As I understand it, the $10K cap for VDB would be offered for a bump off a TPAC paid F.
The physical aspect of the Dao incident is simply avoided by not boarding people until there is a seat for them. With required check-in for deadhead crew, the only place I see a problem are misconnecting UM where the next onward is the last flight of the day and passengers who are denied entry on international flights where the locals won't release the aircraft until the individual is boarded.
Had Dao physically been denied boarding, e.g., not permitted to enter the aircraft, this would have turned out differently.