[Madelaine Amee]

Has anyone else seen this story? I cannot believe United can get away with this treatment of a passenger. They physically pulled him out of his seat and dragged him by his ankles off the plane! There is a video online that is very disturbing. I imagine his lawsuit will be substantial.

He said he was a doctor and had to get back to his patients. Supposedly he was allowed back on the plane with blood on his face. What on earth is going on in this world of ours - have we all gone crazy?

Just recently someone mentioned flying to Australia on United and I suggested they look for another flight.

[dewilson58]

I saw it..............trying to decide if it's real and if it is..........what is the whole story.

[raynan]

I thought the same thing. There has to be more to the story or United is in for a big lawsuit.

[lanabanana73]

I'm pretty sure they should just "write the check"!!

[Taltarzac725]

United Airlines passenger dragged off overbooked flight after refusing to give up seat - National | Globalnews.ca

Strange happenings.

[EPutnam1863]

None of this would have happened if the passenger agreed to get off when ordered even if he was right. After all he could have been a terrorist, who knows?

[Paper1]

I believe they said flight was overbooked with no takers for a later flight. Picked name by random, according to what I heard. Should airline held up flight until he walked off on his own? Mistake made was letting him back on plane once decision was made. Overbooking is a fact of life, tickets and cancelations would be much more expensive without it.

[Love2Swim]

Yes, overbooking is a fact of life, that doesn't make it right. If I pay $600 for a ticket, purchase it well in advance, I get to the airport on time, etc., I expect to have a seat on the plane. You make all your plans, and sometimes they can't be changed. This happened to me a couple of years ago, I was bumped from a United flight and unable to get a rescheduled flight until a few days later. This was to go to my son's wedding! I ended up paying a hefty price for a last minute ticket on another airline. This is wrong on so many levels.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by Love2Swim

Yes, overbooking is a fact of life, that doesn't make it right. If I pay $600 for a ticket, purchase it well in advance, I get to the airport on time, etc., I expect to have a seat on the plane. You make all your plans, and sometimes they can't be changed. This happened to me a couple of years ago, I was bumped from a United flight and unable to get a rescheduled flight until a few days later. This was to go to my son's wedding! I ended up paying a hefty price for a last minute ticket on another airline.

This is wrong on so many levels.

While overbooking is a fact of life these days, when it happens and no one steps forward immediately, the airline should suck it up and keep raising the offer...for volunteers to take another flight.

At some point, when the incentive is high enough...someone will volunteer to get off.

[Abby10]

So call me stupid for not understanding, but if there are no takers, why is anyone that is already seated forced to give up their seat? Why aren't the passengers who are still waiting to get on the plane the ones to be bumped?

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by Abby10

So call me stupid for not understanding, but if there are no takers, why is anyone that is already seated forced to give up their seat? Why aren't the passengers who are still waiting to get on the plane the ones to be bumped?

They chose names at random & he was one of them.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by Bonny

They chose names at random & he was one of them.

Remind me to be appreciative, that my last name isn't...'Random.'

[Abby10]

Originally Posted by Bonny

They chose names at random & he was one of them.

Thanks, Bonny, I understand that, but why was anyone chosen? If no one volunteered, why should anyone who has already boarded be forced to leave for someone else who most likely arrived at the airport late? If no one volunteers, why not just offer the vouchers to those who came late? Just trying to understand why this had to happen at all.

[Kannon451]

The seats were needed for another United Airlines flight crew to staff a flight leaving from the destination of this one.

[jnieman]

I have been bumped before for a flight crew. I heard they upped the offer to $800 and an overnight hotel. The man said he was a doctor and had patients to see the next day. I read somewhere that the police are the ones who dragged him off the flight.