United Airlines PR Boss to Step Down After Tumultuous Tenure
- Jim Olson tells colleagues he will pursue other opportunities
- Company faced dragging scandal, activist unrest during term
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United Continental Holdings Inc.’s top communications executive is stepping down after leading the airline’s public-relations strategy through a tumultuous two-year tenure and worldwide scandal this April.
Jim Olson, senior vice president of corporate communications, will resign effective Jan. 8 to pursue other opportunities, he said in a letter to employees. The decision was his own and he wasn’t asked to leave, Megan McCarthy, a United spokeswoman, said Thursday. The airline is searching for his replacement.