United Airlines Case Study

1. United Airlines is owned by the UAL Corporation and was incorporated on December 30, 1968. The actual company was formed may years before this actually in 1925 and was a private mail carrying service between Pasco, Washington, and Elko, Nevada, and from these humble beginnings they formed a were able to start a company that would come to be a global leader in the airline service. From the 1960’s to the 1980’s the company had 6 different presidents and started to expand and venture into different aspects of business other then airlines and were unable to have any success. These companies that they purchased were not a success and were later resold.

United Airlines and Continental Airlines, two major airlines companies, agreed to a merger that would create the world’s largest airline. Such important deal has a lot of problems to be dealt with, from technical, for example how to put the companies databases together, to more fundamental, like how the company should be ruled.

American airline trying to address the recommendation that are made by the labor unions to make sure of the employee contentment, conviction and satisfaction to be avoiding the publicity scandal that can happen. For example, the personnel of the American airline recently, the flight attendants, suffered headaches, hives and rashes. At first nobody could know what’s happening, but then it was emphasized that the new uniforms were the culprit. According to the Association of Flight Professionals (APFA), more than 1,600 employees have grown up complaining of skin problems and some other problems. Due to the increasing number of complaints, the Association of Flight Professionals were asked to ask American Airline to test the uniforms and replace them so

This led the NAACP to issue a national travel advisory black people warning them of the discriminating and disrespectful policies of the airline. According to NAACP, there has been a pattern of prejudice which has been going on for months. Now, they have finally taken action against it by issuing a warning before booking and boarding

The statute specifies that to a person “who, by assaulting or intimidating a flight crew member or flight attendant of the aircraft, interferes with the performance of the duties of the member or attendant or lessens the ability of the member or attendant to perform those duties.” is guilty of interference with a flight 49 U.S.C. § 46504. The government must prove the accused both intimidated the flight crew and interfered with the crew’s performance of their duties. Ms. Greene neither intimidated nor interfered with the flight crew.

The agents of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have become notorious for their insolence and ludicrous actions during bag checks and screenings. TSA agents have been known to cause many instances of harassment and other inconveniences to the average passenger. A TSA agent once admitted that the first question to ask to anyone in a wheelchair is if he is able to stand for a pat-down search. If someone is in a wheelchair, it is likely that he is unable to stand. Even when he is sitting, the TSA agent must ask him to move so that they can check under his bottom (“Confessions of a TSA agent: we’re all a bunch of airheads”, 2013). The TSA has caused inconveniences to passengers trying to board. Ashley Brant from Washington D.C. was told she may not be able to return home after a TSA agent told her that her District of Columbia ID was not valid because the TSA requires a state ID to board, and apparently, the U.S. district does not count as a state (Davis, 2014). There have been many instances such as those, resulting in the TSA becoming associated with absurd rules and incompetent employees. The TSA, established November 19, 2001, as a direct result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, was designed to fortify the security of the nation’s transportation systems. The administration consists of approximately 50,000 officers, inspectors, air marshals, and managers who are supposed to provide adequate security for the nation’s modes of transportation and to

56 year old lady weighing 407 pounds was denied boarding by three airlines. Lufthansa and KLM who were not able to provide a seatbelt for her size, and Delta who did not had a wheelchair capable of handling her weight, to carry her to the aircraft. Due to the kidney failure, she died before she could have arrived home, to get the proper treatment. Now her husband holds these airlines responsible for her death and wants to file the law suit against them. The context in this research paper provided the laws associated to this case and justify whether

They over booked the flight and forced paying customers to leave their seats. It just happened that one of them said no and the police was called to remove him forcefully from his seat. Why is the airline allowed to use that kind of force? That might change in the future and the guy might still get his justice, but for that day, what the airline did seems to be unjust, perhaps I don’t have all the facts, but that is the biggest problem today. Lot of story’s get blown out of proportion by media or social media with half the facts missing. And all we do is feel sorry and believe the guy was

Airline travel is arguably safer than that of car travel, with not only less risk for in motion issues and collisions of any sort, but not issues about missing the turn off. Airline travel issues do not usually persist during travel, yet can sometimes happen before the take-off even begins. The issue with Airline travel is not travel hazards, but instead travel protocols often carried out by the airline companies. United Airlines specifically has gone through too many CEO switches and un-transparent business ethics leading to customer complaints and needs to reevaluate business ethics.

Brown testified that he wanted the tickets to travel with his family somewhere and persuaded the ticket agent that he makes reservations at the airport. United airlines book Brown and his family a flight and whenever the flight is over booked or oversold he stated that he volunteer to give up his seats in exchange for a voucher. Brown would then leave the airport without having paid for his initial reservation.

The system of governance at United Airlines is a straightforward Bureaucratic control. At the core of their governance are principles that are the foundation for investor and shareholder respect and trust. The principles that are practiced are essential to the reputation of United as a whole and are solely focused on organizational excellence, effective operational performance, and above all, integrity. The Board of Directors and the management teams at United Airlines work collaboratively under this corporate governance and guidelines, and include the policies

Piedmont Airlines recently invested over $1 million in state of the art equipment and employee development in order to forecast and analyze the appropriate amount of discounted fares to offer per flight. The company discovered that by offering several discounted flights to consumers willing to book their travel well in advance of their departure date left many options available for the business traveler who needed to book much closer to the actual departure date. The analysis was the task of the Revenue Enhancement Department (RED) managed by Marilyn Hoppe. While this state of the art equipment was a step in the right direction, Marilyn believed that there were still a lot of subjective decisions being made and

This proposal addresses the needed steps to be taken in order for Southwest Airlines to see continued growth in the airline industry. Southwest Airlines has been able to remain one of the most profitable airlines in the industry for an extended period of time. Even with the hindrance of the 2001 terrorist attacks involving airplanes and the U.S recession of 2008, Southwest has continued to see strong revenue growth. Meanwhile, other companies were experiencing major losses and in some cases folding. Southwest Airlines has capitalized on the company’s strength of being the top low cost

With 1988 operating income of $801 million on a revenue of $8.55 billion, American Airlines, Inc. (American), principal subsidiary of Dallas/Fort Worth-based AMR Corporation, was the largest airline in the United States. At year-end 1988 American operated 468 aircraft on 2,200 flights daily to 151 destinations in the United States, Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, France, Great Britain, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, Switzerland, Venezuela, and West Germany.

The project requires the student to carry out a research, analysis and discussion on how a Singapore listed company can access to the country’s financial system and how it benefits the company in achieving its business objective. The research will cover the various types of financial services offered by financial intermediaries whom the corporation can access to.