United Airlines - Board the plane as a doctor, leave as a patient!

[Emlyn_Dewar]

A Washington Post article that claimed that the redemption rate of these type of vouchers is around 5-8%, which probably explains why nobody considered them worth taking. If they'd offered $400 cash the story would have probably turned out quite differently.

Exactly, who wants god awful vouchers from a terrible airline? I got a $100 voucher + hotel, after they destroyed a flight schedule. Was I going to fly United again? No...
Straight in the bin.
$800 United vouchers is pitiful for what they asked, especially since their reasoning was so poor.

 

[Scam]

After reading this story I looked up the compensation you are statutorily entitled to if you are denied entry to an overbooked flight. For a short haul flight it's just €250, that's shockingly low for an error essentially caused by the airline by deliberately overbooking the flight. I would want a lot more than that if it disrupted my holiday.

How long is the flight he was on though? Looks like it was going from Chicago to Louisville. Those internal US flights are like buses, people commute on them every day. They're also pretty damn cheap. There's also plenty of them so getting kicked off one would not be the end of the world. Am I the only one that think it's silly how the guy acted? Can't people just be adults? Regardless if you're in the right or wrong when two burly security guards come on the plane to remove you -- you're getting off whether you like it or not. If your work was that important you can sue for loss of earnings, if not then you jump on the next flight which was probably 1-2hrs after The way he ran back on screaming just makes me think he's a mentalist to be honest

 

[Chris Wilson]

United Airlines stock prices have almost totally recovered now. They're trading higher than last week.

Probably actively seeking more dodgy Docs to throw off a plane, seems they have found a novel way to woo the shareholders

 

[h4rm0ny]

How long is the flight he was on though? Looks like it was going from Chicago to Louisville. Those internal US flights are like buses, people commute on them every day. They're also pretty damn cheap. There's also plenty of them so getting kicked off one would not be the end of the world. Am I the only one that think it's silly how the guy acted? Can't people just be adults? Regardless if you're in the right or wrong when two burly security guards come on the plane to remove you -- you're getting off whether you like it or not. If your work was that important you can sue for loss of earnings, if not then you jump on the next flight which was probably 1-2hrs after The way he ran back on screaming just makes me think he's a mentalist to be honest

Well UA stated that they needed to put their employees on the plane because otherwise they wouldn't be able to get them there until afternoon on the following day. So not just like busses with another "1-2hrs later", apparently. And I don't think he was interested in suing for loss of earnings, he was trying to avoid not showing up for his shift at the hospital he's a doctor at.

 

[Werewolf]

Well UA stated that they needed to put their employees on the plane because otherwise they wouldn't be able to get them there until afternoon on the following day. So not just like busses with another "1-2hrs later", apparently. And I don't think he was interested in suing for loss of earnings, he was trying to avoid not showing up for his shift at the hospital he's a doctor at.

Given pay rates for overtime/emergency doctors and depending on his contract that could easily have ended up costing him the $800 and more, let alone the disruption.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

The United Airlines Limited Edition Lego Set.

 

[StriderX]

Love this doing the rounds.

 

[h4rm0ny]

Given pay rates for overtime/emergency doctors and depending on his contract that could easily have ended up costing him the $800 and more, let alone the disruption.

I was more suggesting that he simply didn't want to not show up to work when he's a doctor in a hospital, though you are correct about the money - especially given it's $800 dollars of "United Airlines vouchers". I've known a couple of doctors who worked in hospitals. My impression is most of them would rather just get some sleep than earn more money.

