Dig deeper into Flightgate: Your Say

Last week, Jeff Smisek stepped down as United Airlines CEO amid a federal corruption probe and after an internal company investigation. Letter to the editor:

I flew 50,000 miles a year on United Airlines for eight years and lost count of how many times I saw business class travelers threatened and/or verbally humiliated by flight attendants over what were essentially customer service issues, for example getting a drink before takeoff. The United CEO, who resigned last week amid an internal inquiry, got a hefty raise last year, despite the airline’s performance issues. The company should fire the next three management levels down as well.

John Kovacs; Golden, Colo.

Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:

The “chairman’s flight” (a United route that benefited the former head of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey), is likely only the tip of the iceberg of airlines’ bribing and bullying everyone from lawmakers to Federal Aviation Administration inspectors.

— Sherman Kensinga

The corruption within government is huge. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie appointed David Samson as Port Authority chairman. Christie seems to take the approach of don’t tell me anything I don’t need to know. I’m sure there are many players in this case, but most will fall away. The Feds only want the big names.

— Michael Mangers

I hate flying United. Maybe another CEO will change things, but I doubt it.

— Charles Edward Brown