Probably", he said, according to CBS News, before adding, "just because United is responsible, doesn't mean the city of Chicago isn't responsible".
Dao, who is Vietnamese, was discharged from the hospital Wednesday evening, but he did not attend the press conference. A spokeswoman for United told The New York Times that it was simply that four employees who were needed on a flight in Louisville the next day had to be on the flight from Chicago to Louisville or else it would cause the other flight to be canceled.
The department's roughly 300 officers guard the city's two main airports but are not part of the regular Chicago police force, receive less training and can not carry guns inside the terminals.
"No one should ever be mistreated this way", United CEO Oscar Munoz said in a statement earlier this week, his most contrite apology yet as details emerged about the incident.
Congress and the Department of Transportation occasionally retune the passenger's fly rights to scale back predatory behavior, but it's a piecemeal process.
Fellow passenger Jodi Smith said she overheard the entire conversation and the first-class flight attendant was being "totally ridiculous".
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Sunday's first bombing at the Mar Girgis church in Tanta city north of Cairo killed 28 people, the health ministry said . The US State Department also issued a rebuke, calling the bombings "barbaric attacks on Christian places of worship".
In an interview with Good Morning America this week, Munoz said the company is reviewing its policies to free up frontline employees to use "common sense" in tense situations.
It's no surprise airlines would want to beef up the incentives for customers they need to bump from flights.
Demetrio is a lawyer with Corboy & Demetrio.
David Dao, the doctor who was videotaped being dragged by police officers, has filed an emergency court request for the airline to preserve evidence, signalling that he would fight the case in court.
The bill also would allow passengers to sue airlines for unfair and deceptive practices such as tarmac delays, undisclosed fees, price gouging, chronically late flights, or health and safety risks. "We can not stress enough that we remain steadfast in our commitment to make this right", United's statement said. "I have never in all my years of flying seen anything like this". "I think it's very much about giving our front line the tools and the flexibility to empower them at the first point of contact, and that's what we'll continue to do".
The United Executive Council (MEC) says it intentionally withheld judgment as the story of United Express flight 3411, operated by USA regional affiliate Republic Airline, went viral this week because of the rapid pace at which information "both accurate and inaccurate, has been released and manipulated".
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