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

Good one!

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Now isn't this interesting? Tell me United wouldn't have got four volunteers if they'd gone to the maximum?

One Delta passenger turned a bad experience at New York City's Laguardia Airport into a rare lucrative opportunity this past weekend and made $11,000 off of repeated flight delays.

In total, the Blooms received nearly $11,000 — all entirely in gift cards. Delta will send an e-mail to volunteers with a link to a website, where they can use a code to choose the type of gift cards they wish to receive (American Express, Target, and Macy’s, for example).

How One Woman Made $11,000 Off of Delta Flight Delays | Travel + Leisure

That could be a full time job. Buy a ticket a week on a busy route and keep "attending" the airport and keep getting paid.

Originally Posted by BaitongBoy

Just who the hell does he think he is?...

A paying customer who deserved more respect, I'd say.

The situation was hardly comparable to being told to remove a baby's socks, ffs.

^^
A Vietnamese doctor.

Originally Posted by Cold Pizza

Here's an article written by the pilot's wife.

A fairly dumb article. 9/11 is no reason to assault a paying customer.

Originally Posted by cyrille

A paying customer who deserved more respect, I'd say.

I knew someone would retort with that comment...But that does not give him "unlimited" rights...Nor the right to "create" such a shit fit of trouble...

Originally Posted by rickschoppers

A Vietnamese doctor.

Heh...I've already mentioned the Dr "God Almighty" factor...It's certainly not limited to Asians, either...

Good sarcasm, mate...

Originally Posted by Begbie

A fairly dumb article. 9/11 is no reason to assault a paying customer.

Absolutely.

The security issue involved is how the fuck did he manage to get back onto the plane, not why was the guy so dazed and panicked that he tried to do so.

The whole article is just totally skewed in favour of the airlines (where the daily bread comes from of course) and indicates how deep seated the problem seems to be. Basically it's saying that post 9-11 airlines can treat customers like shit, even when no security aspects are involved.

Originally Posted by BaitongBoy

Originally Posted by cyrille

A paying customer who deserved more respect, I'd say.

I knew someone would retort with that comment...But that does not give him "unlimited" rights...

'Unlimited rights'?

Who on earth is talking about 'unlimited rights'?

Some "chop logic" thinking here, guys...

The main reason this case is such "breaking news" is because nobody has been stupid enough to resist like this before...

Poor dumb bastards from United and airport "security" have never had someone so arrogantly believe that he is better than everybody else...

Sure, it looks like inadequate training because they've never encountered such a defiant and selfish little barstard who needs psychiatric help...

Such drama...

Originally Posted by cyrille

Who on earth is talking about 'unlimited rights'?

Exactly my point...The good doctor seems to be alone on this one...

Originally Posted by BaitongBoy

Exactly my point...The good doctor seems to be alone on this one...

Well someone is certainly alone in their opinion. Not just here either, pretty much the entire galaxy seems to disagree with you on this one.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Basically it's saying that post 9-11 airlines can treat customers like shit, even when no security aspects are involved.

Basically it's saying that post 9-11 government and non-government officials can treat citizens like shit, even when no security aspects are involved.

FIFY.
Thanks Bush's Patriot Act.

Originally Posted by Cujo

I hope you were joking.

Sadly not. BB is riding this one into the death....

he didn't have the patients to get tossed off later

Homo Alone,he'd been pulled of before

https://www.debatepolitics.com/law-a...ackground.html

Mind you it was only 98 times he was just giving a jand

In 2003, Dao was charged with 98 counts of illegally prescribing and trafficking prescription painkillers such as hydrocodone, Oxycontin and Percocet. You can read the criminal complaint above, along with other documents related to the case and Dao’s medical license.[FONT=Droid Sans]He was a co-defendant in the case along with Brian D. Case, who was indicted on 33 felony drug charges.

Dao was caught on surveillance video meeting patients and supplying them with painkillers, mainly hydrocodone.
[COLOR=#404040According to a criminal complaint on at least one occasion, Dao received $174 in exchange for the pills in an unlabeled bottle. From 2001-2003, Dao “unlawfully prescribed controlled substances” to patients, court documents said.[/COLOR]

The criminal complaint in the case went onto say that Dao would solicit homosexual relations with a male patient in exchange for a prescription for hydrocodone. The meetings occurred at motels and it was found that Dao had written out personal checks to the patient on more than one occasion.

The patient was arrested at a Walgreens Pharmacy and brought in for an interview, where he confessed about his and Dao’s relationship. The man was brought into police custody because he was calling the pharmacy to order prescriptions and saying that he was in fact Dao, picking up prescriptions under numerous aliases.

