I would really like to know what on earth United's staff thought they were DOING. What earthly difference would it make what clothes he was wearing? And they'd let Ms. West fly dressed as a woman before, even to foreign countries.
Frankly, it sounds like Ms West unfortunately ran into some extraordinarily narrow minded staff, people who were more interested in exercising their power than anything else.
I dare say United will settle; the publicity is hideous -- what there is of it -- and frankly, for a lawsuit against a company the size of UAL, $50,000 is chump change.
But what WERE they thinking?
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