I predict that united will settle this out if Court for an undisclosed sum which will be many millions .
The stupid thing is that they could have positioned the crew by road it's only a 4-5 hour drive . From all reports that I have read they were positioning to operate the next day .
Following the 2-3 delay after disembarking the passengers before departure it probably would have been a better course of action . Certainly a lot cheaper
United , we need one more seat 5k no takers, 10k would have done it half the aircraft would have got off