The case against future international growth
02-21-2015, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by SpecialTracking
Right. One was a overt, hyper competitive, and at times vicious campaign to extract customers from an airline at Denver Stapleton. The other, a campaign with the underlying intentions of forcing a company out of business, sending 100,000 workers to the street while Pavlov's dogs were salivating at the thought of carving up one of the best route structures in the world.
It's akin to comparing an international guppy to an international whale.
It's akin to comparing an international guppy to an international whale.
02-21-2015, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by SpecialTracking
Taking passengers away Continental at Stapleton was going to sink the airline? How did Continental fair when they pulled out of Denver?
02-21-2015, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Grumble
If UA/DAL/AA really want to stab these airlines in the heart... hire every expat pilot at those airline that want to come home. There are quite a few.
02-21-2015, 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by SpecialTracking
Right. One was a overt, hyper competitive, and at times vicious campaign to extract customers from an airline at Denver Stapleton. The other, a campaign with the underlying intentions of forcing a company out of business, sending 100,000 workers to the street while Pavlov's dogs were salivating at the thought of carving up one of the best route structures in the world.
It's akin to comparing an international guppy to an international whale.
It's akin to comparing an international guppy to an international whale.
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02-22-2015, 02:04 AM
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Originally Posted by intrepidcv11
Yep definitely a good place for a guppy whale SLI barb. I have gotten to know quite a few strikers with well earned battle stars that refused to wear the sacred pin due to TORQUE campaign interactions with ALPA brethren. Guess they were overreacting. After all, one less airline can make a difference...
02-22-2015, 06:30 AM
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It's kind of amazing that somebody like Intrepid would be upset that a competitor was trying to compete and thinks that they were capable of putting CAL out if business during the 1980s. If there was one true enemy of CAL and CAL pilots it was their very own Frankie Lorenzo and the vast number of "replacement" workers that were being hired. Not to mention bankruptcy 1 and 2 all within a 6 year period. If there was ever a once proud airline gone bad that needed to be put down it was CAL in the 80s.
Lie detector tests, false medical claims, massive management harassment, scabs galore, many of whom still grace us with their slimy presence, the place was truly an evil empire of an airline.
Read about it here.
Flying the Line II: Chapter 14
Lie detector tests, false medical claims, massive management harassment, scabs galore, many of whom still grace us with their slimy presence, the place was truly an evil empire of an airline.
Read about it here.
Flying the Line II: Chapter 14
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