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Khosrowshahi’s blog post about the situation is a respectable first step in showing transparency, but he has a long way to go. United Airlines. As images of the bloodied man being dragged from his seat by airport police went viral, the airline made things worse with a series of legalistic and tone-deaf public responses.
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If the crisis is something like your airline employees dragging someone out of his seat and off the flight because of a company policy. After that, increasing customerservice ideas and implementing those should eventually get you back in good grace. Once trust has been violated, it’s always more difficult to gain it back.
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