Originally Posted by Andy (Post 2086183)

Gerstner is the CEO of Altimeter Capital Management; he's the clown that has 1/3 of his hedge fund invested in United stock. He's just another effing greenmailer. The only way to keep these a-holes away is to cause the stock price to drop as a result of their meddling.

... by the way, after taking a look at O'Neal's 'leadership' history, I find all six completely unqualified for seats on the BOD.

Originally Posted by b52dthdlr (Post 2086870)

I've been reading quite a bit about PAR and Altimeter. I suggest that the rest of you do the same. They own a small piece of United and a small piece of Delta. If any of you think that these 2 groups want to make United or Delta great airlines you are sorely mistaken. They are in this strictly for the money. If they have to step on the employee contracts and customer satisfaction of both airlines to get their money they will happily do it. These 2 groups and their new ex-con mouthpiece want to finish what the first ex-con (smiesnik, sp? don't care) started, destroy United for their personal profit. Bethune was praising smiesnik on his CNBC interview, THAT should be enough for anyone to understand their agenda.

Originally Posted by b52dthdlr (Post 2086870)

I've been reading quite a bit about PAR and Altimeter. I suggest that the rest of you do the same. They own a small piece of United and a small piece of Delta. If any of you think that these 2 groups want to make United or Delta great airlines you are sorely mistaken. They are in this strictly for the money. If they have to step on the employee contracts and customer satisfaction of both airlines to get their money they will happily do it. These 2 groups and their new ex-con mouthpiece want to finish what the first ex-con (smiesnik, sp? don't care) started, destroy United for their personal profit. Bethune was praising smiesnik on his CNBC interview, THAT should be enough for anyone to understand their agenda.

Originally Posted by b52dthdlr (Post 2086870)

I've been reading quite a bit about PAR and Altimeter. I suggest that the rest of you do the same. They own a small piece of United and a small piece of Delta. If any of you think that these 2 groups want to make United or Delta great airlines you are sorely mistaken. They are in this strictly for the money. If they have to step on the employee contracts and customer satisfaction of both airlines to get their money they will happily do it. These 2 groups and their new ex-con mouthpiece want to finish what the first ex-con (smiesnik, sp? don't care) started, destroy United for their personal profit. Bethune was praising smiesnik on his CNBC interview, THAT should be enough for anyone to understand their agenda.

Originally Posted by krudawg (Post 2086814)

Completely unqualified? I thing most people who are selected to be on a board are selected because they are connected, so to speak, and as such, most are unqualified. These board members are all part of the "Good ole boy" network.

Originally Posted by Andy (Post 2087097)

LOL! It's hard to argue with your post. I found it funny that Altimeter/PAR stated that these clowns were highly qualified ... a quick search of their backgrounds proved otherwise. It's like (other than Bethune) Altimeter/PAR didn't even try to find anyone with an aviation background

Originally Posted by DB Cooper (Post 2087500)

Any chance Gordon's comments about Smisek were code? Meant for the employees to be fearful of the PAR and Altimeter proxy.
DB