Anger in Asia over passenger forcibly removed from United Airlines flight

[muffinbiller]

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/united-airlines-man-video-dragged-off-plane-overbooked-flight-3411-twitter-viral-a7676846.html


 The eviction of David Dao, a 69-year-old American doctor, from United Airlines Flight 3411 on Sunday night prompted a massive outpouring of indignation and criticism on social media in China after initial reports that he was Chinese.


More than 260,000 people weighed in with comments, the majority expressing disgust at what has been widely interpreted as an example of discrimination against Asians.

“Everybody should be equal. [America] shouts about equal rights but has done such dirty things,” wrote one Weibo user, under the name Yuan Tianweilaoshi.

Another called for Chinese travellers to shun United, which operates flights out of Chinese cities including Beijing, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shanghai and Xi’an, because of Dao’s treatment. “Let’s boycott it together,” wrote Nasenmenghe.

Anger over the incident at O’Hare airport in Chicago, which helped wipe nearly $1bn (£800m) off the company’s value, spread to Vietnam on Wednesday after it was reported that Dao had been born in that country and had moved to the US in the 1970s.

“Watching this makes my blood boil, I’ll never fly United Airlines,” Anh Trang Khuya wrote on Facebook, Vietnam’s most popular social media platform, according to Reuters.

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[peter0425]

Poor United Airlines, this is the worst PR nightmare you can have as a company. He Dr was being filmed dragged off and it went viral already. I don't know how UA wil be able to cover this up. As for the Dr. go sue them up for your brutal removal in the commercial plane. Social media will have a field day shaming UA and their trouble will not over yet when the Dr sue them in court.

[MisO69]

Poor United Airlines, this is the worst PR nightmare you can have as a company. He Dr was being filmed dragged off and it went viral already. I don't know how UA wil be able to cover this up. As for the Dr. go sue them up for your brutal removal in the commercial plane. Social media will have a field day shaming UA and their trouble will not over yet when the Dr sue them in court.

I was thinking about him suing. I just wonder where they are going to find a jury that isn't biased against United now that all of this is out. I guess United should just settle with the man.

[GreenBits]

Poor United Airlines, this is the worst PR nightmare you can have as a company. He Dr was being filmed dragged off and it went viral already. I don't know how UA wil be able to cover this up. As for the Dr. go sue them up for your brutal removal in the commercial plane. Social media will have a field day shaming UA and their trouble will not over yet when the Dr sue them in court.

I was thinking about him suing. I just wonder where they are going to find a jury that isn't biased against United now that all of this is out. I guess United should just settle with the man.

They kind of have it coming, they have been doing alot as of late. And a poor response from the Asian community is appropriate. They picked this guy because he seemed like the least threat, and that's not really fair in a situation like this. And US media is actually dragging this guy through the mud as we speak; a few outfits published articles about some of his legal and health issues (I'm not going to go in to it, it not my business).

Their shares took a fucking nosedive today.

[hermanhs09]

Lol, another reason not to overbook flights.

Even if they continue to overbook flights, I think they shouldn't base the guy who has to be removed off the plane off their "priority on paper" but rather something like a random lottery that is provably fair so nobody can complain that it was unfair.

The losses incurred is just not worth it to sell an extra 10 or so imaginary tickets for $10,000 on each flight. A billion dollars vs $10,000 per flight, maximum, i'll take the billion dollars every time.

[ekoice]

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/united-airlines-man-video-dragged-off-plane-overbooked-flight-3411-twitter-viral-a7676846.html


 The eviction of David Dao, a 69-year-old American doctor, from United Airlines Flight 3411 on Sunday night prompted a massive outpouring of indignation and criticism on social media in China after initial reports that he was Chinese.


More than 260,000 people weighed in with comments, the majority expressing disgust at what has been widely interpreted as an example of discrimination against Asians.

“Everybody should be equal. [America] shouts about equal rights but has done such dirty things,” wrote one Weibo user, under the name Yuan Tianweilaoshi.

