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From Gordon Bethune's FaceBook Page
I got this from one of Sparrowhawk's "Little Birdies" via e-mail. What appears below is a redacted version of the e-mail. It's redacted because the person is a US employee and is AFRAID to post here out of fear for their job.
As you know from FB, Mr Bethune posted a nice note on his FB wall for the CO folks. It now has 560 "likes" and 206 comments, all positive. We both know he is cut from a vastly different cloth indeed than Mssrs Parker and Kirby and should not be spoken of the same breath.
I think I had been working for the airline about a week when he came up and introduced himself. I was truly impressed that a senior VP would do that. When I mentioned it to the my co-workers, they said "Oh, that is the kind of person he is". And that has stuck with me all this time.
Imagine where US would be today if it had kept him around after the PI merger. It's been a while since I read "From Worst to First"; really should read it again. I wonder if the Frat Boys have read it and if they would even if someone gave them a copy. The contrast between him and those running US is truly remarkable.
What strikes me is that he has a FB page with 4999 friends. Imagine the Tempe Frat Boys having public FB pages and being friends with so many people from within and without the company. It is amazing to see the responses, some of which are below. I think this merits discussion o Airline Forum. But, as usual, I am loath to bring anything up there that I've discussed on FB. Maybe I'm overly paranoid, but one never knows. And Tempe is watching.
You, Art Pushkin and 567 others like this.
50 of 206
Pamela Vaughn We were always cool ;-) and I will continue to behave as a Continental flight attendant, giving award winning service with a smile. I just hope the AFA allows me to work enough to support my children
16 hours ago · Like
Kimberly Magolas Williams Thanks Gordon Bethune...Wish you were still here to help us with the MERGER...
16 hours ago · Like · 3 people
April Glandt Gordon is right! Now stay involved and tell the AFA what you like and dont like. THEN take the best of both contracts and create one awesome new contract!!! Treat this like a golden opportunity to compare and share!!! YOU are the ones who make this job the best!
16 hours ago · Like · 4 people
Sharolyn Mary Well Said!
15 hours ago · Like
Laura Martin Amen!
15 hours ago · Like
Terry Page Smith In Jesus name we pray! Amen
15 hours ago · Like
Diana De Gennaro Gordon Actually it was you at the helm helping us to have that dignity.. You led us to the position of respect and dignity.I, We miss you!
15 hours ago · Like · 1 person
Michael Gafa We still have The Go Forward Plan that works well with any group. Trust at least in that and we will continue to make this the best airline in the business, as we have done for 16 years now. With our Four Corner Stones in place we cannot fa...
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15 hours ago · Like · 2 people
Roy Onora Gordon , thank you for being OUR leader & awesome example ...for many of us YOU are still our guiding light !!!
15 hours ago · Like · 1 person
Craig Dunman Thanks Gordon. I hope that the dignity and respect that you showed us, flows over to the management and the workers, from both, airlines. Hope you decide to come back. You were always "first class"!
14 hours ago · Like · 2 people
Dawn Yates Thank you GB!
14 hours ago · Like
Rocco Godino With you as our CEO we never needed unions. Boss be well and stop by ewr again when you have time. We all miss you.
13 hours ago · Like · 1 person
Cindy Seligman Engelstein Any chance you would consider stepping into Jeff's shoes once he steps down??
12 hours ago · Like · 1 person
Jacquie Fahey Papa Thank you Gordon, we wish you would come back, we've definitely slid backwards since you left! We are trying to give the benefit of doubt , but they aren't proving themselves right like you did. Seems we are slowly losing our dignity and respect.
11 hours ago · Like
Nicole Safford Harman Thanks for that - we couldn't have done it without you!
11 hours ago · Like
Mimi- Michelle Stenmark We miss you so MUCH Gordon....Please come Back!!!
11 hours ago · Like
Barb Maxey-Streeter Gordon, YOU helped make us cool. Thanks for yor leadership which helped make us a great airline... Let's only hope we can stay that way!
10 hours ago · Like · 2 people
Vicki Knotts Mr Bethune we are all just trying to maintain our CO culture and our house that you built for us. Right now we are just living with UA, we are not married yet and we are all concerned with how the pre nup's are looking
10 hours ago · Like · 3 people
Caldonia Ladouche Thank you Gordon for everything. Still praying you will return though
9 hours ago · Like · 1 person
Telma Andrade This is WHY we need u back..someone with a heart..
9 hours ago · Like · 2 people
Irshad Patel We dont need a union to treat each other right its actually mandatory to treat others right, to be treated right.
9 hours ago · Like
Christopher Allen Thanks Gordon.
9 hours ago · Like
Kadie McCurdy Cepauskas Well said Sir.
9 hours ago · Like
Shireese Lowery-Daniels Thank You Sir, So nice to know you still care about us!!! We at the old CO are so scared....I think alot of us just want out!!!
9 hours ago · Like
Leigh Yarbrough Kaercher YOU'RE OUR ROLE MODEL!
8 hours ago · Like
NOTE: I shudder to think what the FB page of DP or SK would look like. Flames would shoot out of the screen
Gordon Bethune
Just want to remind the good people at CO that it wasn't the IAM that made you cool. you did it yourselves and treated employees and customers with dignity and respect. No one can take that record away from you.
