DONE with United Airlines

[Audi Driver P.E.]

I have no love for United because they utilize planes that position the seats too close together, so I have no love for them, but to continue to berate the airline over this whole thing is just dumb. 

 

[csb]

Can I get a LOL?

http://mix967online.iheart.com/articles/jbs-feed-501625/united-airlines-doctor-convicted-of-exchanging-15729297/?cmp=managed_social

Damn. No wonder he didn't want to miss the one day a week he's able to trade Oxy for Blowies. 

 

[Audi Driver P.E.]

So, a United plane that asked four passengers to disembark was on a treadmill...

 

[Road Guy]

Its not yet poking through the "main stream" media yet, but I am seeing that this story is going to die off pretty quick..

so read this story and ask why does this guy still have a license? If any of us traded stamped plans for *** would we have a license? well maybe in Kentucky!

The United Airlines passenger at the centre of an onboard brouhaha is a dirty doctor who was convicted of trading *** for pills.

Dr. David Dao, 69, was captured on video being forcibly dragged off the Louisville, Ky.-bound flight at Chicago O’Hare Airport.

The incident triggered a firestorm of bad publicity for United and security at O’Hare.

But Dao is far from whistling clean.

According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, the pulmonary disease specialist was convicted of trading prescription pills for *** with his patients in 2003.

According to documents filed with the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, Dao was busted in 2003 on the drug-related offences following an undercover sting.

The dirty doctor became sexually interested in a male patient named Brian Case. Dao gave Case a physical – including a genital exam.

He then made Case his office manager. Case eventually quit because of Dao’s “inappropriate remarks”.

But the poker-loving doctor continued to pursue Case and gave him prescription drugs in exchange for *** acts.

In 2004, Dao was convicted of obtaining drugs by fraud or deceit. He was placed on five years of supervised probation, the Courier-Journal reported.

The medical board said Dao had a sexual relationship with Case and supplied him with narcotics while his former office manager was a patient.

Their trysts would take placed in low-rent hotel rooms.

Dao was allowed to continue practicising medicine after probation and agreeing to a psychological evaluation.

The newspaper said he attended medical school in Vietnam in the 1970s before moving to the U.S.

He is a grandfather and father of five, according to the Daily Mail.

His wife, Teresa Dao, is a pediatrician and four of their five children are doctors.

Dao is also a gambling enthusiast, according to TMZ, even making a bundle at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

He hit the circuit in 2006 while his medical licence was suspended for illegally prescribing painkillers.

Dao’s career earnings at the World Series of Poker are $234,664.

 

[MA_PE]

Dr. D'bag

TMZ right on top of the latest news!

 

[csb]

Also here:

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2017/04/11/david-dao-passenger-removed-united-flight-doctor-troubled-past/100318320/

He's a pulmonologist giving genital exams. This is a dude who knows how to work an angle! 

Fun fact- his license shows up here, but the Board Action is crashing. I'm guessing this is the most hits the Kentucky Board of Med has ever seen. http://web1.ky.gov/GenSearch/LicenseList.aspx?AGY=5&FLD1=Dao&FLD2=&FLD3=0&FLD4=0&TYPE=

But, to RG's original question, I'm sure there are engineers ALL OVER trading stamped plans for sexual favors. 

Well, mostly in New Jersey. 

 

[Road Guy]

I am mainly targeting the Niagara Falls region

 

[jeb6294]

Maybe he was in such a hurry to get back because he didn't tell his parole officer that he was leaving town.

 

[Supe]

He was probably rushing to test his pulmonary function at a low-cost motel.

 

[willsee]

The writer of that Courier article is catching all kinds of her own hell right now.  She's being attacked by other media members here locally for victim shaming.  His past doesn't have anything to do with this really.

United should have offered more money to get people off of the plane - I'm sure the flight was more than $200.  Yes if it were me I would have taken the money and told them to pay for a rental car instead of a hotel room and just drove the 5 hours to Louisville, but he's not me.

In the end United will lose some stock, catch hell, then Trump will do something and this will be forgotten.

