travel thread

[420seriouscat69]

Wtf r u posting

Photgraphs for ppl who get out of their cubes from time to time for work.

[SdK]

Awww snap

[michigancat]

wacky did they let you drive or did you have take a greyhound bus

[420seriouscat69]

Lol. Flew into Pitt after a layover from Baltimore. Rented a car and drove up to Cleveland to host case western after the Pitt lunch and learn. We'll drive down to Columbus tomorrow to host Ohio State.

[Tobias]

wacky did they let you drive or did you have take a greyhound bus

lol

[MakeItRain]

Primanti Bros is very overrated. Way too much slaw, dilutes the flavor of the sandwiches

[MakeItRain]

Also is anyone actually boycotting United? I literally have hundreds of thousands miles with them. Townie is right, those people were fools for not taking the deal, although it's shady a.f. that they only offered $400 at the gate then $800, then they ended up giving $1000 to the dude they had knocked the eff out.

[Kat Kid]

I don't know why this whole United controversy is so shocking. Airports are the most transparently fascist places that Joe Public regularly encounters. Also the most stark example of class.

[Mrs. Gooch]

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[Mrs. Gooch]

[DQ12]

what's the solution when nobody wants to get off the plane, but somebody HAS to get off the plane?

[star seed 7]

what's the solution when nobody wants to get off the plane, but somebody HAS to get off the plane?

Step 1) don't let people board the plane until it's sorted out

[Kat Kid]

this doctor paid money and signed off on the terms of service the airlines made available, then refused to honor the terms of service in the contract that said he would have to wait and accept whatever the airline deemed fair compensation. he refused and so the airline brought in the state to violently enforce the contract. not sure why anyone is surprised or outraged.

let dlew lend a rhetorical flourish with legal precedent about why if you try to assert any sort of inherent human right to dignity in the face of a corporation's terms of service you will be made to bend the knee, violently. just the system asserting its power to keep things running efficiently.

[Phil Titola]

impulse bought flights to Paris from KC tonight during an AA sale ($431 apiece)

going in late Sept / early Oct

hotel recommendos?  I have plat status and a billion points with Marriott, or I have Hyatt vouchers that I had planned to use in Kauai this winter but the Park Hyatt is v tempting

also any other recommendos for crap to do, eat, etc, tia

Details on booking this?

[DQ12]

this doctor paid money and signed off on the terms of service the airlines made available, then refused to honor the terms of service in the contract that said he would have to wait and accept whatever the airline deemed fair compensation. he refused and so the airline brought in the state to violently enforce the contract. not sure why anyone is surprised or outraged.

let dlew lend a rhetorical flourish with legal precedent about why if you try to assert any sort of inherent human right to dignity in the face of a corporation's terms of service you will be made to bend the knee, violently. just the system asserting its power to keep things running efficiently.

You know me all too well.

I'm wondering what a better solution to this issue would have been aside from "don't let him on the plane in the first place" - which they obviously shouldn't have.  But once he's on the plane, and he refuses to get off, what happens then?  Keep asking?  Violate FAA regulations that limit the amount of compensation you can give in these situations?  I saw one guy on twitter today who suggested "just wait." 

[Mikeyis4dcats]

this doctor paid money and signed off on the terms of service the airlines made available, then refused to honor the terms of service in the contract that said he would have to wait and accept whatever the airline deemed fair compensation. he refused and so the airline brought in the state to violently enforce the contract. not sure why anyone is surprised or outraged.

let dlew lend a rhetorical flourish with legal precedent about why if you try to assert any sort of inherent human right to dignity in the face of a corporation's terms of service you will be made to bend the knee, violently. just the system asserting its power to keep things running efficiently.

Once he was boarded, it is no longer a case of involuntary denied boarding and became refusal to transport.   Apparently that means United's action was illegal, as there was not any reason to refuse transport.  He's gonna get paid.

[DQ12]

this doctor paid money and signed off on the terms of service the airlines made available, then refused to honor the terms of service in the contract that said he would have to wait and accept whatever the airline deemed fair compensation. he refused and so the airline brought in the state to violently enforce the contract. not sure why anyone is surprised or outraged.

let dlew lend a rhetorical flourish with legal precedent about why if you try to assert any sort of inherent human right to dignity in the face of a corporation's terms of service you will be made to bend the knee, violently. just the system asserting its power to keep things running efficiently.

Once he was boarded, it is no longer a case of involuntary denied boarding and became refusal to transport.   Apparently that means United's action was illegal, as there was not any reason to refuse transport.  He's gonna get paid.

I don't know much about airplane rules, but I think the captain or pilot can tell anyone on board to amscray. 

[Kat Kid]

this doctor paid money and signed off on the terms of service the airlines made available, then refused to honor the terms of service in the contract that said he would have to wait and accept whatever the airline deemed fair compensation. he refused and so the airline brought in the state to violently enforce the contract. not sure why anyone is surprised or outraged.

let dlew lend a rhetorical flourish with legal precedent about why if you try to assert any sort of inherent human right to dignity in the face of a corporation's terms of service you will be made to bend the knee, violently. just the system asserting its power to keep things running efficiently.

