Post: #426

(04-24-2017 11:13 AM)The Beast1 Wrote:  

(04-23-2017 12:06 PM)achromaticmike Wrote:  

(04-23-2017 10:11 AM)Robert High Hawk Wrote:  @achromaticmike

Do you remember what brand of transformer it was? Step down or step up? What was the amp capacity?

Step-down, 2000VA, Tacima. xoxo

Only women and faggots write xoxo after their messages.

Post: #427

Just in case United's reputation wasn't bad enough, they've now apparently killed someone's giant rabbit:

http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2017/04/25...light.html

Quote:Scandal-hit United Airlines is facing a new PR disaster — after a valuable giant rabbit died mysteriously on one of its planes.

Three-foot Simon, destined to be the world’s biggest bunny, died in the cargo section of a Boeing 767 after flying out of Heathrow to a new celebrity owner in the US.

Breeder Annette Edwards, of Stoulton, Worcs, said: “He was fit as a fiddle. I’ve sent rabbits round the world, nothing like this happened.” United’s reputation is at rock bottom after film of a doctor being dragged from a jet went viral.

Quote:Simon, a continental giant rabbit, was 10 months old. He was on track to out-grow 4ft 4in dad Darius, the world’s biggest rabbit.

Continental giants cost £5,000 a year to keep.

Post: #428

(04-26-2017 11:43 AM)SirTimothy Wrote:  Just in case United's reputation wasn't bad enough, they've now apparently killed someone's giant rabbit:

http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2017/04/25...light.html

Quote:Scandal-hit United Airlines is facing a new PR disaster — after a valuable giant rabbit died mysteriously on one of its planes.

Three-foot Simon, destined to be the world’s biggest bunny, died in the cargo section of a Boeing 767 after flying out of Heathrow to a new celebrity owner in the US.

Breeder Annette Edwards, of Stoulton, Worcs, said: “He was fit as a fiddle. I’ve sent rabbits round the world, nothing like this happened.” United’s reputation is at rock bottom after film of a doctor being dragged from a jet went viral.

Quote:Simon, a continental giant rabbit, was 10 months old. He was on track to out-grow 4ft 4in dad Darius, the world’s biggest rabbit.

Continental giants cost £5,000 a year to keep.

Holy fuck guys! This is the answer to the question.

Our time is now.

Post: #429

They breaks guitars AND kill rabbits. They're like the villains from a children's book.

Post: #430

United settled with David Dao for an "undisclosed" amount.

Pretty sure he's now a healthy millionaire.

Post: #431

Nigga is never gonna have to worry about how many days a week he sees patients ever again.

Post: #432

They are not disclosing the sum, but I estimate it to be in the ballpark of 5-10 mio. $.

A trial at the current circumstances with a gullible jury would be a disaster for United - never mind the loss in business if the trial would have run for months and be in the news forever.

I think that it is possible that they offered him even up to 20 mio. $ in settlement.

Also:

Quote: United said it would now offer passengers who volunteer to forfeit their seats up to $10,000

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...z4fUkRcc81
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

I am sure that if they offer 5.000$ in cash, then they will have plenty of takers.

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Personally I think that even if the guy did it somewhat on purpose, I don't feel much pity for United. They killed a bunny recently and their response was moronic and cold.

Let them pay.

Post: #433

(04-27-2017 06:23 PM)Zelcorpion Wrote:  They are not disclosing the sum, but I estimate it to be in the ballpark of 5-10 mio. $.

A trial at the current circumstances with a gullible jury would be a disaster for United - never mind the loss in business if the trial would have run for months and be in the news forever.

I think that it is possible that they offered him even up to 20 mio. $ in settlement.

Also:

Quote: United said it would now offer passengers who volunteer to forfeit their seats up to $10,000

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...z4fUkRcc81
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

I am sure that if they offer 5.000$ in cash, then they will have plenty of takers.

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Personally I think that even if the guy did it somewhat on purpose, I don't feel much pity for United. They killed a bunny recently and their response was moronic and cold.

Let them pay.

I'm sure great daddy cuck IRS is already salivating for its cut.

Also, the 5K thing will probably be temporary until their PR fiasco is forgotten.

Post: #434

That settlement is probably in the 10 to 15m range minimum. Wouldn't surprise me if United bean counters and actuaries had earmarked upwards of 50m to make this all go away.

Post: #435

Fuck Dr. Dao. This huge settlement is gonna set a precedent for entitled dickheads and cunts to try to pull shit on airplanes and then claim to be the victim. I'm not siding with United as they handled the situation terribly but I absolutely hate that this POS pathetic excuse faggot of a man got paid millions of dollars for acting like a fucking toddler.

Post: #436

This so called "POS pathetic excuse faggot of a man' got paid (unknown amount) of dollars for being removed illegally from an aircraft by force causing injury. End result is predictable and standard. Learn to think objectively, it'll help you get though the day without tripping over your mouth.

