Quote Originally Posted by clodhopper View Post
Maybe could have been handled better. Oh well. It wasn't United proper, but a contractor. It wasn't United staff that pulled the guy out of the seat, it was the PD. Interesting that neither Republic nor the PD are getting pounded over this.
Republic operated the flight but has no airport staff. The gate agents, ticket agents, rampers, CRO's, booking software, boarding polices, and decisions were all UAL's.

The only Republic staff associated with that were the flight crews and i can tell you from experience that the crew being moved probably didn't care if they got on that flight or not. Their FAR 117 flight/duty time limitations probably necessitated the bumping of the passengers but they just get a dead head assignment from crew scheduling and the gate agent handles it (or doesn't). Same for the crew operating the flight. The gate agent facilitates boarding. There is some authority there for the captain but with the door open and law enforcement onboard there's really not much the crew should do at that point. I've had numerous people removed from flights for various reasons and all I do is tell the gate agent how many and to let me know when it's done.