Originally Posted by
SFO777
And union members wonder they get no sympathy from the general public. Moron.
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I would send in a complaint to United, hopefully the time was made up in the air and you weren't delayed.
A Northwest pilot got suspended in 99 and I believe ended up getting fired in 1999 over something similar. He didn't like the meal tray he was given and walked off the plane and couldn't find anything in the concourse that looked appealing so he took a cab and went to McDonalds and the flight was delayed over an hour because of his actions. I know Northwest ended up giving all the PAX in first a voucher and miles and may have done it for those in Y as well.
It was a LAS to DTW and IIRC someone higher up in Michigan state government official was on that flight
The pilot got suspended and had over 20 years experience for it and I think they ended up deciding to fire him.