Originally Posted by
Gauges and Dials
I believe the question hangs to some degree on whether the order to deplane was legal or not.
"Get off for w/b issues," "get off because your seat is broken," "get off because we haven't got enough cabin crew," are all clearly lawful. "Get off so I can give my buddies a ride," somewhat murkier, eh?
The overbook situation resulted from an operational necessity to board Dead Head crew scheduled to operate a live flight. Nothing to do with giving a buddy a free ride, free flights for non rev staff, or any other such rubbish as I have endured on my FB feed today.
