Originally Posted by
spin88
Bags get damaged, and I know odd items like this are the most likely to be damaged. As others suggest the baggage people don't know how to handle them, and so I don't think this is one to bash United over.
That said.... after Dao, and a string of other stories (punching out a 72 year old at IAH and leaving him laying on the floor; etc) basically anything negative about United is now news.
Sort of rough justice for running such a crappy anti-customer airline.
In the face of bad PR, it is difficult to be perceived objectively.