May
28
Route to Air Travel Discomfort Starts on Wall Street
ByWhen an unlucky passenger was violently dragged off a full United Airlines flight in Chicago in April, setting off a public-relations nightmare for the company, the blame naturally fell on the cabin crew, the police and eventually airline executives.
But ultimately, the episode was set in motion elsewhere — on Wall Street.
Relentless pressure on corporate America is creating an increasingly Dickensian experience for many consumers as companies focus on maximizing profit. And nowhere is the trend as stark as in the airline industry, whose service is delivered in an aluminum tube packed with up to four different classes, cheek by jowl, 35,000 feet in the air…
Route to Air Travel Discomfort Starts on Wall Street
