Originally Posted by AZ Travels the World
Article on the front of the business section of today's
Arizona Republic (with a photo and lead-in near the top of page one of the paper):
From the article :
"The number of involuntarily bumped passengers totaled 57 of about 11,100 passengers, he said. He said the most on a single flight was 12 and that happened once. "This isn't an everyday occurrence," spokesman Phil Gee said."
Doesn't that contradict your experience? If his numbers are correct, it's not that big of a deal. If your numbers are right, people would be insane to book w/ US.
Either way, 757 with highest MTOW is the best plane to Hawaii from an operator's POV. Not having the paperwork in place prior to route starup is inexcusable.