Originally Posted by
Birddog
In 2011 I was on a four hour sit and was sifting around the company website and hit the webpage that lists the top Officers of United Airlines. Out of 27 only 7 were former United. So I'm unsure who the "they" is you refer to but it's not former United management. Not that they were any good, or old Continental was bad.
Good now the new "they" can make the same mistakes as the old "they". And a whole batch of new ones like 757-200's trans Atlantic and the little 777 LAX SYD. It really isn't rocket science.