Originally Posted by MikeB525

As you know, airlines typically overbook flights, which often times leads to near-violent confrontations with customers at the gate (see the TV show "Airline"). They do this to gain extra revenue because there are always a couple people who wind up not going on the flight do to oversleeping, last minute problems, etc. Do you agree or disagree with the practice of deliberately overbooking flights?

Ok, discuss.