Thread: A man wouldn’t leave an overbooked United flight. So he was dragged off, battered

Jimmy Kimmels take on it.

It was all a little misunderstanding

Originally Posted by Troy

Originally Posted by NZdick1983

I'm just a stinky, lowly plasterer, I can make $800 for a couple hours work....

You're overcharging. Surprised you get any work at those rates.

Jeez man, plasters don't make $800/hour in your country? Even McDonalds pays that basic wage

Originally Posted by redhaze

Can anyone possibly clarify why this guy's past, or what he does for a living, has anything to anything?

Whether you like it or not, it always matters. Widows, orphans, the pretty girl ... public perception is always in play.

Originally Posted by UrbanMan

Originally Posted by redhaze

Can anyone possibly clarify why this guy's past, or what he does for a living, has anything to anything?

Whether you like it or not, it always matters. Widows, orphans, the pretty girl ... public perception is always in play.

United will use anything negative against the old man to diminish any payment they will be making in the future. To characterize him as a fruit cake would sway populous opinion toward the idea that maybe he got what he deserved. There are other reasons why United would like his past exposed as well.

Originally Posted by UrbanMan

Originally Posted by redhaze

Can anyone possibly clarify why this guy's past, or what he does for a living, has anything to anything?

Whether you like it or not, it always matters. Widows, orphans, the pretty girl ... public perception is always in play.

Also, it gives Hannity and United's paid Republican lackeys something to latch onto.

Branson should give the guy a lifetime of free travel on Virgin!

Originally Posted by misskit

^ The video shows who lost the plot and it wasn't the passenger.

Doesn't matter his past or that he didn't want to leave his paid for seat he was sitting in already.

Dead right.Doesn't matter a jot.Nobody deserves to be treated like that, except for maybe Smeg......

United deserve everything they get for this.Dickheads.What on earth were they thinking?

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

Originally Posted by misskit

^ The video shows who lost the plot and it wasn't the passenger.

Doesn't matter his past or that he didn't want to leave his paid for seat he was sitting in already.

Dead right.Doesn't matter a jot.Nobody deserves to be treated like that, except for maybe Smeg......

United deserve everything they get for this.Dickheads.What on earth were they thinking?

Originally Posted by redhazr

Can anyone possibly clarify why this guy's past, or what he does for a living, has anything to anything?

Originally Posted by UrbanMan

Whether you like it or not, it always matters. Widows, orphans, the pretty girl ... public perception is always in play.

Yeah, I was moreso meaning what does it possibly matter for people who....you know....aren't completely stupid.

If the guy's got a history of "mental instability," it certainly matters...This guy is clearly "unstable"...And it played a major part in his "dramatic ejection"...Key word is dramatic...It's all sensationalism because the poor fool helped make it so...And United exacerbated the problem creating more drama...

United's bad history is being "brought up" as well...However, their "latest" ads are quite funny...And apparently they've added the "fight club" section...

Guy is lucky he wasn't shot...It's "America"...And an airplane...What the fook else was to be expected?...

Originally Posted by Lancelot

Jeez man, plasters don't make $800/hour in your country? Even McDonalds pays that basic wage

*sorry off topic nit noi...

I'm off the tools now, just managing my team... but last year when I was still on the tools, sure... 1 bedroom skim $1250 2.5 hours work (including sanding).

Some old part-timer/handyman might take 2 days, but still charge the same lol... guys with bazookas, boxes, electric sanders, etc.. much quicker.. Profesh Woah!

Sheet! My tilers can make $2,500 per day (after my cut/commission) and they are Chinese..(nice chaps BTW)..

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I wonder if the poor bloke will seek compensation? i.e. sue... lawyers would be crawling over each other to represent him... imagine the cut they would make $$$

Originally Posted by FailSafe

According to this NBC News report, the guy and his wife had both accepted $800 vouchers for giving up their seats and voluntarily left the plane, and then reboarded when they found out how long it would take to continue their journey:

United Promises Investigation After Outrage Over Booted Passenger - NBC News

This morning I saw an interview with the guy sitting behind him and that's not at all the way he put it.

Maybe the report is inaccurate, but if they accepted the vouchers there will certainly be a paperwork trail. There's usually more to the story in any case when something like this happens beyond initial assumptions.

With regards the sex and drugs allegations, the papers were referring to a man called David Anh Duy Dao. The doctor dragged from the plane was called David Thanh Duc Dao. United appear to have done a background on the wrong person.

Maybe he can bundle Jarvis in with the daily mail for his defamation case.

Originally Posted by FailSafe

Maybe the report is inaccurate, but if they accepted the vouchers there will certainly be a paperwork trail. There's usually more to the story in any case when something like this happens beyond initial assumptions.

It doesn't matter what more to the story there is. There is NO justification for violently dragging him off the plane like that.
He had paid his fare and been boarded.