Originally Posted by
Dragon69
Now the airline concedes
that the flight wasn't overbooked. When the lawyers are done with United and the city of Chicago will see who exactly had it coming. United just handed a winning lottery ticket to this individual.
I don't care who you are, El Capitan or a Walmart security official, passengers have rights.You can't arbitrarily remove a passenger that has been already issued a seat. What's the difference between being issued keys to your room only to be told midway through your hot shower that you have to vacate your room because the hotel now decided to give your room to one of their staff.
The airline always said that they needed to uplift crew to operate other flights, in that respect, it doesn't 'now concede'.
The police deplaned the pax, not united, police brutality maybe, as they were rough, but that's how they are, ever watch 'cops'?
The captain and law enforcement have the right to deplane any passenger, and frequently do so for even lesser reasons, so in that case it does 'matter who you are'.
Passengers have rights, sure, but there is absolutely no obligation to carry them either.