Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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@MN5 said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@Bones said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@MN5 i don't follow the stock market sorry bro.
Yeah it's funny cos people have lost heaps of money and stuff and.....ah fuck it. I'll stick to movie references.
This is one of the better ones..
Can't believe there's no 'Snakes on a Plane' ones going
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@Crucial said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@MN5 said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@Bones said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@MN5 i don't follow the stock market sorry bro.
Yeah it's funny cos people have lost heaps of money and stuff and.....ah fuck it. I'll stick to movie references.
This is one of the better ones..
Can't believe there's no 'Snakes on a Plane' ones going
Says you. I wouldn't even bother with that one and as you can all see I've shared some pretty questionable crap today.
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@Duluth said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Seems like the method used by the police should be the bigger issue. Which is why cop is suspended
Yeah I was surprised to see that they were just security, yet in the videos they are wearing vests stating "POLICE". Or have I got that wrong? But yeah, pretty sure they could have at least coaxed him out of his seat by removing his luggage...
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@Duluth said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
'Aviation security officers' (airport police I assume?) but they aren't part of United
Generally airport security are contractors like security at a rugby game (correct that they aren't likely to be part of United - I think that they are paid for by the airport authority / company). Police will be at the airport but are separate, wouldn't normally be involved in something like this (from my experience anyway). Probably just as well as they might have shot him...(a bit cynical I know)
This made me snigger:
"After losing my job as head of ad content for Pepsi, I have to say my 1st day running customer services for United Airlines has been lively." -
Looking beyond the rights or wrongs of kicking paying passengers off overbooked flights or the idea that United should have sorted out things before boarding, what exactly should have United done in this situation? What would you have done in this situation?
My understanding is United asked for volunteers but didn't get any. Then they 'randomly' picked four passengers. Three of those four passengers got off the plane. The good doctor refused. There was no way in hell he was getting off and there was no way, for whatever reason, that United were going to fly that plane without their extra staff members on board.
Would you have cancelled the flight, or would you have made an announcement to the other passengers that because the gentleman was refusing to get off the plane the flight would be delayed for an indefinite period until old matey got off the plane (using peer pressure to get him to move) and then chased him through the civil courts for damages? Would you have picked another poor bastard at random and hoped they got off without fuss?
This Dr fucker is going to get a lot of money out of this and it bugs me because he contributed to what happened in a big way. Bottom line is, he was told to get off a plane and he refused to do so. Now he is playing the victim.
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@canefan said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
It was the perfect storm but he bought his ticket, he was asked to board, he wanted to get home. Argue or not you can't assault the guy. The onus is on the airline to sort their systems out, offer more until someone leaves willingly and get their staff some training in crisis management. It would have been cheaper to have offered a free all expenses paid trip to Cancun the Bahamas or Hawaii than the cost to the share price and the reputation of the company
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@canefan assume there would have been penalties form the FAA for missing take off time too, those numbers would have been significant, and less than offering several free business class flights, but not as bad as it has turned out.
Is odd that no one chose to volunteer, the perks of being bumped are usually pretty good, although in this case, the perks of being thumped will be excellent, once the bruises heal.
