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Article: From pumping gas to CEO; UAL's Tilton prodded, inspired the Texaco troops.(News)(United Airlines' new CEO, Glenn F. Tilton)(Brief Article)
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- Crain's Chicago Business
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- September 9, 2002
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Byline: PAUL MERRION
The best thing new CEO Glenn F. Tilton brings to United Airlines is a fresh start.
With its decision to tap someone with no airline experience, the board of United parent UAL Corp. is also banking on the former oil industry executive's highly regarded interpersonal skills and his reputation as a results-oriented consensus-builder to bring labor costs down and avert bankruptcy in the next few months.
Though he remains untested in turning a company around or defending his decisions before the wrath of Wall Street, behind his affable exterior Mr. Tilton is a boiled-in-oil, no-nonsense executive who could both prod and inspire ...