United CEO Jeff Smisek departs amid continuing investigation

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If you can access it, the WSJ has a great article looking at the events surrounding the surprising and sudden downfall of United CEO Jeff Smisek. (If you can’t access it, try ATW, here.) As most will know by now, Mr Smisek and two other executives stepped down yesterday owing to a ”federal probe” into the airline’s relationship with the former chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, David Samson.

It all looks rather grubby, on the ...