Originally Posted by
baseball
I disagree. It was before that. 1998. As I recall, Bill Borelli said no to Debbie. There was definitely a transition period Bethune-Kellner, and Borelli (IACP), Panarello-ALPA-Pierce-ALPA.
I reckon it don't matter. Point is: Pilots wouldn't work for DL any more, and union was sick and tired of dealing with the daily drama.
Her bio shows she left Continental in 2005.
https://www.bloomberg.com/research/s...ivcapId=175265
Continental press release copied to another forum. Quotes Larry Kellner as CEO at the time.
http://www.airlinecrew.net/vbulletin.../t-179409.html
USA Today article states a deal was struck between Kellner and ALPA.
https://www.usatoday.com/money/biztr...coy-usat_x.htm
From above article
“Highest-ranking female pilot retires from airline
By Dan Reed, USA TODAY
The USA's highest-ranking female airline pilot retired last week as chief of Continental Airlines' flight operations while superiors investigated charges that she managed by intimidation.
Debbie McCoy, the only woman to ever to rise to the position of a major carrier's top management pilot, took early retirement as Executive Vice President Mark Moran, McCoy's former boss, is conducting a special audit of her department.
The audit was part of a deal between Continental CEO Larry Kellner and the pilots' union that management would look into complaints about McCoy's department.”