Originally Posted by
Captain Bligh
Finding myself disagreeing with some of the ideas here:
1) Smizeck is not significantly different from Tilton in my eyes. Tilton was the "bankruptcy guy" and Smizeck is the "merger guy".
2) I am more concerned about the summer slipping through labor's fingers than I am any potential lawsuit the airline might launch against our union leaders and pilots.
Smizek is the "yes man" That it to say, he surrounds himself with yes men, and they all say "yes" together, in chorus. They tell him what he wants to hear and he can't hear anything else. Gordon was right...read his book. He noted Smizek is a "non operational person" and a competent attorney.
You are correct about summer. Next time up is Winter/Thanksgiving/Christmas, and by then Obama will be gone, so game up.