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Kentucky doctor drug off overbooked plane by force in Chicago : 5th UPDATE
Posted on 4/10/17 at 5:23 pm
Posted on 4/10/17 at 5:23 pm
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What is wrong with people today
You buy a ticket home then they beat you up and drag you off the plane. I thought this was just supposed to happen in communist countries.
UPDATED INFO I
Looks like it was an internist from E-town - so pending confirmation, he was indeed a doctor. Also interesting was folks were supposed to be random but those asked to leave had booked the lowest fares. Also, turns out it was not even the airlines own crew but a crew from another airline flying out of SDF.
UPDATED INFO II
According to FORTUNE magazine United stock dropped 1.4 Billion in pre market trading. Warren Buffet via Berkshire Hathaway owns about 9% of the company which represented a 90 million dollar drop.
UPDATED INFO III
Tho from the Louisville area, it appears Dao did not call the Hebrew Hammer and instead appears to have put Chicago PI lawyer Thomas Demetrio on retainer.
UPDATED INFO IV
Looks like all the passengers on the flight will get that trip free. LINK
Also looks like 2 more law enforcement folks have been suspended.
UPDATED INFO V
Interview with United CEO Oscar Munoz LINK
Daughter Crystal Pepper responds LINK
(turns out 4 of his 5 kids are doctors)
Turns out it was not the first time. This one was a first class passenger who got the same threat for not giving a seat to a more important first class passenger. LINK
What is wrong with people today
You buy a ticket home then they beat you up and drag you off the plane. I thought this was just supposed to happen in communist countries.
UPDATED INFO I
Looks like it was an internist from E-town - so pending confirmation, he was indeed a doctor. Also interesting was folks were supposed to be random but those asked to leave had booked the lowest fares. Also, turns out it was not even the airlines own crew but a crew from another airline flying out of SDF.
UPDATED INFO II
According to FORTUNE magazine United stock dropped 1.4 Billion in pre market trading. Warren Buffet via Berkshire Hathaway owns about 9% of the company which represented a 90 million dollar drop.
UPDATED INFO III
Tho from the Louisville area, it appears Dao did not call the Hebrew Hammer and instead appears to have put Chicago PI lawyer Thomas Demetrio on retainer.
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Demetrio's practice centers on medical negligence, product liability, airplane crash and commercial litigation on behalf of plaintiffs and he has negotiated more than $1 billion in settlements, according to the firm's website.
UPDATED INFO IV
Looks like all the passengers on the flight will get that trip free. LINK
Also looks like 2 more law enforcement folks have been suspended.
UPDATED INFO V
Interview with United CEO Oscar Munoz LINK
Daughter Crystal Pepper responds LINK
(turns out 4 of his 5 kids are doctors)
Turns out it was not the first time. This one was a first class passenger who got the same threat for not giving a seat to a more important first class passenger. LINK
This post was edited on 4/16/17 at 8:58 am
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Posted on 4/10/17 at 5:31 pm to Cheese Grits
This is old news.
United is conducting a "detailed" investigation.
United is conducting a "detailed" investigation.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 6:52 pm to Cheese Grits
Reason number tree fiddy why I will only fly Southwest.
Posted on 4/10/17 at 8:24 pm to Cheese Grits
So, what am I missing here? They dragged a passenger off a flight to get a flight crew on the plane, right?
Why not drive the flight crew from Chicago to Louisville, what would that take 6 hours? Geez, guy gonna get paid a lot, and he should.
Absolutely stupid of the airline.
Why not drive the flight crew from Chicago to Louisville, what would that take 6 hours? Geez, guy gonna get paid a lot, and he should.
Absolutely stupid of the airline.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 6:06 am to Cheese Grits
All you United had to do was keep raising the incentive for someone to debark. Eventually someone would take it. Certainly better than the cost of the bad press on business and the cost of the settlement.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 8:07 am to Cheese Grits
If you asked someone to leave your property and place of business what would you do? You would call the police and if the person didn't comply they would drag their arse off. I have never understood why people seem to think planes are public property.
We can question the wisdom of overbooking, though airlines struggle with survival and all of the crybaby masses aren't interested in saving them when they go out of business. People get bumped all the time and this individual just though he was more important than everyone else.
We can question the wisdom of overbooking, though airlines struggle with survival and all of the crybaby masses aren't interested in saving them when they go out of business. People get bumped all the time and this individual just though he was more important than everyone else.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 11:07 am to Cheese Grits
The memes are already happening. 
Meet the new Head of Customer Service!
Meet the new Head of Customer Service!
This post was edited on 4/11/17 at 11:23 am
Posted on 4/11/17 at 6:14 pm to Cheese Grits
this whole thing is horrible for the Doc from KY - he had been denied the right to practice medicine for just over a decade up & until 2 years ago (I think, I had heard 2015)
KY had reinstated his medical license & THAT is why he was so panicked to be able to see his patients the next day
why? because missing scheduled appointments could be viewed as a reason to revoke his newly acquired right to practice
so, now the whole world knows his history and it will very likely cost him business
I hate how litigious we are as a society, but this guy has a real case here on many levels
KY had reinstated his medical license & THAT is why he was so panicked to be able to see his patients the next day
why? because missing scheduled appointments could be viewed as a reason to revoke his newly acquired right to practice
so, now the whole world knows his history and it will very likely cost him business
I hate how litigious we are as a society, but this guy has a real case here on many levels
Posted on 4/12/17 at 9:25 am to Cheese Grits
I whole-heartedly believe that neither I OR anyone else have the rights to ANYONE's goods and services!! It's a free market and in a TRULY democratic society that's the ONLY way to operate. ON the flip-side, in a free market society, ESPECIALLY in this day and age, the market and public perception pay a HUGE part in how successful you are. The PR backlash that they are receiving is fricking beautiful!! I hope that they lose millions of dollars, continue to be vilified and ultimately become the bane of the Airlines industry... 
Posted on 4/12/17 at 12:18 pm to Cheese Grits
LMFAO
Just watched the video, guy is making retarded noises like he's getting tortured and is dragged off by his arms like a dead fish that can't move. Is the guy a pussy or did they beat the shite out of him and you couldn't see it?
edit: laughing at just the video itself, not the fact he is/was a doctor or the rest of the story
Just watched the video, guy is making retarded noises like he's getting tortured and is dragged off by his arms like a dead fish that can't move. Is the guy a pussy or did they beat the shite out of him and you couldn't see it?
edit: laughing at just the video itself, not the fact he is/was a doctor or the rest of the story
This post was edited on 4/12/17 at 12:20 pm
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