United Airlines Punishment Beatings

Another day, another airline fiasco. Just like the banks, and healthcare, and the rest of the state-provided utilities, they’re about to see a sharp decline. State-provided? Surely not airlines. They used to be, until they were privatised. But like the railways before them, privatisation didn’t really work, did it? Because it’s impossible to make much money out of treating people like humans. So they simply stopped.

In case you missed the Twitterstorm shamefest, here it is in full colour #NewUnitedAirlinesMottos. Yes, it’s very watchable. What these conglomerates have failed to realise is that with 400+ video recorders already in passengers’ hands, it is a simple matter to start recording your Oscar winner. I have so far seen only one really good video, but there are all kinds of written testimony now filtering through the ether.

It turns out that after the police, yes that’s right, law enforcement, not the airline, beat the doctor up, he became disorientated. Somehow, they got him off the plane but not out of the airport. Minutes later, he returns to the plane which is a security breach. Remember, he no longer has a valid ticket as he was stripped of it. So he is now persona non grata, but boards anyway. By now, there is so much blood and ill-feeling that the airline force everyone except the stowaway off the plane. The doctor is then removed again, before others re-board. This takes 2.5 hours or so.

Imagine that, said Roger. Have we amused ourselves to death yet? You want more? We’ll give you more. It won’t be long in coming.