not-bono-ever
meh
United may well by following PanAm into chapter 11 & obscurity if this gather momentum - flaky business is flying
Why didn't United just have their staff stand, for the duration of the flight, in the cabin crew area?
It's not going to be comfortable but at least it doesn't cause problems.
Why didn't United just have their staff stand, for the duration of the flight, in the cabin crew area?
It's not going to be comfortable but at least it doesn't cause problems.
Why didn't United just have their staff stand, for the duration of the flight, in the cabin crew area?
It's not going to be comfortable but at least it doesn't cause problems.
Turns out it wasn't even for United staff, but four employees of a partner airline.Why didn't United just have their staff stand, for the duration of the flight, in the cabin crew area?
It's not going to be comfortable but at least it doesn't cause problems.
Why didn't United just have their staff stand, for the duration of the flight, in the cabin crew area?
It's not going to be comfortable but at least it doesn't cause problems.
It looks like a lot of airlines have taken the whole security thing as a que to treat everyone like shit.
well, you escaped without a slap at least ehI flew United a few months ago, they are terrible, everywhere a cost could be cut it was - a really bad experience.
True, but as things have turned out for United it would have been better for them to take the risk. Chances are they wouldn't have been found out for overloading and even if they did it would have only resulted in a fine (which hardly anyone would know about or care much about anyway). Now, even if they win any legal cases that arise from this incident, their reputation (such as it was) is in tatters and they'll do well to keep their business in the air, so to speak.Because it's against regulations. Obviously.
True, but as things have turned out for United it would have been better for them to take the risk. Chances are they wouldn't have been found out for overloading and even if they did it would have only resulted in a fine (which hardly anyone would know about or care much about anyway). Now, even if they win any legal cases that arise from this incident, their reputation (such as it was) is in tatters and they'll do well to keep their business in the air, so to speak.
what's shit about stories like this is its so clearly out of order it leaves no room to find an angle to argue about on urban
well, we could have someone argue that a sex-for-scripts nonce was paid out by karma couldn't we?what's shit about stories like this is its so clearly out of order it leaves no room to find an angle to argue about on urban
I did try. I mean what did he expect was going to happen if he refused to obey cabin crew? Was his own journey worth holding up the rest of the flight for?
I'm sure that'll restore their collapsed PR image a treat.It does seem that legally speaking the passenger was the one committing the crime. If a captain decides you have to get off, legally you're stumped. I wonder if United will press charges.
I'm sure that'll restore their collapsed PR image a treat.
It does seem that legally speaking the passenger was the one committing the crime. If a captain decides you have to get off, legally you're stumped. I wonder if United will press charges.
I'm sure that'll restore their collapsed PR image a treat.
I think I read funding for Amtrak is being pulled, so that's going to be crap for the middle of the country.
Even in the late 70's where I lived, you had to drive an hour to the nearest train station, or Greyhound bus station. Even if you wanted to leave, they've never made it easy!
Well they were talking about this incident on the R4 Today programme, you're not going to like this but basically they mentioned that it did nothing to their share price, it didn't register at all. Some business bod said we have short memories, we have to fly, and our expectations are at an all time low as to how we are treated. They pretty much shrugged it off as just another example of bad treatment from an airline.
That was yesterday. S&P now has it starting about 2.5% lower. Given their current strategy is to get a strong foothold in Asia 100 million views on Chinese site Weibo with loads of people there calling for a boycott and "is it cos I is Chinese?" might be a bit overpriced still.
Well they were talking about this incident on the R4 Today programme, you're not going to like this but basically they mentioned that it did nothing to their share price, it didn't register at all. Some business bod said we have short memories, we have to fly, and our expectations are at an all time low as to how we are treated. They pretty much shrugged it off as just another example of bad treatment from an airline.
It was this morning - I was driving to work, listening to radio 4.
This morning, the US stock exchanges were shut due to the time delay. Trading , yesterday finished slightly up. Granted its not the biggest mover on the presales though
Used to fly United Airlines all the time. They are most unremarkable like virtually all American airlines are unremarkable.
The whole experience of flying within the US seems to me as if people have become accustomed to being treated like shit. Airports are usually very boring, and airport staff - particularly TSA or security staff - are more than often rude, overtly authoritarian, and very dense - as seems to be the case with the two goons who dragged that guy off the plane.
I mean it doesn't take a genius to work out that if getting those staff on the airline was imperative, the smart way to have done it would have been to 'deplane' everyone and then only allow back on only those ticketed passengers with approved boarding passes.
(deplane is one of the worst verbs ever btw)
(deplane is one of the worst verbs ever btw)