United Airlines violently drag passenger off overbooked flight

[DotCommunist]

The law can work differently in transportation vehicles. It can become a criminal matter to disobey the instructions of the captain.

he is allowed to shoot you, should the situation demand it.

 

[Teaboy]

he is allowed to shoot you, should the situation demand it.

Obliged to.

(although I think we've already done the boat happy gags on this thread)

 

[existentialist]

Obliged to.

(although I think we've already done the boat happy gags on this thread)

There can never be too many boat happy gags on one thread...

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

 

[Sirena]

 

[Spymaster]

Can I rock the boat then and say I reckon that bloke's a lucky fucker. He might well be able to retire on the payout he'll get.

Too fucking right. This is as good as a lottery win.

What do we reckon he'll pull from this?

My guess is that this will all go rather quiet shortly and no more will be reported, whilst Mr Gao trousers a $10 million out of court settlement.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

And hopefully he'll take the Daily Fail to the fucking cleaners too!

 

[Pickman's model]

Too fucking right. This is as good as a lottery win.

What do we reckon he'll pull from this?

My guess is that this will all go rather quiet shortly and no more will be reported, whilst Mr Gao trousers a $10 million out of court settlement.

Dr Dao, pa, Dr Dao. your new best mate. can't be mates with him if you forget his name all the time.

 

[Saul Goodman]

 

[Spymaster]

Dr Dao, pa, Dr Dao. your new best mate. can't be mates with him if you forget his name all the time.

Never mind his name, son, find me his phone number.

 

[DotCommunist]

Too fucking right. This is as good as a lottery win.

What do we reckon he'll pull from this?

My guess is that this will all go rather quiet shortly and no more will be reported, whilst Mr Gao trousers a $10 million out of court settlement.

I'd want 30ml in sterling and free flights for life. First class.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I'd want 30ml in sterling and free flights for life. First class.

His family announced a lawsuit today; but United will probably drag it out for as long as possible.

 

[Pickman's model]

Never mind his name, son, find me his phone number.

his phone number's been changed pa, but his wife's still works

 

[Spymaster]

His family announced a lawsuit today; but United will probably drag it out for as long as possible.

Not unless they're even bigger morons than they already seem.

This is one they'll want to disappear asap.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Not unless they're even bigger morons than they already seem.

This is one they'll want to disappear asap.

'drag it out.....'?

 

[Gromit]

You'd normally expect an out of court settlement.

But that requires both parties to meet a re-accommodation.

 

[editor]

Two teeth knocked out, concussion and a broken nose. Plus humiliation, illegal violence and all the rest and he should be on a guaranteed multi million settlement.

 

[Gromit]

Two teeth knocked out, concussion and a broken nose. Plus humiliation, illegal violence and all the rest and he should be on a guaranteed multi million settlement.

That would be about a £200 victim surcharge in the U.K.

 

[Spymaster]

...free flights for life. First class.

For family and friends too.

He's hit the jackpot.

 

[weltweit]

So, are you saying he was right to refuse the $800 voucher then?

 

[Yossarian]

Not unless they're even bigger morons than they already seem.

This is one they'll want to disappear asap.

United might want to settle it quickly and leave the city of Chicago to deal with the lawsuit alone - their guys were the ones who knocked Dao's teeth out, etc. Dao's lawyer is arguing that United's employees should have stepped in to stop the heavy-handed airport cops, which doesn't sound like an especially strong case, I don't know if there have been many cases of people successfully suing anybody for failing to stop police assaulting somebody.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

They weren't police, it was airport security who were called by United.

 

[Yossarian]

They're some kind of weird hybrid force employed by the Chicago Department of Aviation - all the officers on the airport force are state-certified police officers, some of them are with other police forces part-time.

They don't carry guns and they're only empowered to detain suspects until officers from the Chicago Police Department get there, but I bet anybody who punches one ends up getting charged with assaulting a police officer.

What are the Chicago aviation police?

 

[nogojones]

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[Pickman's model]

For family and friends too.

He's hit the jackpot.

Get cracking pa, before someone else gets in there

 

[weltweit]

Twitter says United are now to refund all passengers on that flight.

 

[Pickman's model]

Twitter says United are now to refund all passengers on that flight.

Yeh that was on news sites yesterday

 

[DexterTCN]

Twitter says United are now to refund all passengers on that flight.

When they sign a little thing saying they won't sue, I'm sure. Emotional trauma?

 

[bubblesmcgrath]

 

[squirrelp]