"Maryland Family claims UA made them sit in vomit on flight" or fly next day/flight
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"Maryland Family claims UA made them sit in vomit on flight" or fly next day/flight
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Sigh... they were not "forced" to sit in vomit... they chose to.
They turned down the re-booking, I really dont see how UA was in the wrong. Probably they could have taken volunteers to take the bump... but at the end of day they made the choice to stay in those seats. Shouldnt be news.
Flame away.
They turned down the re-booking, I really dont see how UA was in the wrong. Probably they could have taken volunteers to take the bump... but at the end of day they made the choice to stay in those seats. Shouldnt be news.
Flame away.
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From the article: "Instead of offering to come in and scrub the seats down, the airline offered them blankets."
1. That was above and beyond for an Economy experience.
2. The FA that did this will surely be reprimanded for providing First Class amenit-eye to Economy passengers.
1. That was above and beyond for an Economy experience.
2. The FA that did this will surely be reprimanded for providing First Class amenit-eye to Economy passengers.
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Not everybody has the flexibility to pick/choose when they can get back to work (UA offered to put them on the next day's flight).
I'm sure there were same day options on other airlines, why didn't UA offer that? Considering it was UA's fault to start with, this is the least they could've done.
Friendly skies, just sit in vomit
I'm sure there were same day options on other airlines, why didn't UA offer that? Considering it was UA's fault to start with, this is the least they could've done.
Friendly skies, just sit in vomit
Sigh... they were not "forced" to sit in vomit... they chose to.
They turned down the re-booking, I really dont see how UA was in the wrong. Probably they could have taken volunteers to take the bump... but at the end of day they made the choice to stay in those seats. Shouldnt be news.
Flame away.
They turned down the re-booking, I really dont see how UA was in the wrong. Probably they could have taken volunteers to take the bump... but at the end of day they made the choice to stay in those seats. Shouldnt be news.
Flame away.
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The news article claims that a United spokesperson stated that the flight attendants could not deal with the problem otherwise because they had to ensure an on-time departure.
With all of the delays that UA experiences daily, you'd think cleaning puke out of the cabin would qualify as a good reason to add one more delay to their operation.
With all of the delays that UA experiences daily, you'd think cleaning puke out of the cabin would qualify as a good reason to add one more delay to their operation.
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The failure to properly clean the cabin is inexcusable.
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Not everybody has the flexibility to pick/choose when they can get back to work (UA offered to put them on the next day's flight).
I'm sure there were same day options on other airlines, why didn't UA offer that? Considering it was UA's fault to start with, this is the least they could've done.
Friendly skies, just sit in vomit
I'm sure there were same day options on other airlines, why didn't UA offer that? Considering it was UA's fault to start with, this is the least they could've done.
Friendly skies, just sit in vomit
They chose to remain and then decided to make it a media event... I just dont have a ton of tolerance for that kind of behavior.
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So many posters here lack simple empathy. United could have and should have done better, that's the nuts and bolts of it, period.
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Probably so, but I bet a proper cleaning would have resulted in misconnects...pick your poison. By the way, I wonder if vomit under one's seat is a health hazard (note that they apparently weren't "sitting in vomit", as the thread title and media report imply).
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I know which one I'd pick, but shouldn't the Public Health regulators somewhere in government have a say in this judgement call?
Remember a few months ago when Ebola incubating pax were flying United? How do we know where these particular bodily fluids originated or what they contained?
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One is figurative poison, and the other is literal poison.
I know which one I'd pick, but shouldn't the Public Health regulators somewhere in government have a say in this judgement call?
Remember a few months ago when Ebola incubating pax were flying United? How do we know where these particular bodily fluids originated or what they contained?
I know which one I'd pick, but shouldn't the Public Health regulators somewhere in government have a say in this judgement call?
Remember a few months ago when Ebola incubating pax were flying United? How do we know where these particular bodily fluids originated or what they contained?
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By the way, I haven't searched for a while, but are the barf bags still provided in the seat pocket on UA?
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