Man Pissed About Overbooked Flight Strips Naked

[KamaAina]

http://www.mandatory.com/2015/05/21/man-pissed-about-overbooked-flight-strips-naked/

I think we can all agree that reserving a flight and actually getting on a plane is one of the most stressful things one can do, so it's hard to blame a guy who stripped naked after hearing a flight was overbooked.

The unidentified man was all set to board a flight to Jamaica to relax on the beach and leave his worries behind when he apparently received the worse news imaginable: the flight was overbooked. Then something odd happened, the man went through a Hulk-like transformation, but his shorts didn't conveniently stay on, he lost them. He lost everything and stripped naked....

"He had his clothes on, at that point, and then he started standing there with his arms crossed and hollering at the lady at the desk. He stood there for a moment and then started taking off his clothes. I ain't never seen nothing (like that) in my life."

"I was not expecting to see nothing like that, I've never seen nothing like that at Charlotte Douglas airport. Never," she said. "And that's when I got out my phone and started taking pictures," Ketchie says.

Charlotte? Aren't there direct flights from Florida to Jamaica?

[pinboy3niner]

1. Who among us ain't never done that?

[kentauros]

3. I ain't never not done that.

I think

[Art_from_Ark]

15. I've had dreams where I've done that

But unless those dreams were actually astral projections, then I'm pretty sure I haven't done anything like that

[In_The_Wind]

2. Did he think his beautiful nekked body deserved better connections than the other passengers?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

5. He was proving that he needed a wider seat. nt

[cemaphonic]

4. I get the practical reasons for overbooking, and it usually ends up with everyone satisfied

but I've never been clear on why it's not legally construed as fraud for airlines to sell more tickets than they have seats.

[KamaAina]

7. Good point!

[Major Nikon]

8. If the airline refused to reimburse you for your ticket, then it would be fraud

If you are involuntarily bumped, the airline must reimburse you for 200% of your ticket price per federal law.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. They typically overbook 115% in coach.

That's the figure they estimate compensates for no-shows. If everybody does show up they have to rebook them or pay, but there are almost always no-shows. And even then there might be a seat or two left for non-revs.

[Major Nikon]

10. I have my own airline and I never overbook

However, I do get to decide what luggage makes the cut. It actually wasn't that hard to convince my wife to pack light. I just told her, "Clothes or fuel. Your choice."

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Wish I could still afford to fly GA airplanes.

It was fun - I worked as a flight instructor for awhile, too - but it's just too damn expensive for a retired person.

[Major Nikon]

13. I have a 46 yr old plane

It's still fairly expensive, but certainly not compared to a late model. My last engine overhaul cost north of $30K, but fortunately I was over TBO and had been saving up for it for many years. The next big ticket item will be the prop.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Way out of my price range, I'm afraid.

Even rental is $100/hour, give or take. I've gone back to sailing; wind is free.

[TeamPooka]

6. It's the "Andy Dwyer" reaction. nt

[MADem]

12. I'm wondering what kind of workout that fellow does to get

that rather boxy appearance around the area of his posterior?

As seen in this Totally Safe For Work photograph....



That gate agent looks a bit ... errrr .... flummoxed!!!

[DFW]

16. Was he flying from Florida to Jamaica via Charlotte?

Charlotte was a hub of US Scare before the merger with American. Maybe there was some old favorable fare structure in place for taking the long way around?

[cwydro]

17. I think Kama was making reference to Florida Man as a joke.

Nothing in the link says he came from Florida.

[DFW]

18. OK, thanks. I thought I missed something

Although these days, I have seen people take ridiculous routes to save money on fares. One friend was offered to fly something like Detroit to Cincinnati to Atlanta to Paris to Düsseldorf and back the same way to save $150 over what it would have cost to do it with only one stop.

[cwydro]

19. When I flew non-rev

I took some pretty circuitous routes.

Flew from Key West to Tampa to Houston to Cincinnati to Charlotte (my destination) once just so I could make it for my mom's 80th birthday. Just kept hopping on planes with seats lol!