United Airlines captain Neil Swindells was narrowly elected earlier this week.
United Airlines Captain Neil Swindells resigned days after he was narrowly elected to lead the union of more than 14,000 pilots.United's pilot union is in the middle of contract negotiations with the airline.A United Airlines passenger aircraft prepares to leave its gate and taxi to the runway at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California.
Swindells, who could not immediately be reached for comment, announced his resignation in a note to pilots late Wednesday. He wrote that the event showed Emirates "DOMINANCE OF THE CODESHARE, while giving UNITED their desired DEI money shot!!!" Swindells, who has been at United for nearly three decades, apologized "to anyone I have offended" on Tuesday for language "that was often colorful, heated, and inappropriate," but declined to step down at the time.
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