To: United Airlines, Jeff Smisek CEO
United Airlines Owes Reimbursement
For the debacle that occurred on June 18th, 2014, in which United Airlines diverted to Pueblo, Colorado during a storm and then abandoned its passengers, I call upon United to reimburse the Pueblo Police Department and Colorado State University for their rescue, transportation and lodging of these stranded passengers, including small children and infants.
Why is this important?
United forced passengers to remain on the tarmac for hours, unable to use the plane's clogged restrooms and with no food left, simply because they still hoped to make their scheduled stop in Denver. When passengers finally disembarked in Pueblo, United abandoned them without explanation. The Pueblo Police and Colorado State University were heroes who took up this task, providing food, transportation and lodging, and should be reimbursed.