Post: #437

(04-28-2017 01:18 PM)Only One Man Wrote:  Fuck Dr. Dao. This huge settlement is gonna set a precedent for entitled dickheads and cunts to try to pull shit on airplanes and then claim to be the victim. I'm not siding with United as they handled the situation terribly but I absolutely hate that this POS pathetic excuse faggot of a man got paid millions of dollars for acting like a fucking toddler.

Second that.

United made a mistake.

But the Doctor is a liar and opportunist who cries like a baby.

Would any man with decent character act like that?

Probably not.

Post: #438

(04-28-2017 04:43 PM)MX90 Wrote:  This so called "POS pathetic excuse faggot of a man' got paid (unknown amount) of dollars for being removed illegally from an aircraft by force causing injury. End result is predictable and standard. Learn to think objectively, it'll help you get though the day without tripping over your mouth.

What are you on about?

Post: #439

(04-28-2017 04:50 PM)Ray Carlton Wrote:  United made a mistake.

But the Doctor is a liar and opportunist who cries like a baby.

Would any man with decent character act like that?

Probably not.

United didn't "make a mistake". They took full advantage of a legal and social frame work which for years allowed them to fuck people over by not delivering what they promised, knowing full well that the vast majority of people can't be bothered and don't have the resources to fight them and their lawyers over a couple hundred dollars or delays of a few days, all so they could make more money. If you want to talk about lying and opportunism the airlines wrote the book.

While I wouldn't have done what the doctor did and concede he does look like an opportunistic whiny bitch, he was merely fighting fire with fire and hopefully this reins in the airlines a little.

I'm curious about Mike's take on the FYRE festival thread. I mean afterall they did say things "may not be as advertised" so they're not guilty of any wrongdoing right?

I don't see why people allow companies to act like this. See how far you get if you attempt to buy a car, but then tell the dealer this 2 inch stack of money is for representation only, and that the 300 bills you're going to give them might not look like this stack, maybe having 10s on them instead of 100s, or that after you take the car you'll actually deliver the money at some point in the future, or maybe now, or not at all.

Post: #440

Chicago airport head of security was fired over this:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-28...es-debacle

"Following United Airlines' settlement with David Dao (with no one from the airline being fired), it seems a scapegoat has been found. AP reports, Jeffrey Redding, the head of security at Chicago's airports, "has been terminated from his duties" at O'Hare and Midway airports. No reason was given.

As AP reports, The Department of Aviation said in a statement Thursday that Jeffrey Redding "has been terminated from his duties" at O'Hare and Midway airports. No reason was given. Redding wasn't immediately available for comment late Thursday.

Redding was overseeing the investigation into the forcible removal of 69-year-old physician David Dao from the United plane by three of his officers April 9. Dao has agreed an undisclosed settlement with the airline. Dao's lawyer said Thursday that the settlement averts any lawsuit against Chicago officials.

Separately, the Chicago Tribune recently reported that Redding was fired from his previous job for sexual harassment in 2015."

So there you go. Not sure if he was the right fall guy for this. He was screwed either way. If he had done the right thing, as in tell United to deal with that "problem" itself, he would have been fired due to airline pressure because this wouldn't have been news.

*seperate note: Seadog raises a good point. If any of you guys have lost luggage with United, aside from the customer service bs they put you through, you have to wait a full SEVEN months to get money back from your lost luggage. And during this time you have to constantly follow up with them, file onerous paperwork, and then get some nominal amount of money back. The lost luggage agents are people in india with a clear robotic script of 12 prompts they repeat over and over again. The 7 month wait is to simply wear down people into either giving up, or inevitably some people are no loner able to pursue the lead that long for other life reasons.

Post: #441

(04-29-2017 09:52 AM)Robert High Hawk Wrote:  *seperate note: Seadog raises a good point. If any of you guys have lost luggage with United, aside from the customer service bs they put you through, you have to wait a full SEVEN months to get money back from your lost luggage. And during this time you have to constantly follow up with them, file onerous paperwork, and then get some nominal amount of money back. The lost luggage agents are people in india with a clear robotic script of 12 prompts they repeat over and over again. The 7 month wait is to simply wear down people into either giving up, or inevitably some people are no loner able to pursue the lead that long for other life reasons.

There is a better hack for that. Buy your ticket with credit card. Some cards offer the option, that if your luggage is coming later than 24h, then you are entitled to spend a set amount on various clothes and other things that were in your luggage. A girl I know uses this all the time to buy new clothes and stuff. Her card is set around a 500$ limit (but it can go as high as 2000$). It even happened sometimes that she already spent the cash and the luggage arrived just later. She let the guy sign the time and then filed for reimbursement to the credit card company. I don't know if the credit card then files suit at the airline, but that is probably the case.

No reason to wait for cash from United.

Post: #442

Not sure if this deserved its own thread or not...





Guy who appears to be defending himself got in a nice punch to the face at the end.

