UA forcibly remove random pax from flight - Round 2

[Rick777]

Originally Posted by ironbutt57

the passenger has paid for the service, and has done nothing to warrant his removal...I would sit tight as well if traveling with my family, and required to be at my place of employment...

The passenger had given up his seat and been compensated. He changed his mind and snuck back on the plane illegally. He intentionally made a scene to get attention and more money from United. It worked. United should have had him arrested and pressed charges against him. Instead they tried to make nice with him. It didn't work.

[A Squared]

Originally Posted by Rick777

The passenger had given up his seat and been compensated. He changed his mind and snuck back on the plane illegally. He intentionally made a scene to get attention and more money from United. It worked. United should have had him arrested and pressed charges against him. Instead they tried to make nice with him. It didn't work.

I think your memory of the incident is pretty flawed. I think if you read a few reports you'll see that he refused to surrender his seat when chosen by whatever means (unlike the other 3 selected passengers, who took the voucher and deplaned) it was only after he was forcibly dragged off the airplane that he managed to sneak back on.

[Lascaille]

Originally Posted by A Squared

I think your memory of the incident is pretty flawed.

Memory flawed? It's not a flawed memory when you basically make up a position from scratch. I challenge you to find any reporting of any kind whatsoever that would, does or ever did support that position. It's straight up slander.

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by Rick777

The passenger had given up his seat and been compensated. He changed his mind and snuck back on the plane illegally. He intentionally made a scene to get attention and more money from United. It worked. United should have had him arrested and pressed charges against him. Instead they tried to make nice with him. It didn't work.

At a conservative estimate, around 50% of the 1200 or so posts in the original United thread discussed the circumstances under which Dr Dao was removed from the flight, and the respective rights of the passenger, United and Republic.

As far as I can recall, none of them match your "recollection" of events.

Frankly, I don't know why we're having this debate at all. Other than the issue of the lawsuit by the officer involved, nobody has added anything new at all (other than the above fiction) to the discussion.