Continental was a good airline for many years before Lorenzo Hoss...the Lorenzo years and the bankruptcy years were a terrible cost to a proud airline, but it did have it's positive attributes after, like the Newark and Houston Hubs...

Once the "Lorenzo wa"y was replaced by the "Bethune way" Continental became the darling of Legacy airlines...since you were probably blinded by your love affair with United, while it was preparing to ruin the careers of thousands of pilots, Continental was winning award after award, making money, growing it's route network and more importantly it had won the hearts of its employees, something United lost...

All major airlines tried to do something creative after 9-11, airline within an airline (TED, Song) while Continental stayed true to its business plan of a good, solid Trunk carrier, providing a known product with happy employees.

Continental was innovative in its use of its fleet (757 to Europe, 737 to Hawaii, and maintaining the youngest fleet), instead of antagonizing its customers and humiliating its employees through concession after concession with no sense of ownership on their career and airline.

So Hoss, this new United will use the legacy created by "The Continental way" as it forges a new path to success...enjoy the ride as we have since joining Continental....