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KT2000

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2. in corporate world -

Reply to nikibatts (Original post)

Mon Apr 10, 2017, 05:33 PM

Apr 2017

employees are costs which MUST be minimized. The paying customer must be sacrificed to save on employee costs. Employee costs show up on the balance sheet. A customer who never flies United again will not show up on the balance sheet - especially since they select those who fly the least.
As I understand it, the fact that they are compensating bumped people is a result of regulation but I am not aware of regulations that say they cannot be bumped. This event shows there should be - inhumane treatment of a paying customer should have been the last thing that should happen.
Just goes to show - capitalism is for the big guys.

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How much is deregulation to blame for the United horror story and others like it? [View all] nikibatts Apr 2017 OP

i don't think it's deregulation that's to blame, for a change. unblock Apr 2017 #1

in corporate world - KT2000 Apr 2017 #2

I think, quite a lot. Before the Airline Deregulation Act, The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #3