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Originally Posted by MattyC
I think most of us are in the same head space. But I think we'd all like to be the one who finally snapped and did this. Every once in a while a situation comes up where you have to plant yourself philosophically and physically. The proverbial "hill to die on". Tough to judge what those points are for other people. This was one of his. For whatever reason he decided to take a stand (or sit) on this point and said "If you want me to move, you will have to move me."
I have great respect for it. People need to stand up against BS, and what United was doing (and has been doing forever - every United flight I've taken in memory has made this offer to people) was pure BS.
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That isn't really what he was doing though. He wasn't standing up for passenger rights. He was saying; "I'm too important, pick someone else".
Personally, I see myself as an equal no matter what someone else's profession is. I would feel bad declining to be bumped knowing that they would have to pick someone else in my place. Any time I fly, I expect delays and plan accordingly. I would have accepted it as bad luck and then posted on the gear grinder thread.