Ua hoʻolaha ʻo United Airlines i kēia lā ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ʻo Jake Cefolia i pelekikena hope poʻokela o Worldwide Sales. He alakaʻi alakaʻi kūpuna ia, e kuleana ʻo ia i ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā hana a kahi hui o 725 mau mea kūʻai aku e mālama i nā papahana kūʻai, nā lawelawe, nā pilina a me nā loaʻa kālā me nā ʻoihana, nā hui hoʻokele huakaʻi a me nā mea hāʻawi a puni ka honua.
ʻO Cefolia ka mea i hui pū me United mai ka makahiki 2007, ʻo ia ka pelekikena hope o Sales no ʻAmelika. I kēia kūlana, ua kiaʻi ʻo ia i nā kūʻai aku no ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Kanada a me ʻAmelika Latina a me ka Māhele Helu Honua. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he pelekikena pelekikena o ʻAkelanika a me ka Pakipika Pakipika, ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi hoʻokele o ka Mahele Helu Honua a ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi hoʻokele no ka ʻĀina Pākīpika ʻo United Pacific, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Hong Kong. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i United, ua paʻa ʻo ia i nā ʻano alakaʻi alakaʻi kūʻai ma Northwest Airlines a me British Airways.
E hōʻike aku ʻo Cefolia iā Scott Kirby, pelekikena o United, a hoʻomaka i kāna kuleana hou i kēia lā. Ua kūleʻa ʻo ia iā Dave Hilfman, nāna i hoʻolaha ma mua o kēia makahiki i kāna mau hoʻolālā e haʻalele. E hoʻomau ʻo Hilfman i ka lawelawe i kahi hiki i ka aʻoaʻo ma o ka hopena o 2018.
"I loko o kāna mau makahiki he 35 a ʻoi paha o ka ʻoihana, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Dave i kahi hoʻoilina no kāna kūpaʻa i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā hoapili, a pōmaikaʻi mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana iā ia ma ka hui United," wahi a Kirby. "Ma Jake, he alakaʻi ko mākou me kahi mākaukau i hōʻoia ʻia e hoʻomohala i nā pilina kūpono me nā mea kūʻai ʻoihana a me nā ʻoihana huakaʻi a puni ka honua a e hoʻoulu a hoʻolako i ka hui Sales e hāʻawi i nā hopena maikaʻi e like me kā lākou i hana ai i kēia makahiki. ʻO ka Sales kahi keʻena koʻikoʻi e kōkua ana i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kā mākou ulu, me nā loaʻa o nā ʻoihana i nā helu pālua i kēlā me kēia makahiki, a me Jake ma ka poʻo, ua hoʻonohonoho pono ʻo United e hoʻomau i nā manawa kūpono e kū pono ai nā pono o nā huakaʻi ʻoihana o kēia lā.
"He hanohano naʻu e kūkulu ma luna o ke kahua paʻa i hoʻokumu ʻia e kuʻu mua a me koʻu hoa aloha, ʻo Dave Hilfman," wahi a Cefolia. "Ke kakali nei wau i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kā mākou mōhai no nā ʻoihana hui kūleʻa hou a kūpaʻa hoʻi o nā nui āpau, e hoʻomaʻalahi ana i ke kaʻina hoʻokele huakaʻi a hoʻonui i nā pono hana a me nā ʻenehana a mākou e hoʻolako ai."
Ua puka ʻo Cefolia mai ke Kulanui ʻo Embry-Riddle Aeronautical me kahi kekelē i ka hoʻokele.