I got this from one of Sparrowhawk's "Little Birdies" via e-mail. What appears below is a redacted version of the e-mail. It's redacted because the person is a US employee and is AFRAID to post here out of fear for their job.
As you know from FB, Mr Bethune posted a nice note on his FB wall for the CO folks. It now has 560 "likes" and 206 comments, all positive. We both know he is cut from a vastly different cloth indeed than Mssrs Parker and Kirby and should not be spoken of the same breath.
I think I had been working for the airline about a week when he came up and introduced himself. I was truly impressed that a senior VP would do that. When I mentioned it to the my co-workers, they said "Oh, that is the kind of person he is". And that has stuck with me all this time.
Imagine where US would be today if it had kept him around after the PI merger. It's been a while since I read "From Worst to First"; really should read it again. I wonder if the Frat Boys have read it and if they would even if someone gave them a copy. The contrast between him and those running US is truly remarkable.
What strikes me is that he has a FB page with 4999 friends. Imagine the Tempe Frat Boys having public FB pages and being friends with so many people from within and without the company. It is amazing to see the responses, some of which are below. I think this merits discussion o Airline Forum. But, as usual, I am loath to bring anything up there that I've discussed on FB. Maybe I'm overly paranoid, but one never knows. And Tempe is watching.
You, Art Pushkin and 567 others like this.
50 of 206
Pamela Vaughn We were always cool ;-) and I will continue to behave as a Continental flight attendant, giving award winning service with a smile. I just hope the AFA allows me to work enough to support my children
16 hours ago · Like
Kimberly Magolas Williams Thanks Gordon Bethune...Wish you were still here to help us with the MERGER...
16 hours ago · Like · 3 people
April Glandt Gordon is right! Now stay involved and tell the AFA what you like and dont like. THEN take the best of both contracts and create one awesome new contract!!! Treat this like a golden opportunity to compare and share!!! YOU are the ones who make this job the best!
16 hours ago · Like · 4 people
Sharolyn Mary Well Said!
15 hours ago · Like
Laura Martin Amen!
15 hours ago · Like
Terry Page Smith In Jesus name we pray! Amen
15 hours ago · Like
Diana De Gennaro Gordon Actually it was you at the helm helping us to have that dignity.. You led us to the position of respect and dignity.I, We miss you!
15 hours ago · Like · 1 person
Michael Gafa We still have The Go Forward Plan that works well with any group. Trust at least in that and we will continue to make this the best airline in the business, as we have done for 16 years now. With our Four Corner Stones in place we cannot fa...
See More
15 hours ago · Like · 2 people
Roy Onora Gordon , thank you for being OUR leader & awesome example ...for many of us YOU are still our guiding light !!!
15 hours ago · Like · 1 person
Craig Dunman Thanks Gordon. I hope that the dignity and respect that you showed us, flows over to the management and the workers, from both, airlines. Hope you decide to come back. You were always "first class"!
14 hours ago · Like · 2 people
Dawn Yates Thank you GB!
14 hours ago · Like
Rocco Godino With you as our CEO we never needed unions. Boss be well and stop by ewr again when you have time. We all miss you.
13 hours ago · Like · 1 person
Cindy Seligman Engelstein Any chance you would consider stepping into Jeff's shoes once he steps down??
12 hours ago · Like · 1 person
Jacquie Fahey Papa Thank you Gordon, we wish you would come back, we've definitely slid backwards since you left! We are trying to give the benefit of doubt , but they aren't proving themselves right like you did. Seems we are slowly losing our dignity and respect.
11 hours ago · Like
Nicole Safford Harman Thanks for that - we couldn't have done it without you!
11 hours ago · Like
Mimi- Michelle Stenmark We miss you so MUCH Gordon....Please come Back!!!
11 hours ago · Like
Barb Maxey-Streeter Gordon, YOU helped make us cool. Thanks for yor leadership which helped make us a great airline... Let's only hope we can stay that way!
10 hours ago · Like · 2 people
Vicki Knotts Mr Bethune we are all just trying to maintain our CO culture and our house that you built for us. Right now we are just living with UA, we are not married yet and we are all concerned with how the pre nup's are looking
10 hours ago · Like · 3 people
Caldonia Ladouche Thank you Gordon for everything. Still praying you will return though
9 hours ago · Like · 1 person
Telma Andrade This is WHY we need u back..someone with a heart..
9 hours ago · Like · 2 people
Irshad Patel We dont need a union to treat each other right its actually mandatory to treat others right, to be treated right.
9 hours ago · Like
Christopher Allen Thanks Gordon.
9 hours ago · Like
Kadie McCurdy Cepauskas Well said Sir.
9 hours ago · Like
Shireese Lowery-Daniels Thank You Sir, So nice to know you still care about us!!! We at the old CO are so scared....I think alot of us just want out!!!
9 hours ago · Like
Leigh Yarbrough Kaercher YOU'RE OUR ROLE MODEL!
8 hours ago · Like
NOTE: I shudder to think what the FB page of DP or SK would look like. Flames would shoot out of the screen