United - Who is ready to fly?

[Jcredeur]

Originally Posted by Matt G

I see reading comprehension isn't your strong point. The flight was not oversold because the 4 employees did not hold a confirmed reserved space, so BY LAW, United could not deny boarding to any passengers holding a confirmed reserved space to accommodate their own employees. It's really that simple.


Go read 14 CRF 250. That's the only rules that apply in this situation. Any policy by United contradicting this is in violations of the law and therefore not valid.
link: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/part-250

Now I have not really cared to look further into the situation than what I have seen on the news. I've been asked to volunteer my seat before and did. I was fairly compensated for my inconvenience and made it to my destination 30min later.

Now somewhere online I saw a blog from a pilots wife, it said something about a federal aviation law that permitted this if the crew was on board the flight to Amman a flight from the destination of this flight. Something about keeping the flow of air travel if the crew on the flight they were going to was unavailable. She went on to say if they were just going home then employees have last priority and often have to wait for the next available which pushes their time home way back.
Have y'all seen this stipulation in any research?


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