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Apr 13, 2017, 10:55 am

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Originally Posted by Flyer1M

If United was willing to pay $2.2M fine on the Chairmans Flight and keep Jeff out of jail (plus Jeff got his approx $8M bonus) this is going to be at least a $5M settlement.

$5 million won't cover the attorneys' discovery phase. We are talking stratospheric money here.