I don’t suppose that the law was passed for the airline’s “comfort”, Bill, but
it’s the law of the sea and of the air that the captain of the vessel retain
complete command.
For my part, whatever the legal rights or wrongs, it was ludicrous that United
Airlines allowed everyone on the flight before deciding that 4 crew had to be
accommodated, then to go to the lengths of asking security to take over. The
airline’s management deserve every bit of bad publicity that resulted: whether
or not they were in the right, going to the point of manhandling a passenger
sitting peacefully in his seat meant that the local management had failed
dismally.
It strikes me that United Airlines was very close to the point that the
monetary offer to passengers to give up seats was equal to the fares that the 4
crew would have had to pay to get to their destination.
Chris
> On 20 Apr 17, at 19:28, Bill Pearce <billcpearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I must say that I cannot defend the airline for using a law that was clearly
> designed for their comfort, with no benefit to the general flying public. Our
> government tends to pass boatloads of laws that benefit only their
> benefactors. It may be time to consider we should cut out the middleman and
> just recognise what is going on and eliminate general elections and just let
> legislators be selected by large corporations.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Ken Norton
> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 12:20 PM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] Flying high
>
>> One must question the law there. It's a part of our former fascist president
>> and his government that was an over the top and ineffectual response to the
>> 9-11 situation that only served to energize Fox news viewers. It probably
>> should be rewritten, but I doubt there is anyone in Congress who's up to the
>> job.
>
> Some of the laws governing this specific area of carriage would pretty
> much predate 9/11 by a few centuries and predate air-travel itself. I
> don't think you can blame Bush/Fox for that. Besides, I'd like to see
> anybody on any airplane in any country get away with refusing to
> comply with direct orders from the crew and getting away with it. The
> moment you cross the threshold and enter an aircraft or board a boat,
> the captain owns your a&&.
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