The unfriendly skies For the record, I knew something like this was going to happen. Judging by the way I’ve been treated almost every time I’ve flown anywhere on a commercial airplane, I figured that, at some point, I was going to show up for a flight and be told, “Well, we’re a little overbooked, so your seat is on the left wing.” Which might not be too bad, if they gave me a shotgun, so I could entertain myself by shooting at birds and such. United Airlines adopted ...