Fook United Airlines

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Or put their crew on another airline that night. This happens all the time.

It does happen frequently. But they lose the ability to ensure the crew gets moved when using another airline. They fly space positive on their own flights (and their code share flights). If the other airlines are full or run later then they run the risk of down-line delays or cancellations due to being bumped or timed out on their regulatory duty/rest.

It's a crap sandwich. They should've handled it better. There will always be last minute and unplanned crew movements though. Many people got bumped around the country that day. Most just didn't get socked in the eye and YouTube'd as it happened.