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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
It's been said on the previous pages by myself and Acey if you bothered to read it. Basically situations arise where airlines have to comandeer seats for their staff to put out fires. Acey gave the example of Alaska having to fly a mechanic in to Edmonton to execute a fix. Guess what, someone got bumped for that, because 1 person losing their seat and getting delayed is better than 100 people. That's the math that airlines have to take into account. When you book with a large airline you're splitting the cost not just with the people on your flight but also the thousands that fly with that carrier everyday. You naturally only care about getting to your destination but the airline has to worry about everyone. It's not like they told this guy at first, "thanks for the money, better luck next time." He would've gotten to the destination for the fare paid plus extra compensation.
I would easily blame the Team Captain, because as the best hitter and the only pitcher I'm clearly more important than the Cloister or J-Bone
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Yeah, I was on a flight not that long ago that had mechanical problems that caused a several hour delay. On the was back to Toronto, they had to stop in St. John's and replace the crew who were then over their allowed hours. The new crew was flown in on emergency from Montreal.
I imagine that people were bumped either getting the new crew to St. John's or the old crew back to Toronto where they likely had other flights to work on that week.
I mean, they aren't going to cancel entire flights because some passengers refuse to be bumped. I get it that it would suck, but managing air traffic is a difficult business. It's not like just hailing a taxi or something.
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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
but it doesn't change the fact that the guy was getting ripped off, and when didn't smile and just take it, he was beaten up.
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He wasn't getting ripped off. And beaten up is a little dramatic. He was injured in the struggle when they tried to remove him (after he dared them to).
People are talking like one security held him while the other curb stomped him on the arm of the chair. They grabbed him and he flailed.