DCA Post: US Partner UA''s Contracts Doomed U.S. Deal

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[A href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16549-2002Dec5.html]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16549-2002Dec5.html[/A]
 
[FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3]Darryl Jenkins, head of George Washington University's Aviation Institute, said the blame falls on United's financial executives, who, he said, aggressively pushed United to acquire US Airways for $60 a share "when it was worth $20."[/NITF]
[P][NITF][STRONG]"That is the same group that made the presentation to the ATSB. The finance guys have single-handedly trashed this airline."[/NITF] [/STRONG][/P][/FONT]
 
[FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3]Darryl Jenkins, head of George Washington University's Aviation Institute, said the blame falls on United's financial executives, who, he said, aggressively pushed United to acquire US Airways for $60 a share "when it was worth $20."[/NITF]
[P][NITF][STRONG]"That is the same group that made the presentation to the ATSB. The finance guys have single-handedly trashed this airline."[/NITF] [/STRONG][/P][/FONT]
 
Why isn't this article posted on the United board? It's all about the reasons that United didn't get the ATSB loan guarantee, and there are only a couple of very minor mentions of US Airways. Furthermore, why wasn't this article placed in the same thread as the other Washington Post article posted at about the same time?
 
Why isn't this article posted on the United board? It's all about the reasons that United didn't get the ATSB loan guarantee, and there are only a couple of very minor mentions of US Airways. Furthermore, why wasn't this article placed in the same thread as the other Washington Post article posted at about the same time?
 
Obviosuly they need to clean house in management...starting with Brace. I wondor if Tilton will survive this. Whomever invests to bring them out of CH11 may want their own management team.
 
Obviosuly they need to clean house in management...starting with Brace. I wondor if Tilton will survive this. Whomever invests to bring them out of CH11 may want their own management team.
 
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On 12/6/2002 1:55:15 AM ForkTime2002 wrote:

[FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3]Darryl Jenkins, head of George Washington University's Aviation Institute, said the blame falls on United's financial executives, who, he said, aggressively pushed United to acquire US Airways for $60 a share "when it was worth $20."[/NITF]

[NITF][STRONG]"That is the same group that made the presentation to the ATSB. The finance guys have single-handedly trashed this airline."[/NITF] [/STRONG][/P][/FONT]
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And to think that I almost fell
 
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On 12/6/2002 1:55:15 AM ForkTime2002 wrote:

[FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3]Darryl Jenkins, head of George Washington University's Aviation Institute, said the blame falls on United's financial executives, who, he said, aggressively pushed United to acquire US Airways for $60 a share "when it was worth $20."[/NITF]

[NITF][STRONG]"That is the same group that made the presentation to the ATSB. The finance guys have single-handedly trashed this airline."[/NITF] [/STRONG][/P][/FONT]
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And to think that I almost fell