 

[engineergurl]

I've always been treated well with Delta (and previously Northwest - sorry to see them gone).  I have had excellent service on Alaskan.  Out in the Pacific islands/Asia, where the United staff were all former Continental employees, I their service was also very good.  United in the mainland feels like flying with TSA agents, or the bureau of motor vehicles.  I can only assume that this indicates a corporate culture of poor customer service, and a general sense that the employee is always right, contradicting centuries of market lessons.

Fortunately for me, even flying to United's hub, Denver, can be done just as cheaply through either of them from where I am.

I refuse to fly Delta unless I can't avoid it (fat chance here, but still)...  I however love United, the way they treat our Military and families, and their rewards program... and in spite of the occasional poor experiences with individuals my flights (because it is usually individuals that are the ones who are screwing up), like MP said, I know and understand their policies and will continue to fly with them (free tickets or not) 

 

[TNSparky]

Again, what he did or didn't do in his medical practice or personal life 10 years ago has ZERO bearing on what was done to him on Sunday. What was done to him was assault. Plain and simple. He's entitled to damages and the officers involved not only should be terminated but should have criminal charges filed against them. If I were the doc, I'd sue the airport police too.

 

[MA_PE]

Again, what he did or didn't do in his medical practice or personal life 10 years ago has ZERO bearing on what was done to him on Sunday. What was done to him was assault. Plain and simple. He's entitled to damages and the officers involved not only should be terminated but should have criminal charges filed against them. If I were the doc, I'd sue the airport police too.

TN quite frankly you sound like a broken record.  Read the contract terms that every United passenger agrees to (link posted above by mp).  He truly had no right to stay on that plane when he was asked to get off.  How is someone supposed to move non-compliant dead weight off the tight confines of an airplane?  He wasn't smacked around he fell and hit his face on an armrest.  He was perfectly capable of standing and exiting the plane and he refused causing problems for everyone else on the plane.

Any injuries he got, he brought on himself for not following the directive to get off the plane.  The guy was/is a royal PITA.

 

[Road Guy]

probably thought Mike Brown was the Good Guy also...

 

[TNSparky]

TN quit frankly you sound like a broken record.  Read the contract terms that every United passenger agrees to (link posted above by mp).  He truly had no right to stay on that plane when he was asked to get off.  How is someone supposed to move non-compliant dead weight off the tight confines of an airplane?  He wasn't smacked around he fell and hit his face on an armrest.  He was perfectly capable of standing and exiting the plane and he refused causing problems for everyone else on the plane.

Any injuries he got, he brought on himself for not following the directive to get off the plane.  The guy was/is a royal PITA.

PITA he might be, but as I pointed out in my alternatives, there were AT LEAST 8 other ways to resolve this other than the method chosen, all of which would have resulted in a better outcome for everybody. And when the lawyers get done with United and the cops in court, I hope the amount is so steep that no airline will ever think about doing this again. There is ZERO reason for it, regardless of anyone's background.

 

[TNSparky]

probably thought Mike Brown was the Good Guy also...

Not relevant.

 

[TNSparky]

Not relevant.

And for the record (not that it matters), I thought the shooting was justified. I won't make a comment regarding one party or the other being a "good guy" or "bad guy." Somebody got shot (albeit, justified). Somebody died. There was little "good" about that other than the fact that the officer got to go home that day.

 

[TNSparky]

I'm against using a police force to resolve a poor business decision. If it's not a CRIME, it's not the police's job. The man bought his seat and was sitting in it. There was no crime committed by him being on the plane. He was not threatening anyone or the aircraft.

 

[Audi Driver P.E.]

I'm against using a police force to resolve a poor business decision. If it's not a CRIME, it's not the police's job. The man bought his seat and was sitting in it. There was no crime committed by him being on the plane. He was not threatening anyone or the aircraft.

If someone comes in your home as an invited guest and then (for whatever reason) refuses to leave when you ask them to, what option would you choose?  Just continue to ask them to leave?

 

[TNSparky]

If someone comes in your home as an invited guest and then (for whatever reason) refuses to leave when you ask them to, what option would you choose?  Just continue to ask them to leave?

That's entirely different. That's trespassing and them entering my home was not based on a business transaction for any services to be rendered or goods to be delivered.