Passenger Dragged Off Of U.S. Airlines Flight!!

[skjl47]

I actually wish an airline would try this crap with me

Hello; Be careful what you wish for. If the man wants you off a plane, you will go off the plane.

I get that people do not like that we can be bumped out of a seat against our will. Get the laws changed. Right now the bumping is legal and we can be removed by force.

 

[Dieselhybrid]

Nobody has time for that lobbying and BS protesting. This country is full of stupid laws and over regulations. I meant what i said. I wish an airline would try this with me. I would enjoy it. United is screwed. A billion down and the fallout has just begun.

 

[krichardson]

I've mentioned this on another forum but there needs to be some sort of consumer group focused on combating the airlines and the crap that they pull such as constantly rising and new charges for every little thing.The airlines hold all the advantage while the very people who keep them in business get bent over and there is no one to speak out about it.

 

[Dieselhybrid]

That's the truth. I manage the travel for the sales team i direct. I have 9 that regularly travel around the US and internationally. With all of the hidden fees, and declining loyalty programs we have changed things a lot. No longer loyal to one airline for our frequent flyer status we now book the best deal and give our employees incentives.
Guess what we won't be flying anymore?! UNITED

 

[skjl47]

Nobody has time for that lobbying and BS protesting. This country is full of stupid laws and over regulations.

Hello; Interesting, Are you saying that because you do not like a law then it is in someway OK to defy such a law. Are you saying that some police or security person is going to have to fight you when they are trying to enforce a lawful order?

I have heard these sentiments expressed before. I am thinking of the notion that some now hold that they have the right to refuse the orders of a policeman during a traffic stop.

 

[skjl47]

Guess what we won't be flying anymore?! UNITED

hello; this is a reasonable plan. It is my understanding however that there are much fewer carriers now a days. It may be that United could be the only carrier along some routes.

 

[pacu mom]

Hello; A couple of questions come to mind. One is what is the man's ethnic background, from China or Vietnam, and why does this matter anyway?

It doesn't matter. Nor does the fact that he lost his license to practice medicine for a while matter. I am sure, though that United was pleased when all the dirt on the man was brought out....as though that justifies what happened to him on their plane.

Perhaps I can enlighten you about your ethnic background question. "all you asians/orientals look alike" is one of the most insensitive remarks that can be made to any asian person. No one wants to be at the bottom of the totem pole, and that makes minority groups some of the most racist, bigoted prejudiced people in the world. Japanese feel superior to Koreans and Chinese. Koreans hate the Japanese for what the Japanese did when they occupied Korea. To call a Korean "Japanese" would be like calling him a pig. Okinawans were considered the lowest of the low, and if a person of Japanese ancestry married an Okinawan, they were probably disowned. This stuff happened a lot in Hawaii, and it has taken over a hundred years for the prejudice to dissipate somewhat. While the pendulum has shifted and Okinawan cultural stuff is celebrated and really big in Hawaii, Okinawans living in Japan are still discriminated against. One interesting observation I have made is that FOBs (fresh off the boat) (you can see my prejudice is showing) are the ones most interested in my ethnic background. They are the ONLY ones who ask me "where are you from?" When I respond "from Southern California" they get confused and ask "No, where are you really from?" Getting national origin wrong is a sore point for people of asian descent.

 

[jaws7777]

I like the Negan one the best. I wonder what Jeffery Morgan is thinking when he sees this.

I like the one with the stewardess asks if they wpuld like a savage beating...lmaoool hysterical


What i dont understand is who chose him ? Why was he the guy that had to be removed ? And was it really so employees of the airline could fly ?

 

[celebrist]

Legal or not it was very lame how it was handled. That being said to try and conflate racial prejudice and discrimination against individuals of Asian descent is quite a stretch unless the other three people that got bumped were also of similar ethnic background

 

[Warborg]

What i dont understand is who chose him ? Why was he the guy that had to be removed ? And was it really so employees of the airline could fly ?

They did a random pick.... yes it really was so some employees could fly(heard they weren't from United though).