Ua kapa ʻia ʻo United Airlines i kēia lā i ka ʻoihana kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Robert S. Rivkin i hope pelekikena kiʻekiʻe a me nā loio nui. No nā makahiki he ʻekolu i hala iho nei, ua huki ʻo Rivkin i kāna mau mākau kānāwai kūikawā ʻoiai e lawelawe ana ma nā kūlana alakaʻi i ka ʻoihana mokulele, ka US Department of Transportation (DOT) a me ke aupuni kūloko. Lawe mai ʻo Rivkin i kēia kūlana kūʻokoʻa a me ke akamai kupaianaha i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i kahi kūlana kiʻekiʻe ma kekahi o nā mokulele mokulele honua. Ma United, ʻo ia ke kuleana no nā mea pili kānāwai, a me nā loina, ka hoʻokō, ka ʻaelike aupuni a me ka palekana. E hōʻike aku ʻo Rivkin i ka Hope Pelekikena Nui a me ka Luna Hoʻokele Nui ʻo Brett Hart.
"ʻO ka hana koʻikoʻi o Bob ma ka lawelawe aupuni, ke kaiāulu kānāwai a me ka ʻoihana mokulele e lilo ia i mea kūpono no kēia kuleana koʻikoʻi ma kā mākou hui United. He alakaʻi hōʻoia ʻia ʻo ia e hana koke i ka hopena i ka wā e hana ai mākou e hoʻokō i ka mana kupaianaha o United, "wahi a ka Luna Nui o United Airlines ʻo Oscar Munoz.
ʻAʻole malihini ʻo Rivkin i ka ʻoihana mokulele ʻoihana, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo nui no Delta Air Lines mai 2013 a 2016. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i Delta, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he loio nui no ka DOT mai 2009 a 2013, kahi i hoʻohiki ʻia ai ʻo ia ma hope o kahi. ka hooiaio lokahi ana e ka US Senate. I kēia manawa, lawelawe ʻo Rivkin ma ke ʻano he hope mayor o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Chicago. Ua hana pū ʻo ia ma ka ʻoihana kānāwai pilikino a ma ke ʻano he loio federal.
Ua puka ʻo Rivkin i ka magna cum laude mai ke Kulanui ʻo Harvard, a ua loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua juris mai ke kula ʻo Stanford Law, kahi i hoʻoponopono ai ʻo ia i ka Stanford Law Review. ʻO Rivkin a me kāna wahine i ʻoi aku ma mua o 30 mau makahiki he ʻekolu keiki. ʻO ka lā hope loa o Rivkin i hope mayor o Chicago ʻo Pepeluali 28, a e hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna hana hou ma United i ka pule o Malaki 18.
