Originally Posted by
Dragon69
No they don't, there has to be valid reason in accordance with the carriage of contract. Tell you what, on your next full flight, if you are even a Captain, why don't just offload a passenger to let your wife onboard. Let's see if there will be no consequences, let's see how fast CX will have you packing...bwahahahaha.
First of all they weren't police! They were security officials. Second of all they are not judges or there to determine the validity of the instructions given by United. They are robots acting on behest of United. So ultimately it's United that is liable.
Instead of going back and forth, just sit back and watch the lawsuit unfold and see if they had the legal right to remove him for any reason.
http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2017/04/11/united-denied-boarding-illegal/
The offload was for operational reasons, not to put someone's wife on board, so that is a bad comparison.
I am sure that the airline can offload someone based on that.