UA and kicking passengers off their planes (James Fallows Article in The Atlantic)
May 7, 2013, 5:49 am
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UA and kicking passengers off their planes (James Fallows Article in The Atlantic)
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http://www.theatlantic.com/national/...ghs-in/275603/
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/...ghs-in/275603/
May 7, 2013, 5:58 am
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Wow, just when I thought Fallows couldn't make this situation worse ... To post a clearly disgruntled pmUA pilot talk about "the CO takeover" while it was 2 pmUA crew that caused all this drama just fans the flames that aren't really relevant.
May 7, 2013, 7:10 am
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Agree. I thought better of the Atlantic.
May 7, 2013, 7:25 am
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May 7, 2013, 7:25 am
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But seriously - an in-house "rat out your fellow employee" process?
May 7, 2013, 7:27 am
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What's funny is that I think a lot of his gripes like the picture-taking restrictions and the Hindu meal (Asian Vegetarian=vegetarian, Hindu=non-vegetarian. Weird!) are pmUA policies. Didn't the no-cash rule on United pre-date the merger too?
May 7, 2013, 7:42 am
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As a passenger on that flight in question from EWR-IST, I still to this day cannot believe how Matthew was kicked off that plane. I still tell the story of how absurd the whole incident was.
May 7, 2013, 8:07 am
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May 7, 2013, 8:10 am
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While I don't disagree, I'm glad they took the time to share a note from a UA employee which reinforces a belief that many among the FF and MileagePlus Premier community have: that UA management (I use that word instead of "leadership" deliberately) is a bigger issue than the line employees.
May 7, 2013, 8:24 am
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How the heck did that happen?! Is there another thread about it (or is it buried in the Denver family thread somewhere)?I also just read the blog entry from Matthew's blog. That FA sounds psycho!
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May 7, 2013, 8:28 am
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While I don't disagree, I'm glad they took the time to share a note from a UA employee which reinforces a belief that many among the FF and MileagePlus Premier community have: that UA management (I use that word instead of "leadership" deliberately) is a bigger issue than the line employees.
