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Listening to Dr Dao's attorney . . .

MaggieD

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He's the UAL passenger. He is 69 years old. Suffered a concussion, lost two front teeth, broke his nose and has to have reconstructive surgery for his sinuses. He has five children, four of them doctors. All he wanted to do was to get home.

Gives a whole new meaning to flying the friendly skies of United, don't ya' think?

Im thinking at LEAST $10 million. You?
 
United Airlines: "Come for the seating, stay for the beating!"
 
MaggieD said:
He's the UAL passenger. He is 69 years old. Suffered a concussion, lost two front teeth, broke his nose and has to have reconstructive surgery for his sinuses. He has five children, four of them doctors. All he wanted to do was to get home.

Gives a whole new meaning to flying the friendly skies of United, don't ya' think?

Im thinking at LEAST $10 million. You?
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I would think Dr. Dao went through at least as much pain and suffering as Hulk Hogan did as a result of Gawker posting a few minutes of a video showing Hulk having consensual sex with Bubba the Love Sponge's wife.

Let us go back and review that case and see what the Florida jury awarded.
 
Trippy Trekker said:
I would think Dr. Dao went through at least as much pain and suffering as Hulk Hogan did as a result of Gawker posting a few minutes of a video showing Hulk having consensual sex with Bubba the Love Sponge's wife.

Let us go back and review that case and see what the Florida jury awarded.
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What??? :lamo
 
MaggieD said:
He's the UAL passenger. He is 69 years old. Suffered a concussion, lost two front teeth, broke his nose and has to have reconstructive surgery for his sinuses. He has five children, four of them doctors. All he wanted to do was to get home.

Gives a whole new meaning to flying the friendly skies of United, don't ya' think?

Im thinking at LEAST $10 million. You?
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I think he should bet at least a trillion. Being a sniveling, whiny bitch boy should really start to pay better than it currently does.

Don't get me wrong, I feel for the guy being inconvenienced by the so called needs of the airline. I agree that his getting bumped was unfair. However, as far as I'm concerned he lost any and all goodwill I had for him by acting like a damned toddler. The fact of the matter is that sometimes life is unfair. Figure out how to deal with it like an adult and move on.
 
And this what happens when companies stop treating people as customers and instead treat them as consumers.
 
Lutherf said:
I think he should bet at least a trillion. Being a sniveling, whiny bitch boy should really start to pay better than it currently does.

Don't get me wrong, I feel for the guy being inconvenienced by the so called needs of the airline. I agree that his getting bumped was unfair. However, as far as I'm concerned he lost any and all goodwill I had for him by acting like a damned toddler. The fact of the matter is that sometimes life is unfair. Figure out how to deal with it like an adult and move on.
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I'm sure this overbooking scam is quite a profit center for UAL. I suspect that's about to change.
 
Lutherf said:
I think he should bet at least a trillion. Being a sniveling, whiny bitch boy should really start to pay better than it currently does.

Don't get me wrong, I feel for the guy being inconvenienced by the so called needs of the airline. I agree that his getting bumped was unfair. However, as far as I'm concerned he lost any and all goodwill I had for him by acting like a damned toddler. The fact of the matter is that sometimes life is unfair. Figure out how to deal with it like an adult and move on.
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In light of you pointing out the mitigating circumstances, maybe a trillion dollars seems a trite bit much?
 
MaggieD said:
I'm sure this overbooking scam is quite a profit center for UAL. I suspect that's about to change.
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It wasn't even a case of overbooking. UA just wanted to get 4 on their employees on the plane, so they got 4 passengers to leave.
 
"Fly the Friendly Skies, but on the ground, your ass is ours!" Besides, fly United and you earn "beating points"!
 
Lutherf said:
I think he should bet at least a trillion. Being a sniveling, whiny bitch boy should really start to pay better than it currently does.

Don't get me wrong, I feel for the guy being inconvenienced by the so called needs of the airline. I agree that his getting bumped was unfair. However, as far as I'm concerned he lost any and all goodwill I had for him by acting like a damned toddler. The fact of the matter is that sometimes life is unfair. Figure out how to deal with it like an adult and move on.
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Based on the articles I read the doctor in question wasnt acting belligerent. United simply didnt offer him enough since he claimed he had to see patients- the airline wanted to re-book him the next day and he said no. They should have continued to negotiate with him instead of yanking him out of his seat. If anyone acted like a toddler it was the airport cops.
 
MaggieD said:
He's the UAL passenger. He is 69 years old. Suffered a concussion, lost two front teeth, broke his nose and has to have reconstructive surgery for his sinuses. He has five children, four of them doctors. All he wanted to do was to get home.

Gives a whole new meaning to flying the friendly skies of United, don't ya' think?