Post: #443

Couple of good stories worth bumping this thread over:

Nurse has to pee in a cup on United Flight, then allegedly badger her about it (she has an overactive bladder). And more importantly.... What about that dead rabbit??? Turns out United CREMATED the remains after it was found dead after one of it's flights, thereby getting rid of any evidence. Apparently 3 guys from a county fair in Iowa pooled their money on the hopes that this rabbit would become the largest in the world.

Imagine you are in the airport waiting to pick up your bunny, only to be told that it died en route, and that it's body has been cremated. Tragic. What is the world coming too? RIP (not so) little guy....

Nurse Pee in a Cup story:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-12...passengers

United Airlines Forced Woman To Pee In Cup In Front Of Other Passengers
TheAntiMedia.org,

A month after video footage of a man being dragged off a United Airlines airplane went viral, the airline is facing heat yet again, this time for forcing a female passenger to urinate in a cup in front of other passengers.

Nicole Harper, an emergency room nurse in Kansas City, says flight attendants wouldn’t let her get up to use the restroom until the captain turned off the seatbelt belt sign. Harper says she explained she has an overactive bladder and was then handed the cup to relieve herself — while she sat in her seat.

“You would think peeing in a cup on an airplane in front of my family and strangers would be the worst part of this story,” Harper recounted on Facebook. “But the way I was treated by flight attendants afterwards was worse.”
The nurse says the flight crew “shamed her,” saying they would be filing a report on the incident and claiming a hazmat team would have to be called in for cleanup. Harper says she made no mess.

She also says her experience with United following the incident on the plane was just as frustrating. Claiming her efforts to contact United’s customer service department went ignored, she wrote on Facebook that this type of behavior wouldn’t fly in her profession:

“As an emergency room nurse I completely understand having a bad day on the job and having to deal with undesirable bodily fluids. What I don’t understand is ZERO customer service. If I treated a patient this poorly I would surely have consequences.”

United is really on a roll as of late.

Back in March, the airline made headlines for barring teenage girls from boarding a flight because of the leggings they were wearing. In early May, the company allowed a passenger to board the wrong plane, and the woman found herself in San Francisco instead of Paris. As recently as Tuesday, it was reported that passengers whose prized rabbit died on a United flight are now seeking a monetary settlement.

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Bunny Story:
http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/09/news/uni...t-damages/

Owners of dead giant rabbit want United to pay up
by Jethro Mullen

The mysterious case of the dead giant rabbit continues to haunt United Airlines.
The owners of Simon, a 3-foot-long Continental Giant rabbit found dead after a transatlantic United flight, want compensation from the airline and an investigation into its policies for transporting animals.
Lawyers for the group of Iowa residents who bought Simon have sent a letter to United (UAL) threatening legal action if it doesn't respond within a week.
The death of the giant rabbit is just one of the PR nightmares United has run into in recent weeks. News of it emerged at a time when the airline was already reeling from the huge backlash over one of its passengers being violently dragged off a flight.

Simon, a 10-month-old giant rabbit, was found dead not long after arriving in Chicago on a United flight.
Three men pooled their resources to buy Simon for $2,330 from a British breeder with plans to make him a star attraction at the Iowa State Fair, according to their lawyer Guy Cook. They expected 10-month-old Simon would eventually inherit the crown of world's largest rabbit from his father, Darius.
In the letter to United, Cook accused the airline of a "failure to provide Simon the appropriate measure of care he deserved, which resulted in Simon's death."

United said in a statement Monday that it has received the letter and is reviewing it. "Our United team takes its responsibilities in transporting pets seriously, and is saddened by Simon's death," it said.

The rabbit's previous owner in the U.K. said that United had been in regular contact and the matter had been resolved to her satisfaction.

But Cook said that United hasn't done enough.
"My clients have suffered damages and United has taken no action to rectify this matter with my clients," he said.

What caused Simon's death after a flight from London to Chicago in April remains unclear.
United said he arrived at Chicago O'Hare airport "in apparent good condition" and was seen moving about in his crate about 35 minutes later. But shortly after that, a worker "noticed Simon was motionless and that he had passed away."

The problem now, according to Cook, is that United cremated Simon's remains without permission from his breeder or owners. United "cannot prove they acted responsibly, as they destroyed the proof," he said.
The letter to United demands that it hand over all records of the airline's investigation into the death, including any CCTV footage. The owners are also seeking compensation, including for "the economic loss of Simon's future attraction as the 'World's Largest Rabbit.'"

Post: #444

< Piece of shit United will remain an evil incompetent company. Nothing will change.

The bunny could have been your dog or a puppy. Imagine boarding a flight and then getting your dog back cremated, so that it is not even shown whether some of the crew tortured and killed it.

I have written about seeing negative companies in action - United is probably one of those. Negative corporate culture attracts other negative people and their behavior right to the very bottom gets only exacerbated. More positive workers in those places either leave as soon as possible or they become more negative if they stay. A corporation with it's own endemic culture and system are actually closer to an ideology - some can indeed change the behavioral patterns of their workers.