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re: Kentucky doctor drug off overbooked plane by force in Chicago : 5th UPDATE
Posted on 4/11/17 at 10:52 am to Cheese Grits
Posted on 4/11/17 at 10:52 am to Cheese Grits
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and if this comes to court, and proven correct, you can expect enough consumer outrage to surface that a court or congressional bill will make denial of services illegal in the future.
No, they wont. Almost the entire profit of airlines is in those few seats. Congress isn't going to touch that.
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If nobody from first class or nobody with high ticket cost from the remaining classes were asked to leave this could be a huge issue.
Not really, no.
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taking this route and driving from CHI to LOU is only about a 4.5 hour drive
From gate to gate, through rentals and security? No. Try six to seven. And all of that counts toward duty time, meaning the crew would not be available for the flight where they were must-haves.
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 11:51 am to Evolved Simian
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No, they wont. Almost the entire profit of airlines is in those few seats. Congress isn't going to touch that.
I doubt Congress acts (even though they should), but this argument doesn't work.
If overbooking became illegal, the airlines would just slightly increase the cost of all the seats to cover the chance that a few went unsold. No profit would be lost.
If the airlines had any sense, they'd be leading the parade to make the practice illegal. It would eliminate a customer service nightmare for them without creating a competitive disadvantage.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:03 pm to Evolved Simian
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Almost the entire profit of airlines is in those few seats.
If you really dig, you may be incorrect. 30 years ago folks in first class paid the bulk, however, speaking to folks in first class these days, they are middle to lower management or sales reps getting bumped up with billions and billions (say it in the Carl Sagan voice) of priority points. Spoke to one drug rep who flies first class all the time with such points, has not paid for a ticket in ages.
FWIW, drinking in airport bars give great insight on how to travel well for little cash.
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From gate to gate, through rentals and security?
It was a crew, they do not have to go gate to gate, rentals, and similar security. It is interesting as top flight folks travel on the jump seat so what type of crew was this? Stewardess, gate people, or some lower priority staff?
United puts crew on a puddle jumper rental and transports them across the tarmac in 15 mins or so.
United puts crew in an airport limo and drives them to LOU in about 5 hours (straight to employee gate)
I highly doubt 6 or 7
The easiest issue is upping the "buy out" to 1,200 or 1,600 dollars especially as the current rules state 400% on 1 way fare with a maximum of 1,300 dollars. Adding 400 dollars to the buyout price was way cheaper than 2 to 4 hours of flight delay and massive PR dollars lost.
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