A. You make it sound as if a common carrier violating its own contract of carriage is no big deal. Depending on how widespread and severe the violations are, th

A. You make it sound as if a common carrier violating its own contract of carriage is no big deal. Depending on how widespread and severe the violations are, there could be considerable repercussions from the DOT/FAA, in addition to civil damages. B. It's no simple thing to forcibly remove someone. This is not "being asked to leave a plane you already boarded." but dragging someone out violently. If the airline is the one breaching their contract, why would the police assist in that breach? You can read a bit more-- https://www.natlawreview.com/article/united-airlines-dr-dao-and-contract-carriage https://www.natlawreview.com/article/united-airlines-dr-dao-... https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43078.pdf https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43078.pdf