United Airlines CEO Somehow Won A Major PR Award Last Month

Things were looking a lot brighter for embattled United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz a month ago.

Munoz took home a Communicator of the Year award from PRWeek U.S. on March 16, less than four weeks before the airline faced a deluge of criticism for forcibly removing a passenger and then mishandling its response to the publics outrage.

Munoz has shown himself to be a smart, dedicated, and excellent leader who understands the value of communications, PRWeek declared in an article last month. United touted the award in a press release that said the CEOs strategy from day one has been to reconnect with employees and customers.

That reconnecting strategy wasnt going very well this past Sunday. Passengers on a United Airlines flight leaving Chicago posted disturbing video of security officers pulling a passenger out of his seat, causing him to bang his head, and then dragging him down the aisle.

Airline staff had asked for volunteers to give up their seats, and when there were no takers, they picked passengers at random, following Uniteds involuntary denial of boarding process , Munoz wrote in a letter to employees on Monday. The man in question was one of those selected, but refused to comply with multiple requests to deboard the plane, according to Munoz.

In a separate public statement on Monday, the CEO apologized for having to re-accommodate customers.

United CEO response to United Express Flight 3411. pic.twitter.com/rF5gNIvVd0

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United CEO response to United Express Flight 3411. pic.twitter.com/rF5gNIvVd0
United (@united) April 10, 2017

Munoz issued another statement Tuesday afternoon, this time apologizing to the passenger directly for the horrific event.

United CEO Oscar Munoz: Im sorry. We will fix this. https://t.co/v8EPGsiDCi pic.twitter.com/eOPiYcagvo

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United CEO Oscar Munoz: Im sorry. We will fix this. https://t.co/v8EPGsiDCi pic.twitter.com/eOPiYcagvo
United (@united) April 11, 2017

But the CEO had taken a different tone in the internal letter sent Monday, defending his employees conduct and saying they were left with no choice but to call airport security after the passenger became more and more disruptive and belligerent.

Amidst the public uproar, Munoz hasnt exactly been praised for his communication skills. His employee letter has been called tone-deaf and criticized for evading responsibility .

On Twitter, people pointed out the irony of Munozs award:

How many layers of irony can you spot in this March piece from PR Week? https://t.co/VUgxJPCmI2

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How many layers of irony can you spot in this March piece from PR Week? https://t.co/VUgxJPCmI2
Robbie Gramer (@RobbieGramer) April 11, 2017

Can we re-accommodate the award plaque? @united (THX @the_globalist!) pic.twitter.com/oBK6nqGcGq

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Can we re-accommodate the award plaque? @united (THX @the_globalist !) pic.twitter.com/oBK6nqGcGq
Freezing Cold Takes (@OldTakesExposed) April 10, 2017

@PRWeekUS @NickBaumann Will he be dragged from his seat screaming to the podium?

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@PRWeekUS @NickBaumann Will he be dragged from his seat screaming to the podium?
donholt99 (@donholt99) April 10, 2017

The CEO of @united was recently named Communicator of the Year. Thinking @prweek can retroactively take his award from him? https://t.co/gVJnF2ALcg

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The CEO of @united was recently named Communicator of the Year. Thinking @prweek can retroactively take his award from him? https://t.co/gVJnF2ALcg
Jamie (@jlew8) April 10, 2017

Its been a rocky few days for Uniteds communications team. Twitter users appropriated #UnitedJourney , a promotional hashtag the airline launched last week, to share images of the passengers rough removal. They also blasted the company for its quick response to a person who claimed a flight ran out of forks on Tuesday morning.

United social media team starting the new day by investigating jokes about utensils in first class pic.twitter.com/QrMp4mN9dZ

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United social media team starting the new day by investigating jokes about utensils in first class pic.twitter.com/QrMp4mN9dZ
Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) April 11, 2017

This isnt even Uniteds first public relations nightmare since Munoz took home his award. The airline faced backlash in late March after agents refused to let three girls wearing leggings on board because their attire apparently violated a stricter dress code for pass travelers.

PRWeek had praised Munoz for transforming the airlines fortunes and setting the business on a smoother course, all while dealing with a personal health crisis . The industry news site particularly highlighted his relationship with employees.

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A key reason that he won the award was his ability to connect and share with employees his vision for the airline, and get them to rally behind it, PRWeek wrote, adding that when he took over as head of the company, employee distrust and discontent was at a high.

Munoz did appear to prioritize his staff in the Monday letter. While I deeply regret this situation arose, I also emphatically stand behind all of you, and I want to commend you for continuing to go above and beyond to ensure we fly right, he wrote.

PRWeek US Editor-in-chief Steve Barrett slammed Munozs response in a Tuesday column.

Its fair to say that if PRWeek was choosing its Communicator of the Year now, we would not be awarding it to Oscar Munoz, Barrett said.