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United's ousted CEO was in a nosedive even before graft probe

Published Wed, Sep 9, 2015 · 09:50 PM

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EVEN before a weekly flight from Newark to South Carolina came under scrutiny from US prosecutors, United was a troubled airline.

Before his departure on Tuesday, United Airlines chief executive Jeff Smisek was struggling with the fallout from a poorly integrated merger, unhappy labour groups, and a series of high-profile technology glitches that grounded flights and outraged travellers.

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