Originally Posted by
Rdenney
But the excuse that this was Republic doesn't wash. It seems to have been established that the gate agents were United employees at ORD, and the gate agent is the one who called in DOA security, the one who was "brusque and demanding", and the one who laughed at a large-but-not-unreasonably-so offer to deboard from another passenger that had demonstrated that VDB's were easily attainable.
If anything, this case really shows what a farce the entire contracting circus is. If United wants to argue this is a Republic flight and not a United flight, how can they justify removing someone with a contract to fly on a Republic flight so that employees of Trans State can fly on a Trans State flight!