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>Boarded and seated passenger is forcibly deplaned because another employee wants to deadhead in his seat. That’s a pretty gross mischaracterization. Deadheadi

>Boarded and seated passenger is forcibly deplaned because another employee wants to deadhead in his seat. That’s a pretty gross mischaracterization. Deadheading crew members are simply doing as asked by their employer. That man wasn’t kicked off, and abused, because an employee “wanted” his seat. He was removed because the fine print of the agreement when you purchase a ticket allows airline management to make those types of choices. The deadheading crew members weren’t involved in any of the altercation if I remember correctly. I’m not trying to argue it was right at all but it definitely was not the fault of a crew member.

croutonwagon 5y ago
Sorry. Wasnt trying to mischaracterize it as the fault of the deadhead in that case. But to allow a passenger to board, take a seat (with an entire family) and then bump him, was an aggressive action because an employee of the airline made a mistake (generally you get bumped when you try and check in). Additionally in that specific instance, the flight attendant that DID bump him (not the deadhead) refuse to up their offer to entice volunteers (carrot) and chose the stick after a single offer of some pittance (like $50-100 credit). They immediately went to the stick and chose someone. At the first sign of pushback they called airport police and bludgeoned the man and dragged him from the plane. At no point was he the aggressor or agitator. It was entirely an "oopsie we screwed up, but it sucks for you". Agreement or not, thats not how you do business unless, and only unless, you basically have a monopoly on the situation. Which they do. And is exactly why the notion of such a "list" is a terrible idea. Heres the specific incident I am referencing here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Express_Flight_3411_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Express_Flight_3411_inc...

croutonwagon 5y ago

Sorry. Wasnt trying to mischaracterize it as the fault of the deadhead in that case. But to allow a passenger to board, take a seat (with an entire family) and then bump him, was an aggressive action because an employee of the airline made a mistake (generally you get bumped when you try and check in). Additionally in that specific instance, the flight attendant that DID bump him (not the deadhead) refuse to up their offer to entice volunteers (carrot) and chose the stick after a single offer of some pittance (like $50-100 credit). They immediately went to the stick and chose someone. At the first sign of pushback they called airport police and bludgeoned the man and dragged him from the plane. At no point was he the aggressor or agitator. It was entirely an "oopsie we screwed up, but it sucks for you". Agreement or not, thats not how you do business unless, and only unless, you basically have a monopoly on the situation. Which they do. And is exactly why the notion of such a "list" is a terrible idea. Heres the specific incident I am referencing here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Express_Flight_3411_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Express_Flight_3411_inc...