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Travelers line up at a United Airlines check-in counter at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Wednesday, July 8, 2015, in Atlanta. All United Continental flights in the U.S. were grounded Wednesday due to computer problems. Just shy of two hours after the problems began, the Federal Aviation Administration lifted the ground stop order. United said it was recovering from a "network connectivity issue" and restoring regular flight operations.
More registered US voters have a higher opinion of United Airlines than President Donald J. Trump.At least that's what the results from a new poll by the Public Policy Polling (PPP) indicate.
According to the poll, 42% of respondents said they think more of United Airlines than Trump, while 40% of respondents said they had a higher opinion of Trump. Eighteen percent said they were not sure.
United Airlines has come under fire in the last few weeks for the forcible removal of a 69-year-old man from one of its planes. The incident happened on April 9 aboard a plane in Chicago heading to Louisville.
The passenger, David Dao, was dragged off the plane by Chicago Aviation police officers after refusing to give up his seat on the plane. A fellow passenger recorded the incident and the video quickly went viral.
Despite the backlash, though, the poll shows Americans still have a slightly higher opinion of the airline than they do of the president.
But that isn't saying much for United. The poll also shows that 47% of respondents have an unfavorable view of United. And when asked which airline was the worst, participants overwhelmingly said it was the Chicago-based company.
In fact, 40% percent of those polled said United Airlines was the worst US airline. Ten percent said American Airlines, 8% said Southwest, 6% said Delta, and 37% said something else.
The poll conducted by PPP surveyed 648 people on April 17 and April 18 and there is a 3.9% margin of error.