Originally Posted by calmwinds

Either someone at United, XJT or SKW fed the story to Bloomberg. Bloomberg’s article was not a rumor piece or editorial. If journalism standards were followed, and I have no doubt they were at Bloomberg, an senior insider gave them the story.

Continental management for the most part runs United now. They sold Continental Express because Continental needed cash. They may be looking at what Delta and American has done with reacquiring regionals and thinking about the same thing.