[Wash Times] There is something very "1984" in the words fluttering around over the strange case of a doctor being ripped from his seat aboard an airplane, pummeled into submission by three burly men and dragged -- quite literally -- bloody and screaming down the aisle and off the plane.One word that has emerged is "re-accommodate." The passenger wasn’t dragged off the plane; he was "re-accommodated." Another is "overbooked." We’ve heard that word before, but really only from airlines, and we the sheeple just accept it as part of life. Yet another is "voluntary." And we have the Chicago police to thank for a brand new definition of "fell."
Let’s use them all in a couple of sentences. The airplane was "overbooked." The plane needed passengers to "volunteer" to get off. When one refused to leave "voluntarily," he was "re-accommodated." Then, when three husky men assaulted him, he "fell," smashed his face and poured blood as he was dragged down the aisle.
Or, as United said shortly after the incident: "Flight 3411 from Chicago to Louisville was overbooked. After our team looked for volunteers, one customer refused to leave the aircraft voluntarily and law enforcement was asked to come to the gate. We apologize for the overbook situation." Then United chief executive Oscar Munoz added that’s when they had "to re-accommodate these customers."