Turbulent times ahead for commercial airlines as soaring fuel costs leave profits grounded After a man was filmed being forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight, many have questioned why airlines overbook flights. But in an industry that operates on

In April, a video surfaced online of an incident aboard a United Airlines flight. In the video, a man, David Dao, gets asked to disembark the plane prior to take off at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. When he refuses, airport officials violently drag him from the plane.