Originally Posted by
BarbieTrash
Not to distract from the more important issues of the merger, but does anyone know why Management chose to keep the CAL livery and just swap the names? The CAL logo is obviously more modern and a good choice...The paint scheme however is rater dated especially for a post merger company...
Don't know if this is the reason, but consider how easy it is to paint over the Continental name and replace it with United; you then don't have to paint the whole airplane.
Also, while I don't know the actual numbers, a bunch of United airplanes still are the old "Stephen-Wolf-gray" and are in desperate need of a new paint job, whether it be the new United blue or the CAL white.