Fook United Airlines

[Martinjmpr]

Overbooking is going to continue to be an industry practice because it's an economically efficient way for the airlines to meet the continuing phenomena of no-shows. United won't call for aviation security to deplane passengers anymore but they're still going to overbook and that's still going to make people unhappy in some cases.

Or maybe they'll just overbook less which means a greater likelihood of a cancelled seat not being filled by a paying customer, and since it costs almost as much to fly with an empty seat as it does with a full one, fewer paid fares for seats then means everybody else gets to pay a little more.

And before you say "well, we'll just fly the competitors airlines" you better believe the competitors are watching this and will probably take similar actions.

And if Dr. Crazyass gets a nice settlement check from UA, where do you think THAT money is going to come from? Yep, the suckers, I mean the Flying Public, you know, you and me.

Yay! We all get to pay more for airline travel!

[Irving]

Or maybe they'll just overbook less which means a greater likelihood of a cancelled seat not being filled by a paying customer, and since it costs almost as much to fly with an empty seat as it does with a full one, fewer paid fares for seats then means everybody else gets to pay a little more.

And before you say "well, we'll just fly the competitors airlines" you better believe the competitors are watching this and will probably take similar actions.

And if Dr. Crazyass gets a nice settlement check from UA, where do you think THAT money is going to come from? Yep, the suckers, I mean the Flying Public, you know, you and me.

Yay! We all get to pay more for airline travel!

I'd gladly pay a little more to never have to worry about someone telling me that the ticket I paid for is not longer valid. Going to the airport and missing a flight is not like having to pull out of the drive-thru to wait for your food to be cooked.