United Airlines and bumping passengers

[Alex]

The recent news of a passenger being pulled out of his seat and dragged of a United Airlines plane is horrific, and I can only imagine most passengers were in shock. I think most people are nervous about flying, but now that they have seen how an airline treats those they wish to deny boarding to, I can only imagine it will put people off flying, not knowing if they will get bumped. The passenger in question was left with a facial injury and had to go to hospital.

What is annoying is that the whole world sees it as wrong except for the airline who clearly aren't well managed. They claim four staff members turned up at the gate and said they needed to get on the plane to get to work, so they had to bump off passengers. It turns out they weren't needed until the next day in the afternoon. Somehow there has to be a fine line between rules and human decency?

 

[janemariesayed]

This was on the news over here and I was totally shocked by the whole scenario. Wasn't this man a doctor who needed to get to patients? Surely this airline will have to pay out in compensation to this man. I hope so as it will make the airline think about their behaviour. He certainly deserves some kind of recompense.

He had paid for his flight and was just chosen at random to boot off of the plane. Double booking shouldn't be allowed. It should be illegal. I am not only shocked to see this news but absolutely disgusted as well. What safety is there that when you book a flight, you are guaranteed to actually fly with that purchased ticket. There is no guarantee. Laws really should be changed. I wonder if more people will travel by boat now? Certainly, travellers will be booking flights with a different company from now on if they can to avoid this appalling treatment happening to themselves.