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pnwmom

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11. The airline didn't have to fly the plane with 4 extra passengers. They could have hired

Reply to randome (Reply #10)

Fri Apr 14, 2017, 10:22 AM

Apr 2017

a limo and had it drive their crew members the 4 hours to the destination. Problem solved.

They also could have taken bids from the entire remaining passenger list, to see what was the lowest amount any passenger would accept to leave. This is the method Delta routinely uses, with success.

(But the only option they gave to the doctor was to wait a full day -- till the next afternoon -- for another one of their flights; even though they had multiple other flights during the 24 hours and other airlines were flying that route as well.)

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Chicago aviation security officers are not supposed to board planes unless [View all] pnwmom Apr 2017 OP

KnR. Well well well. Hekate Apr 2017 #1

That is informative, pnwmom. brer cat Apr 2017 #2

The doctor (and attorneys) will end up owning an airline and a city HAB911 Apr 2017 #3

It's interesting that the Chicago police initially made a statement about the incident. yardwork Apr 2017 #4

Actually, he did fall, when he lost his death grip on the chair. So did the officers pulling on him. randome Apr 2017 #5

Pathetic. /nt yardwork Apr 2017 #6

Reading the article more fully, I see that this police force at O'Hare is not common. randome Apr 2017 #7

There is no possible definition of imminent threat that applies to the doctor. pnwmom Apr 2017 #9

You could be right. randome Apr 2017 #10

The airline didn't have to fly the plane with 4 extra passengers. They could have hired pnwmom Apr 2017 #11

We don't know if they could have hired a limo. If any of the 4 was a pilot... randome Apr 2017 #13

Police/Security are corporate tools malaise Apr 2017 #8

True reform is when the thugs feel the pain in their pocketbook dalton99a Apr 2017 #12

I flew in and out of O'Hare a couple of weeks ago ucrdem Apr 2017 #14