 

[Destination]

How long is the flight he was on though? Looks like it was going from Chicago to Louisville. Those internal US flights are like buses, people commute on them every day. They're also pretty damn cheap. There's also plenty of them so getting kicked off one would not be the end of the world. Am I the only one that think it's silly how the guy acted? Can't people just be adults? Regardless if you're in the right or wrong when two burly security guards come on the plane to remove you -- you're getting off whether you like it or not. If your work was that important you can sue for loss of earnings, if not then you jump on the next flight which was probably 1-2hrs after The way he ran back on screaming just makes me think he's a mentalist to be honest

To answer your questions from what we've been told. The next flight was 3Pm the following day.
getting kicked off one, would mean missing the next morning at work, and the next afternoon.
If indeed, he was due on shift at a hospital, then no, it isn't surprising that he didn't wish to get off the plane.

The next flight was the next day at 3pm from what we've been told, not a couple of hours later, if it was a couple of hours later, UA would have used it for their own staff, instead of kicking off paying customers, as they've made a scheduling error in their staff rota.

You can't sue for loss of earnings, as you've suggested, compensation rarely works in this way. Oddly, now they've assaulted him, and he remains in hospital with a head injury, he may now indeed be able to sue for loss of earnings.
They way he ran back onto the plane 'like a mentalist' might be an indication of a head injury, which can be rather serious.

 

[Destination]

It doesn't really matter who or what they removed, their methods, now publicised worldwide, of them beating a Chinese man off one of their planes, when they have vast swatches of their stockholders in China, won't do them any long term favours.

 

[Dis86]

It doesn't really matter who or what they removed, their methods, now publicised worldwide, of them beating a Chinese man off one of their planes, when they have vast swatches of their stockholders in China, won't do them any long term favours.

I thought he from Viet nam?

 

[Destination]

I thought he from Viet nam?

he might be, but it doesn't matter, it is all about image, not facts, when it hits social media, the image is all.
He looks Asian, he looks potentially Chinese, this will hurt Chinese investment.
Indeed, the share price took a battering over this.
Fact is, it might be the initial CEO response that caused the battering, rather than the incident, but the accumulated ***** generated by this has been bad for the company.

 

[holymonk]

I didn't realise he agreed to leave the plane then ran back on. Changes the perspective for me...

 

[Destination]

I didn't realise he agreed to leave the plane then ran back on. Changes the perspective for me...

He refused to leave.
He then was dragged off, after his face was smashed on the armrest of his chair.
After he was off the plane for a time, he ran back on.
As yet, we have yet to be told how or why he was allowed back on.

Second time, he was removed by a medical team, the plane was then evavuated, and the blood cleaned from it.
Passengers then got back on, and the flight left, two hours late.

He didn't agree to leave, and then ran back on. He was dragged off.

 

[holymonk]

He refused to leave.
He then was dragged off, after his face was smashed on the armrest of his chair.
After he was off the plane for a time, he ran back on.
As yet, we have yet to be told how or why he was allowed back on.

Second time, he was removed by a medical team, the plane was then evavuated, and the blood cleaned from it.
Passengers then got back on, and the flight left, two hours late.

He didn't agree to leave, and then ran back on. He was dragged off.

Wtf bizzare. How did he bypass security? Still he will sue and get his moneis worth from this pr nightmare. This will start happening on UK flights now we are leaving the EU.

 

[kindai]

Love this doing the rounds.

What is this from ?

 

[Vonhelmet]

What is this from ?

It's from Airplane! but that's not important right now.

 

[Em3bbs]

Wtf bizzare. How did he bypass security? Still he will sue and get his moneis worth from this pr nightmare. This will start happening on UK flights now we are leaving the EU.

Yes, I've seen or heard of this happening so many times when I've been on non-EU flights. Oh wait, no I haven't.

 

[Werewolf]

It's from Airplane! but that's not important right now.

It looks like it's a bad week to give up Airplane references

/is eyeing up the Leslie Nelson "Nut case" set and wondering how long he can resist putting Airplane on.

 

[Tefal]

Wtf bizzare. How did he bypass security? Still he will sue and get his moneis worth from this pr nightmare. This will start happening on UK flights now we are leaving the EU.

You're claiming the EU prevents mentalists from running onto planes?