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United Airlines Issues Apology to Mother After Infant Overheats Aboard Delayed Flight
Imagine sitting on a tarmac for two hours and complaining about your baby getting sick because he started to overheat: That’s exactly what happened to a Colorado mother on a United Airlines flight on her way to Texas last week. Emily France and her 4-month-old son, Owen, were on United Airlines Flight 4644 around 1:20…
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United Apologizes After Video Surfaces of Houston-Based Employee Pushing Passenger, 71, to Floor After Argument
The curse of terrible airlines apparently hasn’t ended. United issued an apology Tuesday after a video surfaced of a Houston-based employee shoving a 71-year-old passenger to the floor during an argument over a ticket. The actual incident in question took place about two years ago, the Washington Post reports, but a lawsuit was filed last…
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Out-of-Control Man Wearing ‘Make America Great Again’ Hat Kicked Off United Flight as Crowd Chants ‘Lock Him Up’
Some things are just poetic to witness … like this one belligerent Donald Trump supporter being booted off a United Airlines flight in Shanghai on Sunday as a crowd of passengers cheer throughout the terminal: “Lock him up! Lock him up!” According to the Washington Post, the man, who was wearing a “Make America Great…
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Dragged Airline Passenger David Dao Settles With United for Undisclosed Amount
Dr. David Dao has reached a settlement with United Airlines for the injuries caused when he was brutally dragged off his flight after being involuntarily bumped. Two weeks ago, Dao made headlines when gate agents asked volunteers to give up their seats on Louisville, Ky.-bound Flight 3411 to make room for the crew. Not enough…
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United Airlines Accuses Passenger of Crime Literally Because of the Color of His Skin
Either United Airlines is trying to rebrand itself as a whites-only airline, or its employees must have the IQs of sand slugs. In today’s “United drags a person of color off an airplane” news, United Airlines detained a Mexican passenger because the airline thought he might be “trafficking” the little girl who was traveling with…
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No, Dr. Dao Is Not an Asian Version of Rosa Parks
The fact that someone actually came up with this question and thought it was good to ask amazes me. During a press conference, David Dao’s lawyer, Thomas Demetrio, spoke about his client, the man who was brutally removed from his United Airlines flight, and said that a supporter compared him to Rosa Parks. “Dr. Dao,…
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#NewUnitedAirlinesMottos Is Trending Just in Case United Needs a New One
Twitter has struck gold once again and has spent the last 24 hours ripping United Airlines a new one. So far the airline has issued a “Sorry, we’re not sorry” apology for literally dragging an Asian doctor, David Dao, off an overbooked flight—that he had nothing to do with. And, of course, there are some…
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The Asian Doctor Dragged Off A United Airlines Flight Is The Blackest Thing That Ever Happened This Week
“Punk rock” entered our lexicon a couple decades ago as an adjective attached to things with no obvious connection to punk rock music. Instead, that phrase is used as a stand-in for a certain fuck-deprived, anti-establishment, devil-may-care ethos associated with it. And it could be used to modify anything — a person’s attitude, eating milk-less cereal…