Originally Posted by
WingNut60
It was not the last UA flight home on that day. There was a later flight but Dr Dao was not offered a seat on that later flight, though it seems that he would have been prepared to accept that as an offer.
But in fact, they did not offer him a seat on that later flight. Nor did they offer him a seat on the following morning's flight; nor on the mid/late morning flight.
Nor did they offer to get him on any competitor's flights - probably understandable, but it was an option; to try at least.
That is precisely why and when he dug his heels in. Which is also when UA decided to execute their perceived next-best option.
Perhaps UAL could have put their own 'slf' on that later flight, seeing as how it's only a one hour flight and the relocating crew didn't have to report for work until the next day.