A Tweetstorm about United Airlines. Please read it. Don’t let this story die. Congressional hearings must be… https://t.co/zazc6JAlxR
— Bob Sullivan (@RedTapeChron) April 11, 2017
1/Every day, airlines play game of chicken with fliers. Finally, a passenger took them up on it. United won when it brought in ‘backup.’ pic.twitter.com/Tn3TaPm2qb
— Bob Sullivan (@RedTapeChron) April 11, 2017
2/ There NEEDS to be Congressional hearings about United incident. Can’t get lost in the shuffle.
— Bob Sullivan (@RedTapeChron) April 11, 2017
3/ American corporations have the upper hand on consumers, thanks to many quirks of US law. You all just saw what that can lead to.
— Bob Sullivan (@RedTapeChron) April 11, 2017
4/ Law enforcement takes the side of corporations every day in America; there just isn’t video of it.
— Bob Sullivan (@RedTapeChron) April 11, 2017
4/ Law enforcement takes the side of corporations every day in America; there just isn’t video of it.
— Bob Sullivan (@RedTapeChron) April 11, 2017
6/ Contracts are bargained between equal parties. These lists of penalties and exclusions are merely warning labels.
— Bob Sullivan (@RedTapeChron) April 11, 2017
7/ Such as: ‘We might forcibly remove you from the plane if it suits us, for any reason at any time.’
— Bob Sullivan (@RedTapeChron) April 11, 2017
8/ There are many unanswered question here. Such as what is the real value of vouchers offered by airlines? 50 cents on the dollar?
— Bob Sullivan (@RedTapeChron) April 11, 2017
9/ Why have voluntary bumpings plummeted while involuntary have not?
(DATA here https://t.co/9KdmHtXLJ9 )— Bob Sullivan (@RedTapeChron) April 11, 2017
10/ What is the real cost of no shows? How many empty seats would their really be if airlines didn’t overbook but had normal rules?
— Bob Sullivan (@RedTapeChron) April 11, 2017
11/ The airlines still get paid when passengers don’t show through change fees, etc. Refundable tickets are exorbitantly expensive.
— Bob Sullivan (@RedTapeChron) April 11, 2017
12/ Why do we subsidize airline revenue with crazy rules letting them sell the same thing twice?
— Bob Sullivan (@RedTapeChron) April 11, 2017
13/ Finally, and most important, when a private company uses law enforcement to bloody a passenger, will we all sit by and do nothing?
— Bob Sullivan (@RedTapeChron) April 11, 2017
14/ Remember, he was chosen randomly. It could be you next time. It will be you some day. https://t.co/JvJdxcBFWx
— Bob Sullivan (@RedTapeChron) April 11, 2017
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