I know UA flight was
not overbooked but posting this because of outcry about overbooking and various ppl calling for legislation to prohibit, restrict, otherwise regulate overbooking.
Is further regulation/
legislation needed for this?
IIUC, passengers w tix who are denied boarding due to overbooking are in fact compensated in some ways - tix for next flight, and/or cash/check, and/or meals and lodging vouchers, and/or pass for later flight.
IOW they
still have the opp. to fly to their destination and receive some $ compensation, in addition to getting there, but
arriving later than they originally anticipated/scheduled.
Per linked info below *
--- 475,000 total or
0.07 percent of passengers were denied boarding because of overbooking.
--- 435,000
accepted ^ as compensation for voluntarily not flying as booked.
--- 40,000 were
provided compensation for involuntarily not flying as booked.
^ Both sets of these passengers were compensated, w ~435,000 compensated w a satisfactory $ amt.
The other 40,000? IDK.
If 475,000 passengers,
denied boarding b/c of overbooking, = 0.07 percent of all passengers in 2016, then of the ____ total US commercial airline passengers last year,
___ percent were involuntarily bumped.
Pls,
someone do the ^ math. Anyone? TiA.
Seems imo the real i
ssue was the manner of Dr Dao's removal from plane. JM2cts.
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In the United States in 2016, around 475,000 passengers, or 0.07 per cent of travellers, were denied boarding due to overbooked flights. Of that, 40,000 ... involuntary....
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Delta Air Lines CEO ...saying its denied boarding rate was only about 1 in 100,000 passengers in 2016." bbm sbm
http://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/airlines-defend-overbooking-after-united-airlines-incident?xtor=CS1-10. Ap 14