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Forum: Rumours & News
16th Apr 2017, 20:15
Replies: 1,166
Views: 454,657
Posted By etudiant

UAL stock has held up pretty well during this PR...

UAL stock has held up pretty well during this PR debacle.
That suggests investors, who presumably have access to competent legal guidance, are confident that no serious damage will be done to the...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Apr 2017, 20:32
Replies: 1,166
Views: 454,657
Posted By etudiant

The sound of barn doors being locked after.... ...

The sound of barn doors being locked after....
If this is the extent of UA's reforms, it will make it easy for the Congress to adjust the rules more fundamentally.
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Apr 2017, 20:29
Replies: 1,166
Views: 454,657
Posted By etudiant

Given that the captain apparently has discretion...

Given that the captain apparently has discretion as to whether to fly with specific passengers, it is not obvious that there is no responsibility as well.
A trial would certainly clarify these...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Apr 2017, 19:33
Replies: 1,166
Views: 454,657
Posted By etudiant

Is not the captain in real peril? He works for...

Is not the captain in real peril?
He works for Republic, so UA may not see him as a team member and hence not go to extremes to defend.
A passenger was seriously injured through actions he is...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Apr 2017, 17:57
Replies: 1,166
Views: 454,657
Posted By etudiant

Is not the captain in an absurd position, with...

Is not the captain in an absurd position, with all the responsibility but none of the knowledge?
It seems to me that the whole idea of the captain (or the ground personnel) deciding who is to fly or...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Apr 2017, 03:14
Replies: 1,166
Views: 454,657
Posted By etudiant

The legal discussion given in the article is not...

The legal discussion given in the article is not very convincing.
The author may have contributed it in part as a personal advertisement. If so, he was ill advised imho.
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Apr 2017, 02:55
Replies: 1,166
Views: 454,657
Posted By etudiant

That is an interesting question, because there...

That is an interesting question, because there are lots of incidents of passengers getting removed from a plane for no particular reason. Maybe they were working on an abstruse math paper or they...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Apr 2017, 23:08
Replies: 1,166
Views: 454,657
Posted By etudiant

ABC reports Delta has a upped the maximum for a...

ABC reports Delta has a upped the maximum for a denied seat to $9950.
Delta OKs offers of up to $9,950 to flyers who give up seats - ABC News...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Apr 2017, 20:52
Replies: 1,166
Views: 454,657
Posted By etudiant

It is astonishing that the UA management is so...

It is astonishing that the UA management is so oblivious to the above facts.
The most elementary PR would be to displace the bad news with some coherent positive response, something that will shift...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Apr 2017, 20:21
Replies: 1,166
Views: 454,657
Posted By etudiant

Agree entirely that this debacle is a management...

Agree entirely that this debacle is a management failure first and foremost.
That said, such failures are much more likely when there are overlapping responsibilities and jurisdictions, as was the...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Apr 2017, 19:26
Replies: 1,166
Views: 454,657
Posted By etudiant

In an unrestrained competition, monopoly or...

In an unrestrained competition, monopoly or oligopoly emerges. That is the US airline industry today.
Monopolies become abusive until they are reined in by adjustments in the law.
That is the US...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Apr 2017, 18:48
Replies: 1,166
Views: 454,657
Posted By etudiant

It seems the response by the UA unions...

It seems the response by the UA unions crystallizes their complete disconnect from reality.
A UA passenger was assaulted and badly injured for the perceived convenience of UAL.
Rather than attempt...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Apr 2017, 09:02
Replies: 1,166
Views: 454,657
Posted By etudiant

In fairness to the UA unions, their attitudes...

In fairness to the UA unions, their attitudes surely reflect the management they have to deal with.
Things can be improved, Gordon Bethune proved it when he resurrected Continental, but it requires...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Apr 2017, 17:16
Replies: 1,166
Views: 454,657
Posted By etudiant

Agree entirely. This has the potential to...

Agree entirely.
This has the potential to rewrite the rules for passenger management by the US airline industry.
The deadline imho for United to settle this is April 20th, when their responses to...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2017, 22:03
Replies: 1,166
Views: 454,657
Posted By etudiant

Well, these are also consequences of the 'hear no...

Well, these are also consequences of the 'hear no evil. see no evil' approach that the entire staff took to this episode. Everyone will be put through the mill.
It is entirely possible that this...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2017, 19:32
Replies: 1,166
Views: 454,657
Posted By etudiant

It is quite possible, perhaps even likely, that...

It is quite possible, perhaps even likely, that the airlines have some sort of disincentive against 'excessive' overbooking compensation awards built into the compensation structure of the relevant...
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