Originally Posted by
avi8tor4life
Think of it this way, you first paint over the Continental with United and instantly all your planes are in "United" colors. Albiet 3 different United paint jobs but still all say United in the side. No "United 123 in Continental colors" as the call sign. Then when the funds or motivation comes along you get a NEW United paint job. Something totally different. Make sense?
The CAL tail is a decal. The UAL tail is a decal. the only thing to change after the merger will be the blue belly. I'd look for the interim paint scheme at UAL blue and white and the CAL airplanes to have the United
repainted over the black Continental. this is DEFINITELY the best cost saving measure as many if not ALL of CAL's planes are on their first paint scheme. But then again?? ANYTHING is better than that God Awful GREY!! that Paint job is so damn ugly you gotta get mentally READY to go work on an airplane with it! Did you see how much better the 747's looked in the blue and White?!? Really Snappy!