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I hope you realize that the real cost of a plane is more than the initial plane cost. I thought I wanted plane too when I got my ticket but after adding up the costs, and dividing by the max amount of hours that I would possibly fly, it's cheaper to rent.

I think he hid his ID on purpose so that she would see his pilot certificate and would be impressed. BTW- You should have said that you fly for United. She'd really be impressed. LOL

Especially since you could make enough interest for a beer if you put that overpayment in the bank. Better yet, take the extra cash each pay period and blow it. Then at tax time, I'll take MY refund and go on a nice vacation while you complain about not getting a refund. :p The interest-free...

When I saw your avatar, reminded me that I met Bill Murray, Geena Davis (young and hot), and Randy Quaid (as wacky in real life as the National Lampoons movies). I was a kid like 11 or 12. They were shooting a movie that nobody ever saw called "Quick Change". It was summer and my friends and...

That doesn't work either. A yet better scenario would be that the place was filled to capacity and they needed to fix the DJ booth, so 4 repair guys had to come in but the club is literally at the max number allowed by law. So 4 people have to leave in order for the repair guys to be able to...

True, they could have resolved it without any particular person being chosen. But once they selected a person, that particular passenger had to leave the plane. Lets say they asked him nicely and he refused. Now what? Move on to the next person? Do you think ANYBODY else would leave if they...

I know that United has red-eye flights and but I heard they now offer black-eye flights. :eek:

I thought the same thing, but after thinking about it I realized it's not as simple as just not overbooking. Yes, you can stop overbooking. And if a person no shows, then they lose their ticket. But what if a person changes their flight to the next day. So now, day 1, empty seat flies, and...

Exactly. I don't think the cops came over and yanked the guy out of his seat without a word. It probably went something like this: police: Good morning sir. the doc: (silence) police: The flight crew is requesting that you de-board the plane. Please stand up, get your things, and we will...

I think that was offered at first. They even said "pretty please with a cherry on top" but the guy didn't budge. Should they have just walked away? This was a calculated move on the part of the "doc" to get a payday. But there was no other way for this to end once the cops were called. Cops...

He should have chosen his battles more wisely. The sad part is that he will get paid off to not go to court where a bleeding heart jury would award him a buttload of money because they made him bleed. And I heard that the cops were placed on modified duty while being investigated due to this...

I've never said that pilots (or anybody else for that matter) couldn't or shouldn't give their opinions. I'm all for open discussion and seeing all viewpoints. I was responding to the pilot who was irritated that people actually had the balls to question/disagree/contradict the comments made...

I wouldn't cry over 3%, or 10% if it would mean that my confirmed seat was actually confirmed. Why would there need to be a price increase in the first place? If people buy tickets but don't show, then you make them pay a hefty change fee and all is well. Basically, nobody is supposed to give...

You think 120-150 people getting off together would really terrify them? Honestly, the comments about bad PR are a joke. As somebody said already, people will comment, share, etc all of this for about 3 days, and then biz as usual. If Kayak or Google Flights show United being cheaper, most...

But it it's confirmed, how can it be denied? Seems contradictory. Also, has Louisville recently become the place to be or what? They couldn't get 4 people to get off the plane? :p:p:p

Jetblue claim that they don't overbook. Personally, overbooking should be illegal. Or instead of being illegal, airlines who come across a situation like this where they have a plane full of paying passengers and bump them for other passengers/staff get a heavy fine.

United would love for the whole plane to walk out since they already have all the money. They don't have to fly to the destination and would make even more money. In reality, that plane was probably was probably already scheduled to fly from Louisville to another destination, so most likely it...

Personally, I'd like to see at least a 30 day suspension. Something. The guy landed on a friggin taxiway. Does anybody actually believe that if it had been any one of us, not a famous person with money, that the result would be the same?

The guy who runs that site and puts up transcribed captions is definitely not a native English speaker. He makes some bad blunders on fairly easy and common English phrases.

Very true.