United Airlines imposed a big pay cut on the salary of chief operating officer Greg Hart in relation to an internal corruption investigation.
Hart’s 2015 incentive pay was cut by $1 million for his role in the so-called ‘chairman’s flight’ scandal which cost the job of former CEO Jeff Smisek.
The probe investigated whether airline executives added flights to Columbia, South Carolina, purely to serve and buy influence from then-Port Authority chairman David Samson, who had a home there.
The proxy statement also showed United paid out $36.8 million to Smisek in severance payments and other benefits following his ousting.
