Originally Posted by
flybynuts
United brethren,
On the Cal forums there is a silly rumor starting that Smisek was on a UA flight deck and started spouting off some really anti-pilot stuff.
I don't want to repeat because it seems as a rumor and I want to crush it now. One quote was shrinking Den by 60%. I put this out just to make sure we are talking the same rumor.
Can any of you UA guys confirm this as false or truth? Prefer no friend of uncle's goat stuff.
Based on his history, this doesn't sound like rumor at all. Heard from a DEN commuter that he even mentioned a couple months ago that DEN might not remain a hub. CAL likes to run. They don't even put up a token fight on anything. RJs everywhere other airlines are running MD80s, 737s, or bigger planes. With SW and Frontier in DEN I am not hopeful the new United will continue to put up any fight at all. Then again, I could be wrong. Redwood starts flying to ORD and all of a sudden we sweeten the pot for our frequent fliers to SFO/LAX.