Originally Posted by
UALinIAH
Yes we had shrunk post 9/11. Went through a nasty BK and emerged more financially sound. Just like CAL did twice. What's your point? The author is making some true statements that the management team was in over their heads in dealing with a combined company more than twice the size that they'd ever operated and were not prepared to handle it.
Let's add their slowness in adapting to the current situation. They KNEW from the jump that their IT system which was based on Servers to a data Dump wouldn't fill the Bill. They Knew it Weeks befoe the last test, when they did the last Data test and the entire system crashed.. The new computer center at Elk Grove was already under construction. The Electronic log book is getting the once over by the FAA and it will work OR?
We'll quickly adopt the ELB United (S-UA) is already using.
I don't necessarily think Management was in over their heads as much as I think they were stubborn in wanting to ONLY do things Continental's way when much of S-CO's stuff wasn't "UP TO Snuff" for the operation we're running. (and it's still not!)