Ernie wrote:temporal1 wrote:Ernie, 'was hoping you would share your thoughts about how this topic is moving along.
Could you explain what you mean with the word, "universal," here?
When i read your words, the word/phrase i'm "defaulting to" is, "politically correct."
All I am saying is that there are certain principles that work, whether adhered to by Christians or by non-Christians. "Agreeing with your adversary quickly while you are in the way with him" works as well in 2017 as it did in AD 28.
Some companies figure this out without expensive errors. Others only learn through experience.
All truth is God's truth.
thank you. yes.
in retail, "the customer is always right." is a common business policy.
but airlines are not like retail shopping malls. they try to be inviting+accomodating. but.
they are heavily regulated by government, in my mind, close to military regulations.
i'm not a military person, but, from what i observe, this is what i surmise.
similar would be true of trains, cruise ships, etc.
they are a combination of appealing to a retail-like passenger market, but with loads of extra responsibilities, all regulated by strict government oversight.
United was following SOP of decades, they happened to get a passenger (possibly with a defiance disorder) .. he could have landed on any airline, with similar outcome.
esp since 9-11-2001, public transportation has become more of an .. outwardly gov regulated experience. everyone is impacted, even those on 1st Class, and flying privately.
folks are on edge about violence breaking out in any setting, esp in public settings.
i believe, Delta has now responded with an offer that should quiet the armchair lynch mob types, i.e., until they get their next scent of blood.
social media is an expose' of how ignorant the general population is, which is ok. ignorance, of itself, is not a shortcoming. worse, is how uninterested many are in learning better.
maybe a little more cyberspace sophistication will come with time?
as people realize "we have courts for that." and put their cameras+hair-trigger responses down.
in my flying experience (not extensive) it surprises me no other passenger volunteered to step up to help when this passenger showed distress.
maybe it means nothing.
but, there could be more to this story.
(that the doctor was behaving in a way that frightened others?) if so, it is SOP to physically remove such a passenger. it happens. there are established laws to allow removal of potentially threatening passengers. i'm ok with that. they can wage their battles on the ground.