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United Airlines is THE worst.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/business/passenger-vs-airl...

In my case they almost apologized for having had Federal Air Marshals detain me.



Why do you think your selfish and egotistical (and apparently unlawful) actions should have no consequences?

>Mr. Pollock conceded that he told the flight attendant he planned to ignore the sign, which other travelers had questioned in online travel forums.

Do you also drive around on public roads without a licence stating the "Right to Travel" like people also talk about online?


I don't get what happened. The airline put up a sign saying don't go past this curtain. You went past the curtain. You were surprised when they told you off?

The people in business class (or whatever it was in front of you) have paid more to be less crowded. Therefore the airline puts up a curtain and asks you not to cross it. That seems super reasonable to me.

You don't like the curtain and sign. A reasonable response might be to fly a different airline or pay to get in that section next time.

Deliberately ignoring the sign, going out of your way to tell them that you're going to do that, and then filming the poor guy when he stops you, that seems pretty far off into psycho land to be honest.

In fact, I'm glad that they went out of their way to protect the people in the seats in front of you from being unnecessarily bothered by people like you hiking past.

Am I missing part of the story?




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