Originally Posted by
WhisperJet
Don't sweat the buyback. UAL does not pay a dividend and thus they need to incentive investors to continue to invest. Pick your poison: dividend or buyback.
I would choose a dividend.
The people that are buying dividend paying stocks are looking for a long term investment.
As a pilot, I am looking at UA as a long term investment.
Having the investors interests aligned with mine, seems like a much better situation for me!!!!