United - Who is ready to fly?

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by Pat Babaz

United was morally wrong, BUT the question is were they legally wrong? The link Feesh posted seemed to indicate that United was legally wrong because the dude had already boarded the plane. This was only one lawyer's opinion though.


I'd like to see how the actual law reads concerning when and under what circumstances people can be bumped off of flights AFTER they have boarded.

Like I said, once on the plane the rules have changed and it's out of local PD's jurisdiction. It becomes Federal, as in TSA level at that point. Why you think United blamed the man at first and is now bending over backwards so far as to refund everyone on the plane. The realized what they did was illegal and is now gotten themselves in hot water.