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Old Apr 26, 2017, 8:49 am
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Originally Posted by pewpew
So I've heard several people on this forum claim it's an AA issue.
I've suggested this is the case, and only because AA managed to fix the problem after the family was removed from the AC flight. Obviously it was in AA's power to fix the problem, so it's not a huge stretch to assume that it was AA's actions which caused the problem in the first place.

It wouldn't be the first time an OAL reprotection didn't work out as planned...

Originally Posted by pewpew
Regardless of who caused this pax to be unable to be boarded, how do you defend AC's pulling off already-boarded pax because one member of their travel party -- who allegedly was okay with being left behind -- is left behind?
You can't defend that. This is what I meant by airlines "going out of their way" to look bad.
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