Originally Posted by
FlyinPiker
************************************************** *******************************
UAL Corp's (
UAUA -
News) United Airlines has asked Boeing Co (
BA -
News) and Airbus (Paris:
EAD.PA -
News) to propose competing bids to supply up to 150 new airliners, the Wall Street Journal said on its website on Thursday.
United has hired aviation consulting firm Seabury Group LLC to help it negotiate with the plane makers, the paper said.
Be afraid, be VERY afraid. These are the a**h*** that are primarily responsible for the 717 lease debacle at MidEx and the driving force behind trying to GUT our contract. Their tentacles reach back to Lorenzo