I think Kellner will replace Tilton, then merge with CAL and be the CEO at UCAL, but only long enough to get collect his golden parachute and run.

"These people"... have severely out classed us. While we are drinking beer on our days off and not bothering to oversee our own paid representation, they are consulting with firms that specialize in how to get us to do it next year for even less. Maybe one of you Embry-Riddle grads can explain to the rest of us what the subtle difference is between summa cum laude and magna cum laude...

"Smisek graduated from Princeton University, A.B. summa cum laude in economics, in 1976, and Harvard Law School, J.D. magna cum laude, in 1982.

Kellner graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of science in business administration from the University of South Carolina, where he served as Student Body President. In addition, the University of South Carolina presented him with the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1998."

Something strange is afoot at the Circle K....

Tough times were coming to NWA, and RA bailed. His #2 guy took the "bad cop" role during BK. RA then mysteriously materialized over at DAL, and bingo...NWA Mark 2 with Delta paint.

Watch their feet...

Nu

This whole UAL/CAL thing is already charted out....Kellner must of just been there to make sure the alliance took place then....1 week later...gone.

This is all part of the plan...and none of us really know what the final outcome is. We will now start to see things moving...now that the alliance is finalized.

Where's Gordo Lurking?
 

Uhm.........

A private equity firm might be a nice place to go for a little while to shore up some cash and comply with a non-compete clause.....

Cheers to the bean counter leaving. We just wish someone like Gordon was taking over CAL, UAL and every other place with inept management.

I am not an Embry-Riddle grad but magna cum laude is graduating with honors, summa cum laude is graduating with highest honors. There is no set distinction on what constitutes these honors, they are dependent on each university.

I bet it is not UA or LCC.

The post was tongue in cheek... intending to prick the conscience of pilots to be more proactive and involved in labor organization and political action. We can call ERAU the "Harvard of aviation", just like we can call my experience in high school shop class the "Julliard of wood shop 101". These guys really did go to Harvard AND they excelled there. They network with capable business associates and academic contacts simply because of credentials. 20 years after graduation they are still being courted by their universities for awards ceremonies. They "Networked" long before the term networking was a household name more commonly associated with myspace than with business advancement.

Am I singing their praises? Not in so many words. If however you earn a living in the cockpit, never underestimate the people that revolve through the CEO track. They have effectively reduced us to technicians and intentionally distanced themselves from us and distanced us from any managerial capacity. Only one thing will swing this pendulum the other way - iron clad and galvanized unity. Industry wide "These people" have done well in helping to destroy that as well.