Dao was eventually arrested by police at a hotel room in Jefferson County on July 25, 2003. The room was under surveillance by the Louisville Police Department and Dao was seen with the male patient without a shirt on and with his pants undone. The patient gave Dao money for a bottle of pills and police stormed the room to arrest him upon the exchange
Dao was officially charged with unlawful prescribing, trafficking in a controlled substance and complicity in obtaining drugs by fraud and deceit and pled not guilty to the charges.

Some of those charges ended up being dismissed, but Dao was eventually convicted on six counts. He was found guilty of complicity in obtaining a controlled substance (hydrocodone) by fraud and sentenced to two years, eight months in prison, a sentence that was suspended, and was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.

In addition to those convictions, Dao was indicted in Nelson County with eight felony counts of obtaining controlled substances by fraud and deceit and eight more of complicity to obtain controlled substances by fraud and deceit. Those charges were all dismissed in April 2005.

Homo Alone

Perhaps United should make gay travellers wear some identifying mark (a pink triangle perhaps) - at least that way redneck fellow passengers would know whether or not to join in with the beating.

Originally Posted by 2020Fission

he didn't have the patients to get tossed off later

Homo Alone,he'd been pulled of before

https://www.debatepolitics.com/law-a...ackground.html

Mind you it was only 98 times he was just giving a jand

In 2003, Dao was charged with 98 counts of illegally prescribing and trafficking prescription painkillers such as hydrocodone, Oxycontin and Percocet. You can read the criminal complaint above, along with other documents related to the case and Dao’s medical license.[FONT=Droid Sans]He was a co-defendant in the case along with Brian D. Case, who was indicted on 33 felony drug charges.

Dao was caught on surveillance video meeting patients and supplying them with painkillers, mainly hydrocodone.
[COLOR=#404040According to a criminal complaint on at least one occasion, Dao received $174 in exchange for the pills in an unlabeled bottle. From 2001-2003, Dao “unlawfully prescribed controlled substances” to patients, court documents said.[/COLOR]

The criminal complaint in the case went onto say that Dao would solicit homosexual relations with a male patient in exchange for a prescription for hydrocodone. The meetings occurred at motels and it was found that Dao had written out personal checks to the patient on more than one occasion.

The patient was arrested at a Walgreens Pharmacy and brought in for an interview, where he confessed about his and Dao’s relationship. The man was brought into police custody because he was calling the pharmacy to order prescriptions and saying that he was in fact Dao, picking up prescriptions under numerous aliases.

Dao was eventually arrested by police at a hotel room in Jefferson County on July 25, 2003. The room was under surveillance by the Louisville Police Department and Dao was seen with the male patient without a shirt on and with his pants undone. The patient gave Dao money for a bottle of pills and police stormed the room to arrest him upon the exchange
Dao was officially charged with unlawful prescribing, trafficking in a controlled substance and complicity in obtaining drugs by fraud and deceit and pled not guilty to the charges.

Some of those charges ended up being dismissed, but Dao was eventually convicted on six counts. He was found guilty of complicity in obtaining a controlled substance (hydrocodone) by fraud and sentenced to two years, eight months in prison, a sentence that was suspended, and was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.

In addition to those convictions, Dao was indicted in Nelson County with eight felony counts of obtaining controlled substances by fraud and deceit and eight more of complicity to obtain controlled substances by fraud and deceit. Those charges were all dismissed in April 2005.

This has already been debunked. Wrong guy and he will probably sue the publisher.
Regardless, even if it was him his history is irrelevant. Why are some people so desperate to blame the victim?

Originally Posted by Cujo

Why are some people so desperate to blame the victim?

...he doesn't look like us...

Originally Posted by Passing Through

gets booted off first so there's not even the justice of being randomly selected. Poor?

Or well-organised and booked far in advance when it was cheaper. And usually this will be a passenger with lots of plans/connections/hotels booked etc.

If it happens a lot, and it appears to be not infrequent, the airline should have a class of ticket that is cheap, sold on the condition that you may be bumped.

Originally Posted by tomcat

Originally Posted by Cujo

Why are some people so desperate to blame the victim?

...he doesn't look like us...

Thank god fer that,...no worse stigma than being a limp wristed queer in a gay fedora with pink carnation and a handkerchief.

Originally Posted by ENT

no worse stigma

...actually, large black males may suffer greater indignities...check your research...

Originally Posted by tomcat

Originally Posted by ENT

no worse stigma

...actually, large black males may suffer greater indignities...check your research...

Don't be daft, their cuzzy bros in security wouldn't be too keen to shift them.