Showing posts with label United Airlines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United Airlines. Show all posts

Monday, October 5, 2026

United Pilot Ibrahim R. Mossallam Flying Passengers

Ibrahim R. Mossallam supports terrorism and makes his anti-Israel sentiments clear.

Is this the sort of person United Airlines wants to represent them?

Apparently.

Thursday, June 4, 2026

Adam Hamawy and Todd Beamer

The Democrat Party is lost.

Sunday, May 3, 2026

United Airlines Plane Hits Bakery Truck

It's hard to believe the truck driver only suffered "minor injuries."

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Jimmy Fallon: NRA and United Airlines Joke

JIMMY FALLON: As I mentioned earlier, several businesses have cancelled their partnership with the NRA over the past week, including United Airlines. You know you messed up when the company that dragged the guy off the plane is like, 'You're making us look bad.'

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Jimmy Fallon: Ann Coulter, Delta Joke

JIMMY FALLON: More trouble for United Airlines. The rapper Schoolboy Q said that they actually flew his dog to the wrong city. Then, I guess, on the flight back, the dog had to fight over a seat with Ann Coulter. 'This bitch gets my seat?'

Saturday, April 29, 2017

United Airlines: Sorry

Dear -- -----,

Each flight you take with us represents an important promise we make to you, our customer. It's not simply that we make sure you reach your destination safely and on time, but also that you will be treated with the highest level of service and the deepest sense of dignity and respect.

Earlier this month, we broke that trust when a passenger was forcibly removed from one of our planes. We can never say we are sorry enough for what occurred, but we also know meaningful actions will speak louder than words.

For the past several weeks, we have been urgently working to answer two questions: How did this happen, and how can we do our best to ensure this never happens again?

It happened because our corporate policies were placed ahead of our shared values. Our procedures got in the way of our employees doing what they know is right.

Fixing that problem starts now with changing how we fly, serve and respect our customers. This is a turning point for all of us here at United – and as CEO, it's my responsibility to make sure that we learn from this experience and redouble our efforts to put our customers at the center of everything we do.

That’s why we announced that we will no longer ask law enforcement to remove customers from a flight and customers will not be required to give up their seat once on board – except in matters of safety or security.

We also know that despite our best efforts, when things don’t go the way they should, we need to be there for you to make things right. There are several new ways we’re going to do just that.

We will increase incentives for voluntary rebooking up to $10,000 and will be eliminating the red tape on permanently lost bags with a new "no-questions-asked" $1,500 reimbursement policy. We will also be rolling out a new app for our employees that will enable them to provide on-the-spot goodwill gestures in the form of miles, travel credit and other amenities when your experience with us misses the mark. You can learn more about these commitments and many other changes at hub.united.com.

While these actions are important, I have found myself reflecting more broadly on the role we play and the responsibilities we have to you and the communities we serve.

I believe we must go further in redefining what United's corporate citizenship looks like in our society. You can and ought to expect more from us, and we intend to live up to those higher expectations in the way we embody social responsibility and civic leadership everywhere we operate. I hope you will see that pledge express itself in our actions going forward, of which these initial, though important, changes are merely a first step.

Our goal should be nothing less than to make you truly proud to say, "I fly United."

Ultimately, the measure of our success is your satisfaction and the past several weeks have moved us to go further than ever before in elevating your experience with us. I know our 87,000 employees have taken this message to heart, and they are as energized as ever to fulfill our promise to serve you better with each flight and earn the trust you’ve given us.

We are working harder than ever for the privilege to serve you and I know we will be stronger, better and the customer-focused airline you expect and deserve.

With Great Gratitude,


Oscar Munoz
CEO
United Airlines

Friday, April 14, 2017

David Dao: United Experience Worse Than Vietnam

I'm not cutting United Airlines any slack for the way David Dao was treated.

However, this is too much.

From the Daily Mail:

Attorney Thomas Demetrio launched into an attack on the airline, while defending his client during a press conference in Chicago on Thursday morning.

'Here's the law – pure and simple. If you are going to eject a passenger, under no circumstance, can it be done with unreasonable force or violence,' he said.

'If unreasonable force of violence is used the common carrier – United Airlines in this case – is responsible.

...'And I would defy anyone to suggest there was not unreasonable force and violence used to help Dr Dao disembark that plane.'

The lawyer then went onto to describe how his client, who fled Vietnam at the end of the war, had told him he was more fearful on Sunday night than he was when Saigon fell in 1975.

'He told me that he had left Vietnam in 1975 when Saigon fell and he was on a boat and he said he was terrified,' Demetrio said.

'He said that when they were dragging him down the aisle it was more horrifying than what he experience in leaving Vietnam.'
Leaving Vietnam in 1975 after Saigon fell was less horrifying than being dragged down the aisle of the plane?

Sorry, but that's crazy.

At any point, Dao could have agreed to leave the plane, and take legal action afterward. He has some responsibility in this mess. There would have been no "unreasonable force and violence" if Dao had cooperated. He would not have had a broken nose or suffered a concussion or lost teeth.

I'm not defending United or the officers that removed Dao, but any comparisons to the fall of Saigon and escaping on a boat are diminishing the terror of that.

The only way out of Vietnam for Dao was apparently on a boat. Dao had no other choice. He had a choice on the plane. There was a way out of the United situation -- simply leave the plane, uninjured.

Of course, complying with United would have meant no viral video, no outrage, no lawyer holding a press conference, no big payoff for Dao.

Worse than escaping after the fall of Saigon?

Give me a break.


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Another inappropriate comparison-- Dao is NO Rosa Parks.

Good grief.


Thursday, April 13, 2017

David Dao - World Series of Poker

Dr. David Dao became famous for being dragged off United flight 3411.



Turns out, Dao was already sort of famous.

According to TMZ, he made $234,664 in the World Series of Poker.




Dr. Dao made his money while his medical license was suspended in Kentucky.

From the New York Post:
The passenger hauled off a United flight is a lung doctor with a taste for gambling, a history of angry outbursts — and a conviction for trading narcotics prescriptions and cash for gay sex in motels.

...Dao’s own medical license was suspended in 2003 following his arrest on charges including unlawful prescribing and trafficking in a controlled substance.

He was accused of providing prescriptions for Vicodin and other narcotics to a former patient he later hired as his office manager, who was identified in news reports at the time as Brian Case.

The men repeatedly hooked up in motels, with Dao paying Case around $200 each time and also sharing in the drugs, according to a 130-page file compiled by the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure.

...Dao was convicted after a trial and sentenced to five years’ probation after the judge agreed to suspend a prison term of two-plus years recommended by the jury.
Of course, Dao will be taking legal action against United, and I'm sure he'll receive much more than the winnings he got playing poker.