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On
November 5th United released a letter to its employees
on behalf of President and CEO Oscar Munoz: "Dear United
team, Thank you for all the thoughts and prayers you
sent to my family and me over the past few weeks. I am
excited to tell you that I am on the road to recovery.
My time away will be a little longer than I would like,
but based upon discussion with my doctors I will be back
in the first quarter.
"I'm personally grateful to Brett and the entire
management team for their leadership and for embracing
United's new direction. I know each one of you is
committed to achieving our full potential, continuing to
focus on building and delivering our shared purpose of
making United not only the best airline to fly, but also
the best place to work.
"While I have been part of the United family for only a
short time, I've built many valued and strong
relationships so far, and I can't wait to come back.
"As I'm sure you can appreciate, this has been a
difficult time for me and my family. Your messages of
encouragement have helped profoundly. I look forward to
seeing you in 2016 to continue working together to build
a great airline." Sincerely, Oscar. In addition to
serving as United's general counsel, Hart has been
responsible for government and regulatory affairs,
corporate real estate, customer experience, corporate
security, community affairs, contact centers and food
services. Prior to joining United in 2010, Hart served
as executive vice president, general counsel and
corporate secretary at Sara Lee, partner at Sonnenschein
Nath & Rosenthal, and special assistant to the general
counsel at the U.S. Department of Treasury. Hart has a
bachelor of arts degree in philosophy and English from
the
University of
Michigan and a juris
doctorate degree from the University of Chicago Law
School.
Hart will work closely with Henry L. Meyer III,
non-executive chairman of the board, and United's
experienced executive team to run the company in Munoz's
absence. "Brett has taken on increasing responsibility
beyond general counsel over the last few years in the
operations and customer facing areas of the company. I
am confident in his ability to continue to implement the
company's strategy and Oscar's mission of bringing
United's people together around the shared purpose of
becoming the best airline for our customers and
employees," said Meyer.
"Oscar's agenda is focused on customer service,
teamwork and innovation and I, along with the
executive team, will continue to move quickly to
implement it," said Hart. "We believe strongly that
we can continue to make steady progress on
increasing shareholder value by working together to
deliver a great product to our customers."
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