Embattled United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz has canceled his presentation scheduled at today’s World Affairs Council of Jacksonville Global Business Luncheon at the Jacksonville University Davis College of Business.
The council posted that Munoz was unable to attend “due to unfolding circumstances.”
Those circumstances involved a passenger dragged off a plane by authorities at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The man refused to give up his seat on a United flight to Louisville, Ky., after the airline said it needed room for crew members.
Video of the incident went viral on social media, sparking a storm of public outrage at United.
Munoz said the airline won’t allow police to haul seated paying passengers off its flights again.
“To remove a booked, paid, seated passenger —we can’t do that,” Munoz told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Wednesday.
Munoz was president and COO of Jacksonville-based CSX Corp. before joining United in September 2015.
The World Affairs Council said those registered for the sold-out event would be contacted about refunds.
It encouraged members to consider rolling over the ticket to an upcoming council event or apply the cost as a donation to its educational outreach programs.
The next Global Business Luncheon on June 6 at EverBank Field is its last of the season.
NFL International Executive Vice President Mark Waller is scheduled to talk about “The NFL: Across the Pond and Beyond.”