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Old 12-29-2012 | 03:15 PM
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Heard a rumor a while back that since Cal and Ual both grew out of the old Varney Speed Lines, UniCal was going to return to using Varney instead of United. Never heard any more of it, so I guess that didn't work out.

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Old 12-29-2012 | 05:12 PM
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I love the quote in the Continental Wikipedia page. It talked about Bob Six's commitment to customer service. The Customer Service Manual was preceded by the words, "Nothing in this manual supersedes common sense." That sentence has LONG since been removed.
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Old 12-29-2012 | 06:08 PM
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Actually, Varney Air Transport (founded in 1925) which merged with Pacific Air Transport, National Air Transport and Boeing Air Transport in 1933 to become United Airlines, was a totally separate company from Varney Speed Lines which was founded in 1934 and later became Continental in 1937. Little known trivia, the old UAL wings had four stars on them to signify the original four airlines that merged. Our new wings only have two stars unfortunately. History forgotten.
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Old 12-29-2012 | 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by ReserveDog
Actually, Varney Air Transport (founded in 1925) which merged with Pacific Air Transport, National Air Transport and Boeing Air Transport in 1933 to become United Airlines, was a totally separate company from Varney Speed Lines which was founded in 1934 and later became Continental in 1937. Little known trivia, the old UAL wings had four stars on them to signify the original four airlines that merged. Our new wings only have two stars unfortunately. History forgotten.
You forgot the history of merging with Continental?
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Old 12-30-2012 | 09:29 PM
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So there should be five stars, not two.
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Old 12-31-2012 | 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by LCAL dude
Heard a rumor a while back that since Cal and Ual both grew out of the old Varney Speed Lines, UniCal was going to return to using Varney instead of United. Never heard any more of it, so I guess that didn't work out.

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Old 12-31-2012 | 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by ReserveDog
So there should be five stars, not two.
Predictably, your forgetting all the airlines that were merged into CAL. That's why there's just two.
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Old 12-31-2012 | 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ReserveDog
So there should be five stars, not two.
Originally Posted by 13n144e
Predictably, your forgetting all the airlines that were merged into CAL. That's why there's just two.
I believe the choice was to have two stars or close to ten: Texas International, New York Air, People Express, Frontier, and that doesn't include pilots who came our way through commuter acquisitions and flow-through agreements.

Two stars will do just fine. It was a merger of equals, despite the sentiments of a few.
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Old 01-05-2013 | 06:09 PM
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So...who bought who?
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