I think I finally got to the bottom of why United felt they had to do this.
>Dr, clearly not United's friend but still put on the flight plan (Not even at no charge, he paid them. The absolute madman.)
>United calls Ittin and files the flight plan, with him still clearly on it
Now what do we know about flight plans? They list smee, maimen - and only one of you. That's your typical flight plan, though some list more than one of you (usually 4 you at most). Thing is, these sort of flight plans are also generally called in with the expectation that the first one to talk is the one that gets to stay on the aircraft. Here's where I think his case basically falls apart. What'd the Dr. say for the first three removals? Presumably nothing, he said nothing. Unless NONE of the other three passengers talked during their removal, he was naturally going to miss his only shot at being the first one to talk and stay aboard the aircraft.
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE
This suggests that the Dr. basically brought everything that happened to him onto himself through his ignorance of planelore, but the controversy doesn't end here. If we do accept that one of the other three passengers was the first to talk, why were THEY still removed? Why didn't they get to stay on the aircraft? United has a lotta explaining to do for a hired airline.