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Ace · 04-10-2017, 11:34 AM

My wife was showing this to me this morning, looked like a police officer used a taser, and I played Devils advocate that those are the rules and if a police officer asks you to leave then you follow the instructions (they have a tough job).

But after reading the circumstances I can't believe this:
-First why on earth would you board a plane, if it's overbooked, you get the volunteers first at the gate. Totally United's Fault
-Second, for this to be for employees to fly, that's just inexcusable, especially to escalate force.
-If these are "security guards" and not Police Officers then this level of force is completely out of line.
-Change the $800 to cash instead of a voucher and you easily get volunteers.

04-10-2017, 11:34 AM	#26
Ace First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2002 Exp:	My wife was showing this to me this morning, looked like a police officer used a taser, and I played Devils advocate that those are the rules and if a police officer asks you to leave then you follow the instructions (they have a tough job). But after reading the circumstances I can't believe this: -First why on earth would you board a plane, if it's overbooked, you get the volunteers first at the gate. Totally United's Fault -Second, for this to be for employees to fly, that's just inexcusable, especially to escalate force. -If these are "security guards" and not Police Officers then this level of force is completely out of line. -Change the $800 to cash instead of a voucher and you easily get volunteers. __________________ Last edited by Ace; 04-10-2017 at 11:42 AM.