Originally Posted by
duvie
I get I real chuckle when people say "Jeff doesn't like this/that." ......I reckon, if a CEO chooses to do something, it is either driven by money or power.
I would be surprised if it has anything to do with airplanes.
Money and power, absolutely! But you must be new around here. UAL's got a lot of history both good and bad when CEO's think about planes and pilots. Pat Patterson, Dick Ferris.
Anyone want to guess why LUAL's 737-300's and 757's had only one jump seat, and UAL paid Boeing to take the second one off? Hint, it was right after the '85 strike, and as Dickie was shown the door...