Originally Posted by
RTW1
People don't seem to get that being right has nothing to do with also being stupid.
Talking back to an FA, and blending the word terrorist into that conversation, is just plain stupid. So you can be right and still get kicked of the flight..... nobody really but yourself to blame by acting stupid.
Precisely.
Originally Posted by
SFO777
I'm putting my money on a form letter which says nothing.
After all, OP is an over-entitled elite and not someone that UA thinks they need.
And they'd be correct, at least in this case.
Originally Posted by
RTW1
Just reading this story... it's quite clear there was no real problem until the discussion with the FA started. Something he decided to start because he was making a point.
And sure sometimes people are really the innocent sheep they pretend to be.... but not often.
:-:
We have one of what are at least three versions of the story here. The FA probably overreacted. That's unfortunate. But I don't think
MatthewLAX has anyone to blame but himself for being thrown off the plane. Telling the FA that you're well connected with folks at HQ is easily interpreted as a veiled (or not so much) threat. If I were the FA I'd do the same thing. There are 200+ other passengers I have to deal with. I'm not going to let the one who wants to fight with me get in the way of the others.