Sentences with phrase «giving up his seat on»

United said it would no longer call law enforcement to deny passengers boarding, nor would passengers who are already seated be required to give up their seats on overbooked flights.

Munoz said United would be examining the way it compensates customers who volunteer to give up seats on overbooked planes, adding that it would likely not demand that seated passengers surrender their places.

The United States hasn't given up its seat on the table, but it could certainly take a bigger role than it has in order to ensure that other countries, when they do implement regulations on tech and information, aren't going too far.

Delta, meanwhile, has increased its maximum offer to passengers who would be willing to give up their seats on an overbooked flight to $ 10,000.

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.

Men are actually embarrassed to give up a seat on the subway to an old woman; they mumble «I was getting off anyway,» instead of making the gesture in a straightforward and gracious way.

On Sunday in Chicago, the airline asked passengers who had already boarded to give up their seats on an overbooked flight so that United employees could have them.

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.

The cadence of the text about Rosa Parks» unwillingness to give up her seat on the bus is blues - y.

I didn't do it to make people to give up their seats on public transport (that should be good manners really), but to make sure people didn't barge into me.

Koch shot back that he hoped Silver would be giving up his seat on the next bus ride the two took together, and... well, you can see how this is going.

In 2005, when she gave up her seat on the City Council to run for Manhattan borough president, the New York Times editorial board praised her as «smart and driven and an expert on education issues,» but ultimately concluded «her style — often described by those who have worked with her as abrasive — would not be well suited to this office.»

He's giving up his seat on the town board to run for supervisor.

Paladino, meanwhile, is refusing to give up his seat on the school board and, in an apology sent to Artvoice, says the comments were intended only for his friends and were accidentally sent to the weekly magazine.

Give up your seat on public transportation and enjoy the people watching from above rather than below.

Give up your seat on the subway.

Rosa's personal struggle against institutionalized racism reaches its zenith on the night of December 1, 1955, when, bone - weary after a long day's work as a seamstress at a Montgomery department store, she refuses to give up her seat on a bus to a white man — and is promptly arrested.

Rosa Parks was an African American woman who broke the law when she refused to give up her seat on a crowded bus for a white passenger.

Students dramatize the incident that started the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s: Rosa Parks's refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

In a 2009 biography Claudette Colvin, who at 15 refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus nearly nine months before Rosa Parks, credited her teachers with inspiring her to make her courageous stand against Southern apartheid.

Nine months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, a 15 - year - old girl was arrested for defying the same Montgomery, Alabama, bus laws.

And during that research, I found the subject of a subsequent book, Claudette Colvin, who, as a 15 - year - old, refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white woman nine months before Rosa Parks became famous for the same act.

United Airlines is expected to begin trialling a «bid to be bumped» program in select markets from October and, should the trial go well, passengers across the airline's network will soon be given the chance to say how much compensation it would take for them to give up their seat on an overbooked flight.

But usually when this happens, the airline will offer compensation to anyone who volunteers to give up their seat on the plane, in exchange for a later flight.

While many Americans were rockin» «around the clock» as President Eisenhower led the nation in its tenth year into the Cold War, a 42 - year - old woman in Montgomery, Alabama landed herself in a pivotal moment in history by refusing to give up her seat on a Cleveland Avenue bus on December 1, 1955.

It was in this great city that Rosa Parks made history by refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white male.

Not exact matches

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.

Even better: if you are sitting on the aisle, stand up to give your seat - mates some extra room to get ready.

He points to activist investors as a particular thorn in the side of management, forcing it to focus on quarter - to - quarter earnings and giving up board seats instead of investing in research and development.

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.

«The future is foreign markets, so the last thing you want to do if you are a coal company is to give up a U.S. seat in the international climate discussions and let the Europeans control the agenda,» said the official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the issue.

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.

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.

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.

During this time blacks had to give up there seats to whites when more whites got on the bus.

The Sharpie maker's agreement with Starboard comes with an assist from another activist investor, billionaire Carl Icahn, who will give up two of his four seats on the board.

A passenger was forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight by law enforcement on Sunday after refusing to give up his seat.

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.

Starting a new job comes with the side - effect of giving up a lot of control, as does the experience of being put back on training wheels, back in the beginners seat.

On the flight to MSP, there was a nine - year - old sitting right behind me, and he was constantly kicking my seat, and kept on yelling «Moooooooommmmmmyyyyyy give me my iPad back!!!!,» as loudly as he could, while the mother of the child yelled back louder «Shut uOn the flight to MSP, there was a nine - year - old sitting right behind me, and he was constantly kicking my seat, and kept on yelling «Moooooooommmmmmyyyyyy give me my iPad back!!!!,» as loudly as he could, while the mother of the child yelled back louder «Shut uon yelling «Moooooooommmmmmyyyyyy give me my iPad back!!!!,» as loudly as he could, while the mother of the child yelled back louder «Shut up!

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.

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.

Kenney says he'll give up his federal seat on Oct. 1 — the day the Tory leadership race officially begins.

So, I'm not forced to give up by «seat on the bus.»

(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.

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.

Now, I started reflecting on this because my kids were in the back seat of the car singing that song about Peter and John and the lame man — «Silver and Gold have I none / but such as I have give I thee / in the name of Je - e-sus Chri - i - ist / of Nazareth rise up and walk!

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.»

He rarely gets up from his seat on the bench to give instructions and it often means the fans can get riled up with a lack of motivation on the pitch.

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.