Originally Posted by
Gauges and Dials
"Give my buddies a ride" was my (admittedly flippant) way of pointing out that the airline wanted those four seats for its own financial convenience and not due to any exigent operational necessity. There was absolutely zero operational necessity to reposition those crew on that specific flight. Chicago is a major hub for United, the claim that there was no other way to get those folks to Louisville is ludicrous on its face.
That's right, how many times have we flown internally in the US and been in half full planes, it's not like it was a life and death situation that these four staff had to be on THAT particular plane, if after asking nicely if anyone would volunteer to give up their seat, if no one did then it becomes a company problem, they could check for other means to fix the problem, not sool the cops/security onto a law abiding passenger, what tools.