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/united-airlines-forced-woman-pee-cup-front-other-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/united-airlines-dead-giant-rabbit-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.'"
