Reply #8: Its kind of cheap to imply that US Air was the cause of her death.

[aikoaiko]

"There's every reason to believe that Gotbaum would be alive today if she had been allowed to board her flight to Tucson and take her rightful seat."

One could say that Gotbaum had already blown off the original direct flight to Tuscon, but if she had shown up for her original on that plane.

Overbooking if a part of the terms of agreement on almost every commercial carrier. No is forced to fly with US Air or any carrier.