The unfortunate events on 4/9/17 on United Airlines flight 3411 which was departing Chicago to Louisville, got me to thinking after several friends asked me questions regarding actual travel policies since they knew I was in the travel industry for 20 years. United still stands, divided we fly. In summary, the common scenario of passengers being bumped from a flight escalated into a physical altercation with aviation authorities which have mostly been confused with United employees. You can read the blow-by-blow, very detailed account of what happened on Wikipedia - click here . I first learned of the incident on my Facebook News Feed by reading status updates such as, "I'm never flying United again" or "United's actions were horrible". My eyebrow raised as my interest was piqued. Especially with the hashtag of #NewUnitedAirlinesMottos as the Twittersphere was absolutely relentless on their trolling for United Airlines. Before the facts were establ...
My observations and thoughts while being a passenger on Spaceship Earth