Posted on 04/12/2017 8:51:15 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
"""Then, as though to prove beyond doubt that it considered its passengers the expendable players in this drama, it summoned the police to do its dirty work. Something’s wrong with the intellects running United Airlines, and if there’s any justice in the world, now they’ll really pay."""
I have found Southwest Airlines to have excellent customer service. And it pays off. In just a few years, Southwest has grown from a regional airline to become number four in the country. Why can’t the other airlines emulate Southwest?
Saw him on GMA this morning. He looked stupid....................
Best analysis so far of the event. The Airline mis-managed both before and after the event. Senior heads should roll, but they will probably ‘re-accommodate’ some lower level scapegoats.
What I don’t get is the supposed reason why airlines overbook.
Supposedly it’s because there are almost always some people that don’t show up for a flight and the companies don’t like to fly with empty seats. But haven’t the no-shows prepaid for those tickets, and if they simply fail to show up don’t they forfeit their fares?
So how are the airlines losing money because of no shows?
I refuse to patronize any business run by a Mexican.
Even my landscaper is a surfer guy named Dale.
I agree regarding your comments re Southwest Airlines.
Southwest Airlines is the ONLY major airline that did not declare bankruptcy in the post 9/11 era.
The other airlines do not want to emulate Southwest as that would be admitting they have been incompetent for decades.
Blah, blah, blah. Just knee-jerk commentary. Not based on facts, but emotions.
That they let him back on the plane to continue his way home should put everyone involved in peril of a very expensive lawsuit.
Icing on the cake may be the CEO’s statements, who was duplicitous when defending his employees in one statement and apologizing for what happened in another.,
That said, I understand they offered $1,000 to rebook.
I would have asked for hotel, free meal and coupons, as they usually give me all of them...
And if I found out it was for some employees and I was being asked by name to rebook, I would have pressed pretty hard....
I usually get a boat load of goodies.
Per Twitter today:
Media found the criminal records of one David Anh Duy Dao. The doctor on the plane was David Thanh Duc Dao.
It could not get any worse if this is true.
I didn’t know he was a Mexican.
I also didn’t know Mexicans couldn’t surf.......................
Who was the Captain of this flight?
If there was trouble the flight attendant would have gone to the Captain.
My guess is the Captain said to remove the customers so the flight crew could get on.
Professional courtesy and all that.
Is United owned by the employees?
The intellects running United Airlines might be compromised based on an acceptance of progressivism, otherwise known as nihilism.
Nihilism asserts there is no objective moral law and no objective meaning in life. As a result, human life has value and individuals are expendable. The destiny of this philosophy leads to the gas chambers of Auschwitz.
Nihilism = progressivism = liberalism = democrat party.
What surprised me is that the ticket one purchases is not a contract. You'd think it would be, and the airline is obligated to provide the seat you booked and paid for.
This is a perfect example of corporate power run amuck.
Ah, think you need to read what you wrote.
I fly infrequently and it is usually to and from Florida via Southwest. I wouldn’t call them the best but in this era they are the least bad. If I could afford it, general aviation is the way I’d go.
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