Originally Posted by
birmingham
What a lot of this debate highlights is just how enured people have become to airline "security" and how institutionalised some insiders are. When all is said and done the only justification for offering violence to a non-violent, perhaps difficult, even belligerent, individual is when the security of the aircraft, or the safety of others is compromised - period.
This was a commercial issue people.
The response of the United CEO is frankly breathtaking!
I am still amazed that anyone, and there are many here who are, can justify violence against a 69 year old man. (Nothing to with him being non Caucasian I'm sure, just luck of the UAL random draw).
I'm not far behind him in age. Do I need to take up self defense classes before boarding UAL because I can guarantee I also would not blindly accept the same treatment from uniformed morons (wearing jeans!!!) either?