Sentences with phrase «gives up his seat for»

DOT rules require airlines to seek out people who are willing to give up their seats for compensation before bumping anyone involuntarily.»

On the other hand, if Delta really expected Charnas to give up her seat for the whole flight, I can imagine how distressing this would be.

She said once they were all seated on the plane, they were told that four more people needed to give up their seats for stand - by United employees that needed to be in Louisville by Monday to catch a different flight.

Being pregnant naturally garners a little sympathy; people will typically give up their seat for a pregnant woman, people ask to help her reach for things and lift things, and more people even seem to...

People giving up their seat for you on the bus.

I was always so appreciative and touched when someone kindly gave up their seat for me on the subway or at the park.

However, he could return to Parliament after the next election if a Conservative MP were willing to give up their seat for him, triggering a by - election.

Prior to Polacco, the seat was held by Richard Cahill Jr., who gave up the seat for his own mayoral run in 2007.

Debate over giving up seats for expectant mothers after Equalities Minister left standing for Prime Minister's Questions.

Abate gave up her seat for an unsuccessful run for state attorney general.

She, and any other state lawmaker, would be required to give up her seat for an L.G. run.

Recently, there was an all - male panel and a panelist gave up his seat for a woman.

Sadly, I didn't get to play around with my fancy new gizmo, the demo was time limited, and I grudgingly gave up my seat for someone else.

The law said that black people had to give up their seats for white people.

David Dao was brutally dragged off of his United flight rather than give up his seat for United employees.

Not exact matches

Given that the opinion polls at the moment have a small Conservative lead and given that four years ago when most of the seats were up for grabs there was a small Labour lead, if indeed the Labour party is gaining ground in London it must be losing ground somewhere Given that the opinion polls at the moment have a small Conservative lead and given that four years ago when most of the seats were up for grabs there was a small Labour lead, if indeed the Labour party is gaining ground in London it must be losing ground somewhere given that four years ago when most of the seats were up for grabs there was a small Labour lead, if indeed the Labour party is gaining ground in London it must be losing ground somewhere else.

Perhaps more important, Parker set up the board structure so that Zuckerberg would have two seats, making it tougher for the board to give Zuckerberg a hard time.

On the opposite side, Andrew Puzder, former CEO of CKE Restaurants, said CEOs should not give up their seat at the table, saying it was a way to influence policy for the better.

In an Oval Office interview with the Wall Street Journal, Trump suggested that this kind of incident could be avoided in the future if carriers remove the upper limits on vouchers they offer passengers in return for giving up their seats.

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat at the front of a bus and was arrested for her civil disobedience.

Florida Democrats have targeted Republican Senator Marco Rubio, who is considering a run for re-election after previously saying he would give up his seat.

Boeing's tie - up with Embraer, the world's third - largest planemaker, would give it a leading share of the 70 - to 130 - seat market, meaning stiffer competition for Bombardier and Airbus» joint CSeries program.

In exchange for what is generally the lowest fares on board, passengers give up perks that used to be free, such as seat selection, flight - changes and in United and American's case, use of overhead bins.

Pompeo won the state's 4th District seat in 2010, when Tiahrt gave it up to run unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate.

When the gate agent asks for people who are willing to give up their seat, volunteer if you can be upgraded on the next flight.

A California man and his family were kicked off of a Delta flight after they refused to give up a seat originally purchased for their teenage son that they opted to use for his 2 - year - old sibling instead.

Not wanting to give up his seat and wait for a later flight to his destination.

The following month, a California family were booted from a Delta flight for refusing to give up a seat.

Delta's decision comes after United was lambasted for recently offering only $ 800 (up from an initial $ 400) to passengers who were willing to give up their seat.

El - Erian acknowledges that it would be tricky for a plane full of strangers to pull off, and if just one member decided they'd be better off giving up their seat and getting compensation lower than the $ 9,950, the alliance would crumble.

Camber Capital Management, a hedge fund with an activist history, has purchased 5.7 million shares of Tenet Healthcare Corp., or a 5.7 % stake in the money - losing hospital chain.The emergence of Camber was disclosed Monday, just three days after Tenet's largest shareholder, Glenview Capital Management, resigned two Tenet board seats, citing irreconcilable differences with management and the board.Glenview Capital, which owns an 18 % stake in Tenet, gave notice Friday that it would no longer participate in a stand - still agreement that had prevented it from launching a proxy fight for control of the company.Tenet investors welcomed the Camber disclosure Monday, driving up Tenet's stock price to $ 2.18, or 15 %, to $ 16.63 as of 12:30 p.m. ET.Tenet is the nation's third - largest investor - owned

When airlines and airports make even a passing effort to improve travel for families — give them their own spaces to wait for planes, give them seats where they can use bassinets, etc. etc. — the chance that the baby / child will be able to 1 / nap successfully 2 / get out their toddler energy 3 / not have to restrain themselves from something they don't understand — goes up astronomically.

Her suit says that she led Kleiner's investment in a start - up called RPX, but that Kleiner gave its seat on the company's board to Mr. Komisar, not Ms. Pao, in retaliation for her harassment claims.

After no passengers voluntarily gave up their seats in the overbooked flight for $ 1,000, the airline randomly selected customers who would be booted out of the plane.

For many VC and PE professionals having a portfolio company go public used to mean it was time to give up their board seat.

SPOTLIGHT ON THE FIRM Into the Spotlight: How to Be a Successful Public Director For many VC and PE professionals having a portfolio company go public used to mean it was time to give up their board seat.

A year ago, David Dao refused to give up his seat aboard a United flight from Chicago to Louisville, Ky., for airline employees.

The 24 original brokers gave way to owners of 1366 coveted seats, which sold for up to $ 4 million in 2005.

Running after someone to hand them back something they dropped was the most common «good deed» cited in the survey, followed by giving up a seat on a train or bus for a less able or pregnant passenger.

(CNN)- Republicans jumped on the Democrats» Tuesday loss of the congressional seat given up by disgraced U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner as a sign of eroding Jewish support for President Barack Obama and his party.

well, I don't know a lot about Jesus, but what I DO know is that, no matter who I am or what I believe in, he'd give up his seat in heaven for me.

After Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man on a city bus, the new pastor, King, was drafted to lead the African - American community in a boycott of public transportation.

So I made a very conscious decision years ago to step out of those systems and methods and give up on ever wanting or jockeying for a «seat at the table.»

«From William Penn, who would not take off his hat, to Rosa Parks, who would not give up her seat,» we admire people who are disobedient for moral cause.

When I am hot and sticky, my desire to do nice things for others, like give up my seat on the subway or buy a sandwich for a homeless guy, is minimal.

Giving new dimension to the phrase suiting up for the Blazers, Oden spends most nights seated behind the team bench dressed like a banker.

I still go with same six mates I went with in the late fifties when it was two bob to get in and would lose touch if I didn't go anymore, great seats, behind the TV camera, a meal before the game, a drink after the game, so as you can see it's very difficult to give up plus if I give it up with the waiting list for a S / T I'll never get it back and the thought of not going to Arsenal every week I couldn't contemplate.

We've had this debate before, it's easy for people who don't go to say give up the season ticket but I have a very good seat with five mates literally behind the television camera and if I give it up there is no way I can ever get it back again.

-- Price includes: Jerseys, Refs, Stats for each game, Prizes (in past years for All Sports Series we have given a trolley or bleacher seats to Cubs and Sox and gym passes), Live Tweets, Video Wrap - Ups and more.

It remains to be seen whether Chelsea could: a) break that loan deal and, b) convince Lopez to give up regular action for a seat on a London subs bench.