You know me all too well.

I'm wondering what a better solution to this issue would have been aside from "don't let him on the plane in the first place" - which they obviously shouldn't have.  But once he's on the plane, and he refuses to get off, what happens then?  Keep asking?  Violate FAA regulations that limit the amount of compensation you can give in these situations?  I saw one guy on twitter today who suggested "just wait."

if you only have the imagination to the change the actions of the individuals on that plane, then the situation is unavoidable.

[DQ12]

this doctor paid money and signed off on the terms of service the airlines made available, then refused to honor the terms of service in the contract that said he would have to wait and accept whatever the airline deemed fair compensation. he refused and so the airline brought in the state to violently enforce the contract. not sure why anyone is surprised or outraged.

let dlew lend a rhetorical flourish with legal precedent about why if you try to assert any sort of inherent human right to dignity in the face of a corporation's terms of service you will be made to bend the knee, violently. just the system asserting its power to keep things running efficiently.

You know me all too well.

I'm wondering what a better solution to this issue would have been aside from "don't let him on the plane in the first place" - which they obviously shouldn't have.  But once he's on the plane, and he refuses to get off, what happens then?  Keep asking?  Violate FAA regulations that limit the amount of compensation you can give in these situations?  I saw one guy on twitter today who suggested "just wait."

if you only have the imagination to the change the actions of the individuals on that plane, then the situation is unavoidable.

now who's offering a rhetorical flourish?

[Mikeyis4dcats]

this doctor paid money and signed off on the terms of service the airlines made available, then refused to honor the terms of service in the contract that said he would have to wait and accept whatever the airline deemed fair compensation. he refused and so the airline brought in the state to violently enforce the contract. not sure why anyone is surprised or outraged.

let dlew lend a rhetorical flourish with legal precedent about why if you try to assert any sort of inherent human right to dignity in the face of a corporation's terms of service you will be made to bend the knee, violently. just the system asserting its power to keep things running efficiently.

You know me all too well.

I'm wondering what a better solution to this issue would have been aside from "don't let him on the plane in the first place" - which they obviously shouldn't have.  But once he's on the plane, and he refuses to get off, what happens then?  Keep asking?  Violate FAA regulations that limit the amount of compensation you can give in these situations?  I saw one guy on twitter today who suggested "just wait."

there is no "limit" imposed by the FAA, there is a minimum set, but United could have exceeded their self-imposed limit.

[Mikeyis4dcats]

this doctor paid money and signed off on the terms of service the airlines made available, then refused to honor the terms of service in the contract that said he would have to wait and accept whatever the airline deemed fair compensation. he refused and so the airline brought in the state to violently enforce the contract. not sure why anyone is surprised or outraged.

let dlew lend a rhetorical flourish with legal precedent about why if you try to assert any sort of inherent human right to dignity in the face of a corporation's terms of service you will be made to bend the knee, violently. just the system asserting its power to keep things running efficiently.

Once he was boarded, it is no longer a case of involuntary denied boarding and became refusal to transport.   Apparently that means United's action was illegal, as there was not any reason to refuse transport.  He's gonna get paid.

I don't know much about airplane rules, but I think the captain or pilot can tell anyone on board to amscray.

that is not true.  Here is an article explaining the requirements they must meet to deny transport or boarding.   Having an employee who needs a seat is not among them.

https://papersplease.org/wp/2012/08/24/does-an-airline-pilot-have-the-right-to-refuse-to-let-you-fly/

[pissclams]

this doctor paid money and signed off on the terms of service the airlines made available, then refused to honor the terms of service in the contract that said he would have to wait and accept whatever the airline deemed fair compensation. he refused and so the airline brought in the state to violently enforce the contract. not sure why anyone is surprised or outraged.

let dlew lend a rhetorical flourish with legal precedent about why if you try to assert any sort of inherent human right to dignity in the face of a corporation's terms of service you will be made to bend the knee, violently. just the system asserting its power to keep things running efficiently.

Once he was boarded, it is no longer a case of involuntary denied boarding and became refusal to transport.   Apparently that means United's action was illegal, as there was not any reason to refuse transport.  He's gonna get paid.

I don't know much about airplane rules, but I think the captain or pilot can tell anyone on board to amscray.

that is not true.  Here is an article explaining the requirements they must meet to deny transport or boarding.   Having an employee who needs a seat is not among them.

https://papersplease.org/wp/2012/08/24/does-an-airline-pilot-have-the-right-to-refuse-to-let-you-fly/

read the whole article

[DQ12]

You could be right.  I honestly don't know.  If United was legally wrong then they should be smacked for it - both PR-wise and whatever they might pay for a fat settlement or in damages. 

If they were legally right, then I don't have a problem with them removing the guy.

Obviously irrelevant to the outcome of this (though it may explain his bizarre behavior), but our Good Doctor apparently has a history of trading painkillers for sex, which is a fun little wrinkle to this story.

[DQ12]

In any event, this is now my number 1 favorite non-politics related news story in a long long time. 

['taterblast]

i mean holy crap. they picked the worst person on the plane to pull this crap on.

https://twitter.com/ChrisSpags/status/851814105057038337