Originally Posted by
Hotel Tango
I submit that's because most had already booked (mostly non-refundable fares) by then! Pity you didn't understand VC10's clever humour (humor for you).
I submit to you that what you are describing is the equivalent of feeling strongly about and issue, declaring a hunger strike and yet deciding to only take up said cause after you eat your pantry empty......
A person can cancel a nonrefundable ticket (if they decided to actually be true to their word and not ride UA) and use that money for later travel (when one of the other airlines offends them). However, in this instance it was passengers through the door not tickets sold.
How does a DL pilot smacking a passenger in a jetway not get the attention that a mechanical issue on a UA flight gets?