United Airlines gives U.S. Olympians a proper 'send-off' to Rio

United employees pose with some members of the U.S. Olympic team at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz (second from left) greets (from left) wrestler Jordan Burroughs, wrestler Adeline Gray, and track and field athlete Justin Gatlin at a send-off for members of the U.S. Olympic team at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

United employees pose with some members of the U.S. Olympic team at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz (left) at a send-off for members of the U.S. Olympic team at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

United Airlines employees at a send-off for members of the U.S. Olympic team at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz (left) greets U.S. wrestler Jordan Burroughs at a send-off for members of the U.S. Olympic team at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz (front center) with United pilots at a send-off for members of the U.S. Olympic team at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz (right) greats an Olympian at a send-off for members of the U.S. Olympic team at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

U.S. sprinter Trayvon Bromell (in red) arrives to Houston Bush Intercontinental for a United Airlines flight to Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 3, 2016.

U.S. Olympians at a send-off for the team at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

A member of the U.S. Olympic team checks in with United Airlines for his flight to Rio de Janeiro in Houston on Aug. 3, 2016.

U.S. Olympians at a send-off for the team at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

The luggage for a U.S. Olympian is checked at a send-off for the team at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

U.S. Olympians at a send-off for the team at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

United workers helped check-in U.S. Olympians at a send-off for the team at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

Members of U.S. Olympic team pose at a send-off at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

U.S. Olympians arrive at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016, to catch a United Airlines flight to Rio de Janeiro.

U.S. Olympians arrive at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016, to catch a United Airlines flight to Rio de Janeiro.

U.S. Olympians board a flight to Rio de Janiero at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

U.S. Olympians board a flight to Rio de Janiero at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

U.S. Olympians board a flight to Rio de Janiero at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

U.S. Olympians board a flight to Rio de Janiero at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

U.S. Olympians board a flight to Rio de Janiero at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.

U.S. Olympians board a flight to Rio de Janiero at Houston Bush Intercontinental on Aug. 3, 2016.