Woman bumped from flight, misses 10K dream cruise

I'm a little surprised how many people seem to be putting the blame on the passenger

yes, there have been terrible traffic getting to the airport, there could have been a mechanical problem with the plane, there could have been severe weather, there could have been a bomb scare at the airport

The end result , her missing her cruise, is the same so what difference does it make

To me it's like a person dying because of a heart attack or being shot in the heart in a robbery gone bad

You can say that the person is dead either way, friends and family are devastated either way so what difference does it make?......but you'd be a complete jerk for doing so

I think what Air Canada could have done was gotten on the PA system and said, "Unfortunately, we need to bump a passenger from this flight, we chose a person at random, that person has a cruise leaving later today and we can't get her there in time on a later flight, we are asking for a volunteer to take her place so she can go on her vacation"

I understand that the airline is under no obligation to do that
I understand that if no one would volunteered that the woman is out of luck

But it seems like a better and more humane to handle the situation