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On 7/22/2003 5:41:31 AM RowUnderDCA wrote:
Muzzle, muzzle???!!! It''s the internet. Oh my gosh! Hellloooooo
This site is a great soap opera, but statements like this make me question why I would take anything seriously that is posted here. What kind of good judgment is that? How on earth could you post that on the internet and expect readers to take you seriously with other opinions? I''m sure it''s possible that you know what you''re talking about, but I''ve become a lot more skeptical.
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RowUnderDCA, Chip rehashes the same dire predictions for UAL over and over again in spite of rebuttals that poke holes in his theories. His predictions tick off every UAL employee who visits this website.
Let''s put the shoe on the other foot for a moment. For instance, how about I post a theory that UAL will be taking over many of U''s gates at PHL, CLT, BOS, DCA, and LGA along with all of U''s transcon and international flying?
I''ll use some articles to back up my theory. For instance, let''s take this one:
http://birmingham.bizjournals.com/birmingh...14/daily20.html Read the last paragraph, where it mentions selling assets.
Now for all of U''s long haul flying disappearing, I''d take this article:
http://www.usairways.com/about/press/nw_03_0716a.htm
Those U pax will now be flying through PIT or CLT to get to LGW. There will be others flying through IAD or ORD to LHR. Then there''s this one:
http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte...14/daily49.html
LH is looking at adding service from MUC; the three finalists are CLT, MCO, and PIT. Notice how two of the three cities are U hubs.
Then there''s the rumor that U will be discontinuing west coast service.
Toss in the additional furlough of 170 U FAs scheduled for this fall.
Add this post from Chip:
"During the recent Regional Airline Association (RAA) conference in Phoenix, US Airways chief executive officer Dave Siegel said more than 100 US Airways Boeing 737-300/400 aircraft would be nearing the end of their useful life. Siegel noted the EMB-190/195 looks attractive for US Airways’ mainline operation as some of the airline’s older narrowbodies exit the fleet during the next five to 10 years.
Siegel told conference attendees that the company looked at the EMB-190/195 in its long-range plans and the airline is studying whether they can replace aging Boeing 737-300s and -400s on mainline routes."
How come U would go with an EMB for mainline instead of an A-318? The A-318 makes more sense in terms of fleet simplification.
Now I can take all of these facts and roll them into a theory that U will be turning into a regional, flying only RJs. How about I repeat this theory on U''s boards? Again and again. New info? Allow me to twist it in such a manner that it fits my theory. Then I''ll post it on the U and UAL boards. Again and again. How ticked off would you (and all U employees) be at me and every other UAL employee?
