Originally Posted by
BStrauss3
Several pages ago, I don't care to figure out how many, somebody asked "why would anyone accept VDB". It's called the prisoner's dilemma. Read about it - it explains oh so much about conduct of both passengers and the airlines.
Um, what relevence is the prisoner's dilemma to whether to accept to be denied boarding voluntarily
The airline will make an offer
If that offer makes it worthwhile to accept then the passenger accepts
The offer pay increase if not enough volunteers are found : in which case will receive more than was originally happy with
If there is no need for a volunteer then will get on the flight
If the offer is not of interest, then no need to volunteer; there is very unlikely to be any impact to not volunteering , just a very low chance that if there are not enough volunteers AND if then picked for denial of boarding then will get IDB compensation plus denied boarding
The prisoner's dilemma has no similarity and is to do with co-operation of 2 individuals
e.g. with 2 prisoners ; there is insufficient evidence to convict either one on a major charge but both could be convicted on a minor one. If one is prepared to betray the other then he will get off and other convicted of major charge. If both betray, then they both get convicted of the major charge
Each left to decide whether to betray or stay silent