Court to decide if United Airlines should get Bernard treatment

[bernorange 8336]

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The officer who violently dragged a United Airlines passenger last year says the airline set him up to take a fall, and he believes he was wrongly fired... according to a new suit.

James Long was one of the Chicago aviation officers seen on video yanking Dr. David Dao off his flight in April 2017, and he's suing United -- along with the Chicago Dept. of Aviation (CDA) -- over losing his job.

In the suit, Long says the airline should have known removing Dao from the flight would require "physical force," and says the CDA didn't properly train him for such situations. He also says the CDA's commissioner defamed him by saying he had acted inappropriately during the incident.

Long wants at least $150k in damages and back pay stemming from his firing. As we reported, 2 officers were fired and another resigned months after Dao's dragging.

http://www.tmz.com/2018/04/11/united-airlines-sued-police-officer-fired-dragging-passenger-david-dao/

They set him up the bomb.

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

Interesting case. Company sets up shitty policies and asks employees to enforce them. Curious to see how this plays out.

[bernorange 8336]

Some background:

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The incident Sunday in which a United Airlines passenger was dragged from a plane at O'Hare International Airport has put a new focus on Chicago's previously little-known aviation police force, which removed the man from the plane. Here are some facts about the force.

Q: Are aviation police part of the Chicago Police Department?

A: No. They're with the Chicago Department of Aviation.

Q: How many aviation officers are there?

 

A: About 300. Working at the city's two major airports, they are a mix of part- and full-time cops, and some work as police in other departments, said Adam Rosen, a spokesman for Service Employees International Union Local 73, which represents them. Full-timers earn between $50,000 and $88,000 a year and cost the city about $19 million a year.

Q: Do they have the same training and powers as CPD officers?

A: Aviation police must meet the same minimum standards as other local cops, according to a city website. That includes passing fitness testing and psychological examinations. Aviation officers can "temporarily detain and take people into custody until Chicago police arrives," said city spokeswoman Jennifer Martinez. But only Chicago police can file an arrest report, she said. Some training and qualification standards for Chicago police go beyond the state's minimum standards, and it is unclear what the Aviation Department requires of officers beyond the minimum.

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More:  http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-united-chicago-aviation-police-met-20170413-story.html

Long wasn't employed by UA.  Not sure what the legal definition of "temporarily detain" is, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't include brutalizing people.

Edited April 12, 2018 by bernorange

[SDG 3319]

You’re a day late to the party

-chi-aviation-cop-who-dragged-united-guy-off-plane-sues-wants-his-salary-back 

[bernorange 8336]

Strange.  I had searched the forum for "United Airlines" prior to posting and that thread did not appear in the search results.

[gecko 1104]

FWIW, if you search "United Airlines" the other thread does not come back in the search results.  If you search "United" the other thread appears.

bernorange is off the hook, no foul committed.