Another called for Chinese travellers to shun United, which operates flights out of Chinese cities including Beijing, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shanghai and Xi’an, because of Dao’s treatment. “Let’s boycott it together,” wrote Nasenmenghe.

Anger over the incident at O’Hare airport in Chicago, which helped wipe nearly $1bn (£800m) off the company’s value, spread to Vietnam on Wednesday after it was reported that Dao had been born in that country and had moved to the US in the 1970s.

“Watching this makes my blood boil, I’ll never fly United Airlines,” Anh Trang Khuya wrote on Facebook, Vietnam’s most popular social media platform, according to Reuters.

United airlines should immediately apologize for this incident and should confirm that any such incidents would not occur in future.Otherwise,they should be ready to face a huge revenue loss.

[Malsetid]

Judging by people's reaction, probably less people will be flying united in the next few months but knowing these kinds of issue, once the fire goes out, it would pretty much be back to nornal. Although yeah that incident will always be a stain in ua's public image and the doctor should rake up quite a few millions once he sues the airlines

[Naokia980]

What a shame. They must sued. It isn't acceptable.

[craked5]

Lol, another reason not to overbook flights.

Even if they continue to overbook flights, I think they shouldn't base the guy who has to be removed off the plane off their "priority on paper" but rather something like a random lottery that is provably fair so nobody can complain that it was unfair.

The losses incurred is just not worth it to sell an extra 10 or so imaginary tickets for $10,000 on each flight. A billion dollars vs $10,000 per flight, maximum, i'll take the billion dollars every time.

Yeah or you should simply announce on the plane "hello, does anyone accept to wait for next flight for 10k$"

I'd accept anytime ^^

[Alexzap]

What a shame. They must sued. It isn't acceptable.

I doubt that the court will help. Sure there is a procedure how to proceed in such cases. It happens. I think that just someone is using this case to embroil the Americans with the Chinese. Or maybe it's the struggle of airlines. In any case, I don't see the big problem with this incident.

[GreenBits]

What a shame. They must sued. It isn't acceptable.

I doubt that the court will help. Sure there is a procedure how to proceed in such cases. It happens. I think that just someone is using this case to embroil the Americans with the Chinese. Or maybe it's the struggle of airlines. In any case, I don't see the big problem with this incident.

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You know they like,  broke this guy's nose and teetch removing him from a flight he paid for? They didn't have the legal standing to move him, but they did have the right. But the amount of force used  was unnecessary and callous, and on top of the myriad fuckups they have been having of late, this is the worst optics in the world.

Edit: I had to come back and talk about this, it's like a comedy bit. So, you beat a dudes ass for no good reason about a week after you harrass little kids for wearing leggings. Then, like 3 days later, a fucking scorpion falls out of the overhead storage and actually bites a passenger. It's like God has beef with United; they ate orphans or raped nuns in a past life. You can't make this shit up.

I'm waiting for a flight attendant or pilot to smoke crack in the cockpit on video; then I will be satisfied.

[Sithara007]

From what I have noticed, Asians (especially South Asians) behave extremely rudely while travelling on flights. They argue for no reason, and a lot of them never obey the instructions given by the air hostesses. Some of the cabin crews don't prefer Asian routes as a result of this.

[freedomno1]

People want cheap flights they don't want cheap service and will even take crappy seats for that, but in the end it's not the staff providing a favor to us by giving us the privilege of riding on their airplanes. We have a ton of carriers to choose from and its United's job to realize that we are providing their salaries and can take our business elsewhere. At the end of the day though it really comes down to an Employee doing his job because of higher up orders.

Still if I was that guy its like here is an $800 voucher GTFO I would be like FU I want to ride now I paid let those staff wait!
Last time I flew Air Canada they offered the option if the plane was overloaded to give up my seat for a later flight and in exchange give you a voucher for another trip so they should have just asked all the passengers on the flight and given them the choice instead of a manual kicking off of one.
Could even up the voucher to $1500 someone would wait.

http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2017/04/10/what-united-really-screwed-up-with-their-latest-viral-incident/
https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/home/fly/customer-support/electronic-and-paper-travel-vouchers.html
Reading this they were just cheap.