# United airlines brutally removes passenger after overbooking flight **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-airlines-brutally-removes-passenger-after-overbooking-flight/784171 "2017-04-10T14:04:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 71
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-airlines-brutally-removes-passenger-after-overbooking-flight/784171/1401 "2017-06-14T18:59:19Z")
> [@](#): > > A surgeon might be able to continue to do surgery if he or she lost partial use of his hands, or might not, depending on the nature of the damage. Yes, just ask Stephen Strange. > [@](#): > > Saying that particular people rely more on the health of their hands does NOT imply that others don’t need the use of their hands, and does NOT imply that it would be ok for someone else to be hurt. It only implies that the person in question has a greater reason for concern. Yes, it’s a simple fact that some people’s hands are more valuable than others’. Just like how a life insurance policy will pay more for the loss of an income-earning spouse than for a child. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-airlines-brutally-removes-passenger-after-overbooking-flight/784171/1402 "2017-06-14T19:08:48Z")
Yay, this thread pops back up just as I’m checking in me and my family for our trip on United tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-airlines-brutally-removes-passenger-after-overbooking-flight/784171/1403 "2017-06-14T19:24:25Z")
let us know how it goes! I’ll make popcorn, mc ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-airlines-brutally-removes-passenger-after-overbooking-flight/784171/1404 "2017-06-14T19:29:09Z")
United Airlines brutally denies meal service to passengers on the 5-hour flight from Houston to Port of Spain, Trinidad. And back again. But they do serve a meal on the four hour flight Houston to Caracas. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-airlines-brutally-removes-passenger-after-overbooking-flight/784171/1405 "2017-07-13T01:38:04Z")
[Security Officers to Shed ‘Police’ Label After United Airlines Dragging Episode](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/12/us/united-chicago-airport-security.html) > [@](#): > > The change represents perhaps the **most concrete new initiative** undertaken by the department in response to the April 9 dragging that roiled United Airlines and that resulted in a legal settlement and four people being placed on leave. Bolding mine. Problem solved. Because them identifying as police was totally the root cause of the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-airlines-brutally-removes-passenger-after-overbooking-flight/784171/1406 "2017-07-13T01:48:47Z")
[Here](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4675700/Passenger-dragged-United-reveals-brain-damage-fear.html) is an article containing an interview with David Dao, the passenger who was dragged off that flight. (Yes, I know this is from The Daily Mail, but that’s apparently the paper that interviewed him.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-airlines-brutally-removes-passenger-after-overbooking-flight/784171.md?page=70)