United CEO meets with acting FAA chief after criticism

The Chief Executive to major American arline, United Airlines, met on Tuesday with the acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), officials told Reuters, after he blasted its air traffic control performance last month.
Scott Kirby expressed frustration in a June 26 memo to employees, saying “the FAA frankly failed us this weekend… We estimate that over 150,000 customers on United alone were impacted this weekend because of FAA staffing issues and their ability to manage traffic.”
Kirby met with Acting FAA Administrator Polly Trottenberg, who has been on the job since June 8, the sources said. In remarks at a Politico forum on Tuesday, Kirby struck a new tone, saying the FAA had been “particularly helpful, responsive and communicative” in the last two weeks.