Originally Posted by
PrivatePilot
Honestly, United should just give him an offer he cant refuse and be done with this. Even if its higher than what we would get otherwise in court. Just offer up $10M and be done with it. If this drags out more, UA will probably lose more.
On a side note, its amazing how the Chicago aviation police officers and that department is getting off so lightly on this one. Normally police brutality is all over the news but looks like they got a pass on this one. After all, it was them that actually punched and dragged the guy off the plane.
I think part of it is that this is far from the worst Chicago has done, but part is that the overall narrative is very complex and it's probably politically and narratively easier to blame United.
Of course, this may slowly change as the details about the CDA folks being told not to say they're police, etc., come out...but that's
also not a simple story to tell.