Originally Posted by Dave Fitzgerald

I submit to you that it is not us (pilots) carrying the gas. With the advent of Sabre, I carry 2-3000 lbs more gas than I used to under Unimatic. It used to be easy for dispatchers to adjust the fuel under Unimatic, now many dispatchers don't even look at the FP and whine when you do want to change it. It's more work! "Oh...I'll have to generate a new release." Ok, you do that.

UAL is doing it to themselves. Once again, welcome back to the IT company with wings. It's not us. When management gets serious about running an airline and not wasting money every time I turn around, I'll get serious about helping the company.....or whatever. (I think I'm pretty safe for a while.)