United Airlines CEO out for ADDING flights to schedule as a form of bribery

Weird story.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/08/news...ceo/index.html

United CEO Jeff Smisek has stepped down, along with two other executives.

Their crime?

They added a direct flight from Newark, NJ to Columbia, SC to gain favor with then Port Authority chairman David Samson.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/fede...65692?page=all

Samson had a second home in South Carolina, near Columbia. He referred to the flight as "The Chairman's Flight", and in fact the plane was less than half full most of the time -- something highly unusual in today's US air travel environment. Samson, in turn, was said to have acted favorably toward United Airlines in the NYC/Newark areas.

Samson was also thought to have had a role in the lane closure scandal ordered by Chris Christie to punish a mayor he didn't like.

Oh, and despite being caught doing this, the CEO is getting a $4.8 million "separation payment".

Unbelievable.

He should get a jail cell for corruption of a public official.

Only thing about this that is fishy is that someone considered that a 'bad' move.

What am I missing Druff? You are acting like he Jared'd a little boy.



I would have done this.

I don't always do favors. But when I do I prefer it to be for Chairman.

Wait, did I just take the bait on a Google hitter.

Modern day version of falling for a bot.

I'm gonna try this myself.

This is the 4th negative thread I've posted since 2012 about United Airlines.

I need to post more anti-Air Canada threads to make up for it.