Apparently he's already hired 2 law firms to represent him.

some footage has surfaced showing events before the "reacommodation" occured, which disputes the airline CEO's early claims that the passenger was "disruptive and belligerent":

Video captures the argument moments before David Dao dragged off United Airlines flight - National | Globalnews.ca

i was just listening to a talk radio channel and someone mentioned that the flight was actually not overbooked, but i haven't found anything online to support this claim atm...

[EDIT] here it is:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ent/100317166/

lol, even? What hot garbage Jimmy Kimmel doesn't immediately hop on?

Get rekt, bitches!

:lawl:

United CEO Oscar Munoz felt 'shame' to see passenger dragged off flight - ABC News
Or, to put it another way, "After trying to forcibly remove a paying passenger from one of our airlines, I was annoyed to see that other customers filmed the incident. Once my attempt to address the error of our client's ways to staff, my internal letter was posted publically and caused an even bigger PR disaster. Now that our stocks have fallen, and people are calling for Federal regulations regarding over booking, I would like to say that I felt 'shame' watching the video. I mean, I felt 'shame the first time I saw it..."

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/satire...11-gvim0q.html

http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/im...1885413561.png

But he refused to comply with the officer's request, did he not?

I'm totally with the poor man in this whole incident, but it seems to me that he could have walked out unharmed (and proceed to sue them afterwards instead) in this whole incident, had he listened to them.

If I'm not mistaken, these are actual airport police officers, and independent of United Airlines.

While I would like to agree with you, I can't. The problem is, had he exited the plane as requested and attempted to deal with customer service afterwards...even if he sued...he would get screwed by United. I'm 100% sure of it. Even though there is nothing in their ToS that say they can remove you from a flight after boarding (due to overbooking), they would find a way to loop around it. ONLY because they tried to physically remove him, and the resulting over-use-of-force by the officers, has this become the issue that it is.

Crap tactics like they used to "re-accommodate" the passengers, mainly "if no one will volunteer at $X dollars we will volunteer you", have been in place for YEARS...only once it hit assault do we finally recognize the problem and act as a society.

This is a company that offers $300 to voluntarily take the next flight, but then provides that $300 voucher in $50 increments that can't be used together. They absolutely do not have the paying client's best interest in mind, at any time.

-Dave

he can sue united and win im sure, but the damage to united has been done.
even if the guy gets some obscene amount in the millions, united has already lost consumer confidence to the tune of at least hundreds of millions.

I agree too, UA probably would've screwed him had he just bowed down and walked off. It does seem like his best interest to stay put (even maybe in harm's way), so to turn this into big issue.

I'm just curious how the lawsuit will turn out, if one does proceed. I can't comment on the excessive force part, but what I'm certain is that he did not comply with the officers.

But I guess the main focus is still on UA's poor decision to kick out the passenger. UA probably or certainly will need to do some damage control, and compensation seems inevitable.

Well the officer that dragged the guy was put on leave, and the Chicago Avation Department spokeswoman has publicly stated the officer didn't act in accordance with their operating procedures and that his actions weren't condoned.

So there's that.

Chicago Aviation Officer Placed On Leave After Dragging Man Off Plane « CBS Chicago

didn't read the article, but if the aviation police are anything like regular police, it'll be on leave with pay

Regardless, this ends the debate on whether the officers were right to drag him off like an animal because he didn't comply to their requests.

Did you not see this post (emphasis mine):

If the passengers comply to leave the plane, there is no case. On top of that, the public and the media wouldn't give a shit about the doctor's complaint.

I guess I should have mentioned "excessive force". Using force to remove someone is fine, but the doctor is bleeding FFS. Anyways, the outcome of the situation speaks for itself. The officer who used excessive force is put on leave with administration review.

My prediction is that, the officer will most likely be fired not only because of his action, but because the result of the situation caused the company's stocks to fall, which means that a lot of people are involved now (stakeholders, shareholders, board of directors, etc). When an individual's action is held accountable for the loss of a company's asset/finance, it's pretty serious.

recent flight to japan on AC, flight was delayed about an hour, for people (4) on a connecting flight + they were looking for volunteers (3) to go the next day... wtf.. if they are late,, maybe have them take the next flight... (dont get)

I stopped posting in here as it's tough to argue with people with half the story. This lady does a decent job of explaining the situation. For anyone who actually cares to read this, it will answer some of the silly questions.

https://thepilotwifelife.wordpress.c...t-flight-3411/


I don't really see why she is mentioning the fact he boarded the AC again afterwards (How is still a puzzle). I just assumed he had a concussion. But she's better explaining a lot of that better then I am. I'm already sick of hearing about this story as it's pretty blown out of proportion, but hey. That's just me. It's good to see some media attention as the rule is BS. If they made a law to ban overbooking, we'll pay for it. But at least your guaranteed to make it there... until one of the other thousands of scenarios show up to cancel or delay your flight....

Yes? There's no debate. Their police department has even confirmed that they did not condone the officer's actions.

https://i.redd.it/1uxhgzw3c6ry.jpg
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My apologies. I misunderstood your post.

I'm not taking any sides here but there's always more facts to consider

I agree it's not fair that any airlines can kick you off to accomadate staff or whoever the fuck they want to accommodate, but it's reserved in their right to do so when you skip through that whole body of text and hit accept when booking your ticket.

When they need that seat and ask you nicely to leave, then you run back back like a child who won't accept their bedtime, the police will see you as a threat to aviation security and will forcibly remove you.

This article was a good read, prime example was the writer was saying how when she was taking her kid through a TSA checkpoint they made her kid take off their socks. It didn't make sense to her at all but instead of fighting with the rules and regulations that were put into place with the right intentions in mind (to protect the lives of all traveling, the coworkers of the aviation industry and to avoid another potential 9/11)

Good read if youve got the time, same link shared by hud_91gt
https://thepilotwifelife.wordpress.c...t-flight-3411/

I've heard a bunch of people say "boycott United" - but lets be honest here - how many people will let their conscience override their wallet or time? If United is the cheaper option, or the most direct option, would you really not take it because you vowed to boycott them?

As others have mentioned, this will blow over in a few weeks and life will go on. United sure isn't the only airline who overbooks - they just got caught red handed handling it poorly. The guy that did the beating was a Chicago Airport cop so this probably could have happened on any airline. A couple of hundred million dollars on a company with an over 22 billion dollar market cap is just a blip and shareholders will barely blink an eye at the drop in valuation over the last 2 days.