer's name and service history.
Last edited by Gman; 04-11-2017 at 21:51.
Liberals never met a slippery slope they didn't grease.
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Nice find.Originally Posted by Gman
Now his POTENTIAL civil settlement just had a HUGE haircut. lol
Unlikely, not relevant to the action at hand if he had a clean bill of health so to speak. United will not likely be able to use it.
Doubt this one will see the light of day in court.
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Who would he even sue though? And for what?
I haven't watched the whole video but if he suffered injuries wasn't it at the hands of the police, and not United? Which means he would have to sue the police - who of course have qualified immunity.
Unless United just wants to pay him "hush money" to go away I don't see that anything they did was actionable. If the rules allow them to bump passengers then they are allowed to bump passengers and their liability is limited to paying whatever the statutorily required amount is.
A "police brutality" (Section 1983) claim against the PD is always possible, I suppose, but I don't see United being a part of that.
Last edited by Martinjmpr; 04-12-2017 at 09:05.
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Was it police or airport rent-a-cops?
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Do they even have those anymore? I would think that if a job requires putting hands on people then most likely it would be actual, sworn police officers. Either Chicago PD, Transit Cops, TSA or Air Marshals.
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