I-United Airlines namuhla ibize umakadebona embonini yezokuthutha uRobert S. Rivkin iphini likamongameli omkhulu kanye nomeluleki jikelele. Emashumini amathathu eminyaka adlule, u-Rivkin usebenzise ikhono lakhe elikhethekile lezomthetho ngenkathi esebenza ezikhundleni zobuholi embonini yezindiza, uMnyango Wezokuthutha wase-US (DOT) kanye nohulumeni wasekhaya. U-Rivkin uletha lesi sizinda sangemuva esiyingqayizivele nekhono elingajwayelekile elibekwe endaweni ephezulu kwenye yezindiza ezihamba phambili emhlabeni. E-United, uzoba nesibopho kuzo zonke izindaba zomthetho, kanye nezimiso zokuziphatha, ukuthobela, inkontileka kahulumeni kanye nokuphepha. U-Rivkin uzobika kuPhini Likamongameli Omkhulu kanye noMphathi Omkhulu Wezokuphatha uBrett Hart.
“Umsebenzi ka-Bob ovelele emsebenzini womphakathi, umphakathi wezomthetho kanye nemboni yezindiza kumenza afanelekele le ndima ebalulekile eqenjini lethu le-United. Ungumholi ofakazile ozoba nomthelela ngokushesha njengoba sisebenzela ukufeza ikhono elimangalisayo le-United,” kusho isikhulu esiphezulu se-United Airlines u-Oscar Munoz.
U-Rivkin akayena umafikizolo embonini yezokundiza kwezentengiselwano, uke wasebenza njengesekela lomeluleki jikelele we-Delta Air Lines kusukela ngo-2013 kuya ku-2016. Ngaphambi kokujoyina i-Delta, usebenze njengomeluleki jikelele we-DOT kusukela ngo-2009 kuya ku-2013, lapho afungiswa khona ngokulandela umthetho. ukuqinisekiswa ngazwilinye yiSenethi yase-US. Njengamanje, u-Rivkin usebenza njengephini lemeya yeDolobha laseChicago. Ubuye wasebenza emisebenzini yezomthetho yangasese kanye nanjengomshushisi wenhlangano.
U-Rivkin uthweswe iziqu ze-magna cum laude e-Harvard College, futhi wathola iziqu zobudokotela e-Stanford Law School, lapho ayengumhleli ohlangene we-Stanford Law Review. U-Rivkin nomkakhe oneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-30 banezingane ezintathu. Usuku lokugcina lukaRivkin njengephini lemeya yaseChicago luzoba ngoFebhuwari 28, futhi uzoqala indima yakhe entsha e-United ngesonto likaMashi 18.
