United Airlines' big toxic public relations dumpster fire just seems to get worse the longer it burns.  What an incredible take of corporate boneheadedness. To make room for a deadheading flight crew, a passenger was dragged off a flight kicking and screaming as rent-a-cops bloodied his face.  First, the airline's executives dug in their heels and said the problem was the passenger, not their policies.  Then, as their stock tanked, they finally apologized to the passenger.  Then they apologized again. By that point, the damage was done.  The passenger said he was in the hospital recovering from his wounds and lawyering up.  The company's market cap had skidded by $1.5 billion.  The coveted Asian flight routes market was in for trouble as Chinese, Vietnamese, and other social media sites lit up with charges of racism and vows never to fly that airline.  Congress was vowing to investigate.  And the...(Read Full Post)