The Kentucky doctor dragged off a United Airlines flight from Chicago earlier this month has received a financial settlement from the airline. Lawyers for Dr David Dao, 69, say a condition of the payout is that the “amount remain confidential”. United boss Oscar Munoz “said he was going to do the right thing and he … Read more
United Airlines said Friday it no longer plans to name chief executive Oscar Munoz chairman as it revised its compensation program following an uproar over its treatment of a passenger. Munoz and the airline were slammed with heavy criticism after a passenger was violently dragged off a United flight earlier this month in an incident … Read more
United’s widely-condemned violent removal of a passenger from a flight was a “system failure” and no employees will lose their jobs as a result, United Continental chief Oscar Munoz said Tuesday. “It was a system failure across various areas, so there was never a consideration for firing an employee or anyone around it,” Munoz said … Read more
The boss of United Airlines has apologised for the “truly horrific” incident in which a passenger was forcibly dragged, screaming, from a flight. Oscar Munoz said he “continues to be disturbed” by the incident, captured on a video that went viral on Twitter. He said the company would “fix what’s broken so it never happens … Read more