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How following economics 101 could have prevented United's PR nightmare

  • Written by Volodymyr Bilotkach, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Newcastle University
imageThe not so friendly skies?United plane via www.shutterstock.com

On April 9, a passenger was forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight from Chicago O’Hare to Louisville after the carrier was unable to find volunteers to accommodate four of its employees on standby.

Dramatic videos of the incident have gone viral on YouTube and social...

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