"Sometimes when you try to help a drowning man, you only get pulled under with him"
-Larry Kellner on walking away from the UAL merger[/QUOTE]
UAL Capt- "Why did you call off the merger in 2008?"
Smisek-"We never really called off the merger, that is just what we told the press." paraphrase
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/ma...avascript.html[/QUOTE]
Paraphrase of what Smisek supposedly said to a UAL CA on a cockpit visit? Priceless.
Use that please.
We'll stand behind our financials, new aircraft orders with actual financing behind them, Higher pay and multiple customer service awards etc...
Good luck to ya !!