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United's Interim Leadership Stays Course on Improvements
The carrier's management team is 'fully capable,' acting CEO Brett Hart told analysts and reporters in a conference call.
United continues to replace smaller regional jets with two-cabin jets on mainline routes, the carrier said. (Photo: United Airlines)
United continues to replace smaller regional jets with two-cabin jets on mainline routes, the carrier said. (Photo: United Airlines)

Beleaguered United Airlines pledged to continue efforts to improve its customer and employee relations under the second new chief executive it has appointed in the last seven weeks. “At its core, this is a [management] team that has been here” through three financial quarters of record results, said acting CEO Brett Hart. “I will [say] that the team that we have here now is fully capable and will in fact execute the plan for the rest of this year.”