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United Airlines, What Were You Thinking?

Melissa Agnes

When a passenger was physically and brutally dragged from his seat aboard United Airlines’s flight 3411 earlier this week – and when the footage of this scene went viral around the globe – the airline’s crisis response was shameful on multiple levels. The post United Airlines, What Were You Thinking?

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Airlines Like United Can Underpay Bumped Passengers Because of a Government Rule

Harvard Business

By now, many of us have viewed the disturbing video of a bloodied man being dragged off of United Airlines flight 3411 from Chicago to Louisville on Sunday. This incident has thrust the common airline practice of overbooking into the spotlight. This helps the airline keep fares lower and provide more flexibility to passengers.

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

Aerospace is one of the fastest growing markets. While both the size of the market and its growth rate are both large, so is its carbon footprint. The Aviation Market. Ever since the Wright Brother’s famous first flight in 1903, the aviation market has gone nowhere but up. per year over the same period.

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Video of MH17 Hit by Missile; Update From Jacob Dreizin; Black Box Thoughts

MishTalk

Reader David sent an email and accompanying video that purportedly shows the Malaysian Flight 17 being hit by missile. Question: How did this video operator know to have his camera running just prior to the missile explosion? Let''s take a look. David Writes. It appears as if the right engine and wing area took the hit. Mish comment.

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The Trend Is Your “Friend”

CaseInterview.com

You can choose to go “with” the change in market demand or go “against” it. As painful as it might be to adapt to major shifts in market demand, it’s the only sustainable path forward. You can go “against” a change in market demand that you don't like only up until the point where you run out of cash. I have thousands of beds.

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Defense, then Offense

CaseInterview.com

The reason this occurs is that these two things happen in a recession: First, some opportunities get destroyed (think: airlines, hotels, restaurants). Second, new opportunities emerge or grow dramatically (think: video conferencing, delivery services, telemedicine, PPE). Sometimes, you get lucky because the market moves toward you.

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To Change Your Strategy, First Change How You Think

Harvard Business

The airline industry is a cautionary tale of what happens when companies emulate new business models without bringing over the associated mental models. For over 40 years, Southwest Airlines has been a disruptive force in the airline industry, creating an entirely new category and a record 43 consecutive years of profitability.