Ya, by force

Just so you kids know, there hasn't been a battleship in American service in most of your lifetimes.



I've always loved that scene.

This post was edited by Santara on Apr 11 2017 08:46am

typical for the state of the west nowadays

law abiding citizens get their asses kicked over a trifle while criminals can use their "human rights" as a shield as they please
its disgusting

An aircraft carrier add so much more to a battle group that is already sporting destroyers, cruisers and frigates already anyway. Still, the iowa's were an interesting last chapter of the centuries old tradition of having big boats with big guns designed to fight other big boats with big guns, with every few decades the guns and boats getting a bit bigger.

They were definitely a lot manlier than the more pragmatic carriers that replaced them, even if they weren't as useful.

This post was edited by DCSS on Apr 11 2017 09:02am

For the uninitiated in here (which seems to be the vast majority of you), this flight was not overbooked. Standard procedure (and I've been in overbook situations many times) is that the airline resolves the overbook status AT THE GATE, before any passenger boards the plane. This was a situation where four United employees were deadheading to Louisville, so they could operate a flight to Newark the next day. These four employees put the flight into an overload status, so they had to remove passengers to accommodate the employees (deadheading happens ALL the time, and in virtually all situations, a deadhead employee has priority over a paying customer, from an operational standpoint - ALL airlines do this).

That being said, United completely mishandled this situation. The $800 cap on rewards for overbooking volunteers doesn't apply here, as passengers were already boarded. They could have continued upping the ante until they got enough volunteers. Instead, they brought in the Waffen SS.

This thread was one of the more interesting write-ups I read yesterday regarding this situation: https://twitter.com/thrasherxy/status/851465316362334208

This post was edited by Surfpunk on Apr 11 2017 09:21am

Do asians have a word for "papers please?"?

Tricky situation, however I feel like it could have been handled better than barging someone from their seat. What if the person had some bone disorder and is easily susceptible to fractures etc, don't think it should be left to security to handle these types of situations

They went to $800? Give me a break. If they went to $3000 someone would have budged

This post was edited by Bazi on Apr 11 2017 09:39am

they'll be paying out a lot more than that and will have already lost probably a multiple of 100x this by now in people deciding to take their business elsewhere already, not to mention the dip in stock today.
$3k, $5k whatever like you said there would eventually be some guy or gal that would say "f it this is worth the hassle of me getting home a day later"