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nafod wrote:

God, I hate airline travel any more.

United Continental Holdings Inc.'s stock UAL, -0.69% edged up 0.6% in morning trade Wednesday, but pared earlier gains of as much as 1.4%, as it once again failed to sustain gains above a key technical level. The widely-watched 50-day moving average, which many chart watchers see as a dividing line between short-term uptrends and downtrends, currently extends to $71.64. The air carrier's stock briefly traded above the 50-day MA when it reached an intraday high of $71.73, before pulling back below it, in the wake of incident over the weekend in which a passenger was dragged off a United plane. On Monday, the stock rose to an intraday high of $72.10, which was above the 50-day MA at the time of $71.65, before closing below it at $71.52. The last time the stock closed above the 50-day MA was March 3, 2017. The stock remains well above its 200-day moving average, seen by many as the long-term trend tracker, which currently extends to $61.30.

Pinky wrote:This doctor is clearly a douchebag

Little is known about Dao or why he was so adamant about remaining on the flight, leading news organizations to probe his history. The Louisville Courier-Journal and other news organizations reported Monday that Dao had previously been convicted of six felonies related to his medical practice in 2004, in which he was accused of illegally prescribing painkillers to a patient in exchange for sex.

Dao surrendered his medical license in 2005, and applied for reinstatement, telling regulators it was a matter of “family honor.” In a 2014 letter, his attorney described Dao as "a grandfather, an active participant in his local church" who supports an organization that helps the homeless in his community, Elizabethtown, Ky.

According to publicly available state licensing records reviewed by the Los Angeles Times, Dao has a history of mental health problems, including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, for which he has received treatment. A 2011 psychological evaluation of Dao concluded that he "lacked the foundation to navigate difficult situations, both inter-personally and in a complex profession.”

That evaluation also said Dao has struggled with “poor decision-making” and a “lack of awareness around his personality and relational issues.” The records said Dao had been previously cited by a hospital in the 2000s for “disruptive conduct” and was ordered to seek evaluation for “anger management” issues. In 2002, another doctor wrote that Dao sometimes “unilaterally chose to do his own thing.”

But another psychological evaluation administered in 2013 concluded that Dao “emotionally was free of debilitating anxiety, depression, or psychological turmoil to the extent that it would affect his ability to function in activities of daily living or manage the practice of medicine.”

Regulators cleared Dao to return to medical practice in 2015, in which he was initially restricted to working one day a week, supervised by another doctor.

JimZipCode wrote:

Pinky wrote:This doctor is clearly a douchebag

Not so clear to me.

Pinky wrote:

JimZipCode wrote:

Pinky wrote:This doctor is clearly a douchebag

Not so clear to me.

Unless you've never been on or heard about an airplane before, you know that refusing to get off a plane when the crew tells you to is going to cause problems for everyone else on the plane. You also know that the airline isn't going to change its mind and decide that it doesn't need to bump people.

When he decided not to comply with the flight crew's shitty, unfair instructions, he made the situation worse for himself and everyone else on the plane. And his justification, "I'm a doctor", suggests he did so because he sees himself as more important than his fellow passengers.

The other three passengers who were bumped deserve more sympathy than this guy.

nafod wrote:

Pinky wrote:

JimZipCode wrote:

Pinky wrote:This doctor is clearly a douchebag

Not so clear to me.

Unless you've never been on or heard about an airplane before, you know that refusing to get off a plane when the crew tells you to is going to cause problems for everyone else on the plane. You also know that the airline isn't going to change its mind and decide that it doesn't need to bump people.

When he decided not to comply with the flight crew's shitty, unfair instructions, he made the situation worse for himself and everyone else on the plane. And his justification, "I'm a doctor", suggests he did so because he sees himself as more important than his fellow passengers.

The other three passengers who were bumped deserve more sympathy than this guy.

They should have just auctioned it off. Keep raising the offer until someone took it.

Pinky wrote:

JimZipCode wrote:

Pinky wrote:This doctor is clearly a douchebag

Not so clear to me.

Unless you've never been on or heard about an airplane before, you know that refusing to get off a plane when the crew tells you to is going to cause problems for everyone else on the plane. You also know that the airline isn't going to change its mind and decide that it doesn't need to bump people.

Grandpa's Spells wrote:

Pinky wrote:

JimZipCode wrote:

Pinky wrote:This doctor is clearly a douchebag

Not so clear to me.

Unless you've never been on or heard about an airplane before, you know that refusing to get off a plane when the crew tells you to is going to cause problems for everyone else on the plane. You also know that the airline isn't going to change its mind and decide that it doesn't need to bump people.

