Videos of an elderly man dragged down the aisle and off a United Airlines flight on Sunday have now gone viral. “The facts are there are too many people for the number of seats and somebody has to leave.” So said former United Continental CEO Gordon Bethune on CNBC.  He makes it sound like a freak of nature or some astrological peculiarity:  “Well, where did all those people come from?” But in actual fact, the only reason there were that number of people is that the airline had sold that number of seats. When no ticket holders accepted United’s offer … Continue reading Man Dragged off Flight; Public Bludgeoned with Poor Language