Im thinking at LEAST $10 million. You?
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As I mentioned in another thread, if it goes to trial, his own behavior will be a mitigating factor, likely a significant one. Everyone has a legal duty to act reasonably at all times, and if you don't, then your claims against another are diminished. He didn't act reasonably, and that's a contributing factor to his injuries.

That said, UAL would be wise, from a PR perspective, to bend over backwards and get this settled quickly, and generously.
 
If you want to be late, take off late, and be dropped off across the ****ing airport from where you need to go next United is the way to go. I suppose I should now add if you want to be beaten up because the company decided you're less important than them then United is the way to go.
 
Lutherf said:
I think he should bet at least a trillion. Being a sniveling, whiny bitch boy should really start to pay better than it currently does.

Don't get me wrong, I feel for the guy being inconvenienced by the so called needs of the airline. I agree that his getting bumped was unfair. However, as far as I'm concerned he lost any and all goodwill I had for him by acting like a damned toddler. The fact of the matter is that sometimes life is unfair. Figure out how to deal with it like an adult and move on.
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He doesn't sound like much of a human being if half what I've heard is true.

That doesn't change the fact that he was injured due to inept manhandling that came about as a result of a very dubious and largely indefensible United policy that needs to be changed, and that both restorative and punitive compensation is reasonably due as a result.

Ignoring Dao's alleged past, I can't blame him for sitting tight and refusing to move. I might have done the same. He paid for his ticket, arrived on time and was seated in the seat he'd paid for.

Sometimes the horse**** just gets too deep and you have to say "No, not putting up with it this time." May result in some airlines revising their policies.
 
MaggieD said:
He's the UAL passenger. He is 69 years old. Suffered a concussion, lost two front teeth, broke his nose and has to have reconstructive surgery for his sinuses. He has five children, four of them doctors. All he wanted to do was to get home.

Gives a whole new meaning to flying the friendly skies of United, don't ya' think?

Im thinking at LEAST $10 million. You?
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On the other hand, he was on private property and asked to leave by the representative of the owner and persons responsible for security. He bodily resisted arrest.
 
MaggieD said:
He's the UAL passenger. He is 69 years old. Suffered a concussion, lost two front teeth, broke his nose and has to have reconstructive surgery for his sinuses. He has five children, four of them doctors. All he wanted to do was to get home.

Gives a whole new meaning to flying the friendly skies of United, don't ya' think?

Im thinking at LEAST $10 million. You?
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Greetings, MaggieD. :2wave:

If the injuries he received are true, H*** yes! His explanation for not wanting to take a later plane were reasonable, which means that not only was he inconvenienced, so were all the other patients he was scheduled to see! I wonder if those patients might also sue, since we don't know what health issues they were dealing with!

Besides, I don't think that any of us expect to be manhandled just because we expected to take a hassle-free flight on any given day! I can't imagine being treated the way he was, and I've flown a lot over the years! :thumbdown:
 
Can the United CEO survive?

He may have to don his golden parachute and exit the plane at 20,000 feet
 
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On the other hand, he was on private property and asked to leave by the representative of the owner and persons responsible for security. He bodily resisted arrest.
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The airline did not have the right to ask him to leave, as he had boarded the plane as a legal ticket holder,
and had not violated any of the rules 21 violations, necessary for them to refuse to transport.
They can not adjust the answer to say he was denied boarding, because he had already boarded.
 
Lutherf said:
I think he should bet at least a trillion. Being a sniveling, whiny bitch boy should really start to pay better than it currently does.

Don't get me wrong, I feel for the guy being inconvenienced by the so called needs of the airline. I agree that his getting bumped was unfair. However, as far as I'm concerned he lost any and all goodwill I had for him by acting like a damned toddler. The fact of the matter is that sometimes life is unfair. Figure out how to deal with it like an adult and move on.
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Oh, so just bend over and take it else be called a sniveling whiny bitch? Sounds like a projection to me.
 
Mac77 said:
The United CEO survive?

He may have to don his golden parachute and exit the plane at 20,000 feet
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He may make it out of this, he is saying the right things,now.
If UAL can get out of this for say a $2 Million settlement, and change the policy.
 
PoS said:
Based on the articles I read the doctor in question wasnt acting belligerent. United simply didnt offer him enough since he claimed he had to see patients- the airline wanted to re-book him the next day and he said no. They should have continued to negotiate with him instead of yanking him out of his seat. If anyone acted like a toddler it was the airport cops.
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Just because the idiot you're dealing with acts like an infant doesn't mean you have to join that crowd. Whether he was in the right or in the wrong the doctor is a damned embarrassment to the male gender.
 
The irony is that every person who flies in America will now pay higher ticket prices because of this incident
 
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