My read from a couple lawyers on this was forcing someone off the plane to make room for employees was illegal. Everyone boarded because the flight was not overbooked. While they have wide latitude for denying boarding, kicking a passenger off requires a much stricter set of circumstances that weren't remotely met.

I'm not saying the doc knew that, but the sense that this was outrageous and unfair lines up pretty neatly with the law.

Turdacious wrote:

Little is known about Dao or why he was so adamant about remaining on the flight, leading news organizations to probe his history. The Louisville Courier-Journal and other news organizations reported Monday that Dao had previously been convicted of six felonies related to his medical practice in 2004, in which he was accused of illegally prescribing painkillers to a patient in exchange for sex.

Dao surrendered his medical license in 2005, and applied for reinstatement, telling regulators it was a matter of “family honor.” In a 2014 letter, his attorney described Dao as "a grandfather, an active participant in his local church" who supports an organization that helps the homeless in his community, Elizabethtown, Ky.

According to publicly available state licensing records reviewed by the Los Angeles Times, Dao has a history of mental health problems, including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, for which he has received treatment. A 2011 psychological evaluation of Dao concluded that he "lacked the foundation to navigate difficult situations, both inter-personally and in a complex profession.”

That evaluation also said Dao has struggled with “poor decision-making” and a “lack of awareness around his personality and relational issues.” The records said Dao had been previously cited by a hospital in the 2000s for “disruptive conduct” and was ordered to seek evaluation for “anger management” issues. In 2002, another doctor wrote that Dao sometimes “unilaterally chose to do his own thing.”

But another psychological evaluation administered in 2013 concluded that Dao “emotionally was free of debilitating anxiety, depression, or psychological turmoil to the extent that it would affect his ability to function in activities of daily living or manage the practice of medicine.”

Regulators cleared Dao to return to medical practice in 2015, in which he was initially restricted to working one day a week, supervised by another doctor.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-uni ... story.html

Grandpa's Spells wrote:I'm not saying the doc knew that, but the sense that this was outrageous and unfair lines up pretty neatly with the law.

JimZipCode wrote:

Turdacious wrote:

Little is known about Dao or why he was so adamant about remaining on the flight, leading news organizations to probe his history. The Louisville Courier-Journal and other news organizations reported Monday that Dao had previously been convicted of six felonies related to his medical practice in 2004, in which he was accused of illegally prescribing painkillers to a patient in exchange for sex.

Dao surrendered his medical license in 2005, and applied for reinstatement, telling regulators it was a matter of “family honor.” In a 2014 letter, his attorney described Dao as "a grandfather, an active participant in his local church" who supports an organization that helps the homeless in his community, Elizabethtown, Ky.

According to publicly available state licensing records reviewed by the Los Angeles Times, Dao has a history of mental health problems, including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, for which he has received treatment. A 2011 psychological evaluation of Dao concluded that he "lacked the foundation to navigate difficult situations, both inter-personally and in a complex profession.”

That evaluation also said Dao has struggled with “poor decision-making” and a “lack of awareness around his personality and relational issues.” The records said Dao had been previously cited by a hospital in the 2000s for “disruptive conduct” and was ordered to seek evaluation for “anger management” issues. In 2002, another doctor wrote that Dao sometimes “unilaterally chose to do his own thing.”

But another psychological evaluation administered in 2013 concluded that Dao “emotionally was free of debilitating anxiety, depression, or psychological turmoil to the extent that it would affect his ability to function in activities of daily living or manage the practice of medicine.”

Regulators cleared Dao to return to medical practice in 2015, in which he was initially restricted to working one day a week, supervised by another doctor.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-uni ... story.html

See? Not a douchebag.

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:The flight wasn't overbooked.
The airline wanted 4 of their people on it.
This seems to be a violation of FAA law.
They are going to get fucked.
So, too, is the Chicago Aviation security team.

Pinky wrote:

JimZipCode wrote:

Pinky wrote:This doctor is clearly a douchebag

Not so clear to me.

Unless you've never been on or heard about an airplane before, you know that refusing to get off a plane when the crew tells you to is going to cause problems for everyone else on the plane. You also know that the airline isn't going to change its mind and decide that it doesn't need to bump people.

When he decided not to comply with the flight crew's shitty, unfair instructions, he made the situation worse for himself and everyone else on the plane. And his justification, "I'm a doctor", suggests he did so because he sees himself as more important than his fellow passengers.

The other three passengers who were bumped deserve more sympathy than this guy.