One feeling is that if you are asked to leave a plane by police then you should. Overbooking is a fact of modern life and I believe that it is written down in their terms and conditions. Simply put - if the flight is overbooked, nothing can be done about it. Protesting simply causes aggravation for the other passengers.
My other feeling is that everyone has a right to protest if he or she thinks something is wrong.
They handled it completely wrong. They should have just kept upping the price until people volunteered. The overbooking fuck up was their mistake, if it was in Europe they would owe him many thousands of $ for that error alone, let alone the damages to his business and any patient he had to see (he was a doctor).
But upping the price until people volunteered would go against the for profit principle (in the eyes of the airline) - the very reason overbooking occurs. I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think I read somewhere that overbooking is quite common. I do agree with you - I'm just saying this is modern life. It's not something we would have seen, say, 20 years ago (of course, I may be wrong on this). For me, It's starting to feel as if people are the products rather than whatever is actually being sold, if that makes any sense.
Ok, I agree, but not having overbookings will result in higher prices. I can't say this for sure because I don't know the extent of overbookings. Personally, I would prefer paying a slightly higher price than have the risk my seat being double booked. Of course, I can always buy insurance :o) .
I have mixed feeling about this.
One feeling is that if you are asked to leave a plane by police then you should. Overbooking is a fact of modern life and I believe that it is written down in their terms and conditions. Simply put - if the flight is overbooked, nothing can be done about it. Protesting simply causes aggravation for the other passengers.
My other feeling is that everyone has a right to protest if he or she thinks something is wrong.
They handled it completely wrong. They should have just kept upping the price until people volunteered. The overbooking fuck up was their mistake, if it was in Europe they would owe him many thousands of $ for that error alone, let alone the damages to his business and any patient he had to see (he was a doctor).
But upping the price until people volunteered would go against the for profit principle (in the eyes of the airline) - the very reason overbooking occurs. I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think I read somewhere that overbooking is quite common. I do agree with you - I'm just saying this is modern life. It's not something we would have seen, say, 20 years ago (of course, I may be wrong on this). For me, It's starting to feel as if people are the products rather than whatever is actually being sold, if that makes any sense.
"would go against the for profit principle (in the eyes of the airline) "
Good, how else will they be motivated to not screw over passengers and overbook their planes?
Ok, I agree, but not having overbookings will result in higher prices. I can't say this for sure because I don't know the extent of overbookings. Personally, I would prefer paying a slightly higher price than have the risk my seat being double booked. Of course, I can always buy insurance :o) .
Terrible PR and lawsuits have a habit of cutting into profits too.
How's that profit principle working out for them in light of this event?
Apparently, their shares have nose-dived, but, don't worry, they'll be back up again soon.
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Tyler Bridges tweeted @ 09 Apr 2017 - 23:24 UTC
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