Originally Posted by
BluSdUp
Just back from a great day fishing. Lots of cod and blood.
Just like on overbooked United flight.
Cod or Torsk is also a general insult in Norway,,,,,,
You mean as in the British colloquialism 'codswallop'? I think it is what is discarded and the manner in which it is discarded that is the insult - the fish itself is excellent - if not overfished
I work for a company that has 400 737- 800 and 3 Learjets for teck support and NEVER overbook.
Are you sure about that? I think it used to be true, but Ryanair has acquired such robust data on its own operations that its statisticians can currently predict with supreme confidence how to overbook and manage standbys without any likely incident. How do you think it regularly ends end up with sequence numbers on some Boarding Passes with numbers greater than 189 if it does not overbook? And why does it allow up to 10 standby passengers per flight but very rigorously not confirm they can go through the gate until all other passengers are boarded with the gate otherwise closed?
In Norway they are talking about banning overbooking as we speak.
Interesting.