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1. The flight was not overbooked, they wanted to eject holders of confirmed reserved seats in favor of their own employees in contravention of 14 CFR 250.2a. 2
by BlackFly 10y ago
1. The flight was not overbooked, they wanted to eject holders of confirmed reserved seats in favor of their own employees in contravention of 14 CFR 250.2a.
2. Overbooking rules can only be used to deny boarding. The passenger had already boarded.
3. United's own Contract of Carriage enumerates for "Refusal of Transport" in rule 21. None of the rules apply.
What United did was illegal, plain and simple. They may have made false statements to authorities to get him ejected as well.
- valuearb 10y agoI'm sure some lawyer will try to go down this path for the alleged physician. But the reality is the flight crew has the right to kick anyone off the plane, and they need to have that right.
- phonon 10y agoNot true. UA has a Contract of Carriage that specifically enumerates the possible reasons they can use to deny boarding or remove someone from a flight. There is no "catch-all" in it. https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/contract-of-carriage.aspx#sec21 https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/contract-of-carriag...
- valuearb 10y ago"Force Majeure and Other Unforeseeable Conditions"
- Oletros 10y ago> Whenever such action is necessary or advisable by reason of weather or other conditions beyond UA’s control including, but not limited to, acts of God, force majeure, strikes, civil commotions, embargoes, wars, hostilities, terrorist activities, or disturbances, whether actual, threatened, or reported. I think that this case was about "acts of God" because I don't find any other reason to be force majeure.
- phonon 10y agoI believe this is almost the definition of a foreseeable condition!