Thirteen years ago, when guys got hired at UAL, one thought: "It doesn't get any better than this!"

Now, those who remain think: "I wish I could find something better than this."

It's a shame, because I've flown with, and worked with, some really fine people there.

It's kind of like the Air Force: the Air Force used to be run by warriors who could pretend to be politicians.

Now, it's run by polititicians who pretend to be warriors.

The handling of the Olympic Athletes is embarrassing, regretable, and unfortunately, predictable.