Originally Posted by
DingerX
Would this be a fair assessment of how we got here?
1. At gate open, there had one more passenger than seats, so one volunteer got compensation for a later flight.
2. During boarding, the DH crew shows up.
3. Four more volunteers are sought from on board the aircraft. Three accept. Our doctor inquires, but when he finds out that he won't make it to the office the next day, he declines.
4. A "Computer" selects him, and he refuses to surrender his seat.
Not that it really matters under the circumstances, but I get the impression from reports that (4) came before (3) in the doctor's case.
In other words, he (and his wife) were randomly selected for offloading, agreed initially to accept compensation, but then changed their minds when they learned that they were going to be rebooked on a flight almost 24 hours later.
Of course it's possible that he volunteered, changed his mind and then was "randomly" selected for IDB - but that would be a bit too much of a coincidence.