He was not charged or convicted, of a felony, or a misdemeanor, or anything. He wasn't paid $30M to leave. He was forced to step down and paid what he was owed

He was not charged or convicted, of a felony, or a misdemeanor, or anything. He wasn't paid $30M to leave. He was forced to step down and paid what he was owed due to his contract, he was getting that $30M regardless. The man who extorted him was a potentially valuable political ally for the Governor of NJ, calling the governor to complain might have caused United even more problems. Calling the Governor of NY about a New Jersey problem would have been even more damn ineffectual. And lastly, the fact you think a CEO can just call governors to "work out" problems being extorted by politicians is one of the most naive things I've yet read on this site. You are basically saying he should have offered campaign donations to get Chris Christie or Andrew Cuomo in order to get them to crack down on one of the heads of their Ports Authority. Because otherwise they don't pick up the phone, so essentially you think he should have paid a second bribe to get out of paying the first.