The Devil You Know Poll - For US Folks

[ChockJockey]

I thought it'd be interesting to run the same poll in both the AA and US forums before events make it a moot question. For the sake of accuracy please vote once and in the appropriate forum. These are the two choices. It doesn't matter if your choice is made out of visceral hatred or cold reasoning.

Cheers

 

[ContUNITEus]

I didn't vote for Doug Parker, because I know him personally, and because as such, know that he is a scumbag. I voted for the other ass, just because I don't know him personally. 🙄 There should have been a third choice there, like Big Bird or something. I would have voted for that instead.

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

Sorta like a choice between Scylla and Charybis, eh?


Where is Gordon Bethune when you need him?

 

[Harry Callahan]

Since I'm now retired not going to vote, but I have a nephew who is a AA mech. in Tulsa as well as an AA f/a I meet the other day(as well as "a couple other AA folks I've meet) everyone of them have told me they hate Horton.

 

[wings396]

Horton will always be known for being the Hatchet man who came in to do the dirty work during BK. Most doubt that he had/has any long term intentions of running the Airline.
On the other hand, I know that many don't care for Parker either. The difference here is that I believe that Parker actually wants to run the company to a point where it can be very successful. Given the limited resources he has had to work with, US is in a better position than it has been in a very long time. You can't put blaim on him for the mess that US was when he come into the picture.

 

[blue collar]

Horton will always be known for being the Hatchet man who came in to do the dirty work during BK. Most doubt that he had/has any long term intentions of running the Airline.
On the other hand, I know that many don't care for Parker either. The difference here is that I believe that Parker actually wants to run the company to a point where it can be very successful. Given the limited resources he has had to work with, US is in a better position than it has been in a very long time. You can't put blaim on him for the mess that US was when he come into the picture.

Parker might want to run a successful airline, but I think his main goal is to be head of one of the big 3. US was in a mess, but HP was not a great place either - always on the bottom for wages in every classification. Is that the success you want?

 

[DCAJet]

not in bankruptcy. stable financially, which has not been the case since the mid-1990's for our group and the possibility that we become the number 1 carrier.

not a bad place to be...and you are here so why not reach for better.

where is your vision? you're just stuck in this old school thinking and so many of us want to move on shake all that nasty bitter past off. as the obama campaign says "forward"!!!!

 

[jimntx]

Horton will always be known for being the Hatchet man who came in to do the dirty work during BK. Most doubt that he had/has any long term intentions of running the Airline.
On the other hand, I know that many don't care for Parker either. The difference here is that I believe that Parker actually wants to run the company to a point where it can be very successful. Given the limited resources he has had to work with, US is in a better position than it has been in a very long time. You can't put blaim on him for the mess that US was when he come into the picture.

Horton did not "come in" to do the dirty work. He started with AMR in 1985...almost 30 years ago. He's an up from the ranks guy.

 

[blue collar]

not in bankruptcy. stable financially, which has not been the case since the mid-1990's for our group and the possibility that we become the number 1 carrier.

not a bad place to be...and you are here so why not reach for better.

where is your vision? you're just stuck in this old school thinking and so many of us want to move on shake all that nasty bitter past off. as the obama campaign says "forward"!!!!

Don't get me wrong, I hope things work out for you guys. I was trying to be realistic too tho, neither one of these guys cares one bit about their employees

 

[Jester]

This is a no-brainer, especially for any US Airways employee. Let's look at the history of AA's M&As in the past 25 years... AirCal, Reno Air and TWA. The first two were dismantled and sold off, and TWA employees became disposible chattel with little left of its operations.

Tim Horton has expressed strong contempt for US Airways, in general, and I could not see him being any friend to any part of the US operations or its personnel, especially if he felt that he was forced by creditors to merge as a condition of exiting bankruptcy.

Jester.

 

[MyOpinion]

The merger is going to happen. Given the history of both individuals. Parker is the best choice.