Management at US and UA--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

[Richard]

The discussion of management was a good one--let's continue it here and keep it separate from merger talk to the best of our ability. I know it can be related at some levels, but leave the egos of the CEO's as it relates to the deal in the other thread.

Thanks!

 

[767jetz]

This will be a short thread for a change.
Parker stinks.
Tilton stinks.
Can't speak for the rest of the LCC management team, but at UA Brace and a few others also stink.

REPLACE THEM ALL! I vote for Bethune.

 

[Pi brat]

This will be a short thread for a change.
Parker stinks.
Tilton stinks.
Can't speak for the rest of the LCC management team, but at UA Brace and a few others also stink.

REPLACE THEM ALL! I vote for Bethune.

Wow! We agree on something!

 

[jimntx]

Until the end of the day let's try to remember that all that has been announced is that they are meeting. It didn't say that they are meeting to continue merger talks. For all we know, this may be a case of one begging the other to reconsider a decision to walk away from the merger.

 

[28L_or_10R?]

I would much rather have Tilton as CEO. My sources say that he and UA are not as difficult to negotiate with. He doesn't seem to be so eager to outsource. To Doug Parker I say: Don't go away mad - just go away!

 

[767jetz]

Until the end of the day let's try to remember that all that has been announced is that they are meeting. It didn't say that they are meeting to continue merger talks. For all we know, this may be a case of one begging the other to reconsider a decision to walk away from the merger.

Agreed. But I think this thread is specifically about management and not any merger potential.

 

[sharktooth]

Until the end of the day let's try to remember that all that has been announced is that they are meeting. It didn't say that they are meeting to continue merger talks. For all we know, this may be a case of one begging the other to reconsider a decision to walk away from the merger.

Every successful negotiation will have at least one of the parties walking away at least once. That will be the measure of the surviving management group.

 

[US1YFARE]

Can't speak for the rest of the LCC management team,

Travis Christ - Say bye bye to a bunch of your FF's

Sherry Shambles - HAY GURL! Can you say GHETTO? If she can be pulled away from her horses, I hear she is very nice. 🙄

 

[freedom]

I hear this tilton guy used to be the head of Texaco…..


It won’t be long now before Americans are ready to riot in the street over the price of oil and the UA board wants to put a former head of teaxco as their main man? :down:



Well at least if we don’t get parker installed and they put MR T we here in the labor world will have no problem rallying public support as we connect tiltion with the oil problems everyday Americans are having ,and If you think the public won’t be looking for scapegoats think again …..(on the other hand he may not be a scapegoat , he may have actually failed our nation )

So tell me , what’s worse , having a few DUI or affecting the lives of every single man woman and child in this country negatively ?

 

[etops1]

"So tell me , what’s worse , having a few DUI or affecting the lives of every single man woman and child in this country negatively ? "

ok..... i am slightly agreeing with some of the things you post but this one. no way. dui's can kill people. the rise of fuel while very bad really hasn't been associatied to any deaths that i know about. you gotta really watch how you word things on these boards .
dammit . i promised myself i would not mention the damn dui thing.

 

[wings396]

This will be a short thread for a change.
Parker stinks.
Tilton stinks.
Can't speak for the rest of the LCC management team, but at UA Brace and a few others also stink.

REPLACE THEM ALL! I vote for Bethune.

I will second your motion for Bethune. Being a former PI person, I know what he was capable of before the US folks in CCY sent him packing back in 89. I for one hope that this UA/US merger does happen, and I would love to see Gordo at the helm for a while to get it all put together and running right. I know that he is up there in years, but perhaps he would be up to the challenge for a few bucks.....

 

[freedom]

I look at things in totality ….. On average the fuel costs that we’re paying today are hurting our way of life…

People die from DUI’s every year and will continue to do so until drinking is illegal or it’s illegal to drive …


My fellow Americans are SUFFERING from the high costs of fuel , the poor are more poor than ever and those who had managed to climb out from the bottom rung of the lader are being dragged back ..

These oil executives have lined their pockets and emptied ours , their greed and complicity with the Saudi princes is a disgrace and betrayal of our country .

 

[wings396]

I hear this tilton guy used to be the head of Texaco…..


It won’t be long now before Americans are ready to riot in the street over the price of oil and the UA board wants to put a former head of teaxco as their main man? :down:



Well at least if we don’t get parker installed and they put MR T we here in the labor world will have no problem rallying public support as we connect tiltion with the oil problems everyday Americans are having ,and If you think the public won’t be looking for scapegoats think again …..(on the other hand he may not be a scapegoat , he may have actually failed our nation )

So tell me , what’s worse , having a few DUI or affecting the lives of every single man woman and child in this country negatively ?

Freedom, based on some of your posts, I know that you are a fan of Parkers. I must admit that I too thought that he had the right stuff to run this Airline at first, but not anymore. I do agree that he can work magic when it comes to getting financial backing, and putting deals togehter. But as far as having a direction for the Airline and it's day-to-day operations, Forget it. Letting the labor issues drag on as long as they have was a huge mistake on his part. I have listened to a few of his "Town Hall" meetinngs, and I'm not impressed with the way he carries himself, or the way he dances around giving a direct answer to questions that are asked of him. I actually had to stop viewing the last one because I couldn't take it anymore....Sad, but true....

 

[JoeDirt]

Glenn Tilton's Bio

Glenn F. Tilton
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer


Glenn Tilton is chairman, president and chief executive officer of UAL Corporation and United Air Lines, its principal subsidiary company. He is based at the company's headquarters in Chicago .

United, United Express® and Ted® operate more than 3,600 daily scheduled flights on a route network that spans the globe and employs approximately 55,000 men and women.

Prior to joining United in September 2002, Tilton was vice chairman of the board of directors of ChevronTexaco, as well as interim chairman of Dynegy Inc. Previously, he served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Texaco Inc., a position he assumed in February 2001.

Tilton, 60, joined Texaco Inc. in 1970 and served in various marketing, corporate planning and European downstream assignments of increasing responsibility. In 1989, while serving as president of U.S. refining and marketing, he was appointed vice president of Texaco Inc. He became chairman of Texaco Ltd. in 1991 and president of Texaco Europe in 1992. In January 1995, he was appointed president of Texaco USA and, later that year, a senior vice president of Texaco Inc. In January 1997, he became president of Texaco's Global Business Unit.

Tilton serves on the board of directors of Abbott Laboratories, headquartered in suburban Chicago . In addition, he serves on the board of directors of the Air Transport Association and is a member of the U.S. Travel & Tourism Advisory Board. Tilton also serves on the board of trustees for the Field Museum and the Museum of Science and Industry, and the board of directors for the Economic Club of Chicago, the Executives' Club of Chicago, and After School Matters, as well as on the civic committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago and the International Relations Advisory Council of Chicago 2016.

 

[RowUnderDCA]

call it Parker's public personal problem: the PPPP.

Honestly, it has GOT to be relevant to the discussions of who will be the CEO. Wouldn't the UAUA Board need some info on the status of the PPPP?