Originally Posted by
CousinEddie
Mitch. In April of 2010 UAL and US were about to sign a deal. Smisek jumped in and stopped it ( remember that the ugly girl / pretty girl bit?). Why? If your business plan was so solid, why did he jump in? If UAL was to liquidate as you say, why would he have cared about it?
Yes, let's use Smisek's "genius" when it fits our little facade. Smisek is an idiot as I'm sure you've preached when complaining how how "CAL" mgt is over their head. Reference my last post - the merger was driven by Chase and Smisek was the inflated ego stupid enough to take the deal. Kellner Turned UAL down TWICE and was determined to grow from within. What reality do you guys live in?!! The majority of your airplanes are old and decrepit! Ive DH around the system a lot since the merger and have seen many different LUAL fleets. UAL aircraft were a mess before the merger. We've had to spend millions to bring them up to speed. You've got 180 managers to every 1 (obvious exaggeration to make a point) that CAL had!