CHICAGO TRIBUNE
First of four parts
Published July 13, 2003
Jake Brace suspected the worst as soon as the flight attendant handed him a thin strip of fax paper.
The lanky United Airlines executive sipped a Diet Pepsi as he sat crammed into coach, his own discomfort a reflection of the precarious financial position that even forced the carrier''s bosses to fly on the cheap.
The brief message, beamed directly to the same machine that alerted pilots to the Sept. 11 hijackings, spoke volumes to Brace. Please ask UAL CFO to call Dan Montgomery ASAP.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/special...ay1-story.story
First of four parts
Published July 13, 2003
Jake Brace suspected the worst as soon as the flight attendant handed him a thin strip of fax paper.
The lanky United Airlines executive sipped a Diet Pepsi as he sat crammed into coach, his own discomfort a reflection of the precarious financial position that even forced the carrier''s bosses to fly on the cheap.
The brief message, beamed directly to the same machine that alerted pilots to the Sept. 11 hijackings, spoke volumes to Brace. Please ask UAL CFO to call Dan Montgomery ASAP.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/special...ay1-story.story