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> Prioritising employees may very well be essential to the continued or optimal operation of your airline But that doesn't seem to be legal. It wasn't an over

> Prioritising employees may very well be essential to the continued or optimal operation of your airline But that doesn't seem to be legal. It wasn't an oversold flight and the rule is "In the event of an oversold flight, every carrier shall ensure that the smallest practicable number of persons holding confirmed reserved space on that flight are denied boarding involuntarily." The airline didn't do that because ensuring the "smallest practicable number of persons holding confirmed reserved space" would mean the non-flight employees get bumped not the passengers.

true_religion 10y ago
Their claim is that rules for what happens to passengers in the case of an oversold flight shouldn't apply, because this flight wasn't oversold and incorrectly boarded. Instead, employees never count towards overselling in the flight, but if their aren't enough employee-only seats, they'll take a customer seat instead. Regardless, this is all a civil matter, and in civil matters you do not have the right to physically fight with staff or the police because you aren't getting your way. Instead, you go to court.