greenbcj

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by greenbcj 5y ago
…or if the weather changes and they need to reduce weight. On a CRJ this is quite common (which was the type of plane this incident occurred).
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by greenbcj 5y ago
“airline staff could fly for free” It’s not that simple. This was a crew being sent to operate another plane. If they can’t move the crew, that could potentially cancel several other flights, and affect hundreds of other passengers.
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by greenbcj 5y ago
Yeah… it’s sort of like doctors routinely overbooking appointments, and you have to wait four hours after your scheduled time to see the doctor. I wonder if the doctor on this plane did this as well?
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by greenbcj 5y ago
I agree… Republic screwed up here in allowing the passengers to board before sorting out the crew seats. But, would this passenger have acted any differently if they had to ask him to leave under one of the acceptable conditions? Based on
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by greenbcj 5y ago
The airlines need to figure this out on their own. Commuter rail lines deal with much worse, and somehow don’t need a special list; instead, relying on the same criminal trespass laws the rest of us use. And… to be fair, far more railroad
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by greenbcj 5y ago
I side with the airline here. What no one mentions, is that this guy bought a ticket where the fare rules clearly state your seat is conditional; it was a deeply discounted fare. If I have something important where I need to be somewhere, I
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by greenbcj 6y ago
This seems more like “build your own data warehouse” than data lake.