Not looking good for United (Reuters)

[CRJ's suck]

Obama will be a one term president. He may want a second but he'll be done in 3 1/2.

I hope so. Unfortunately we'll probably still be paying off his term when my kids (they aren't born yet) are my age.

 

[Afixedwing]

I hope so. Unfortunately we'll probably still be paying off his term when my kids (they aren't born yet) are my age.

No, we may still be paying for the Bush administration's catastrophe though.

 

[General Lee]

Obama will be a one term president. He may want a second but he'll be done in 3 1/2.

Thanks Nostradamas. Anyway, tell that to the majority of people who voted for him. The Republicans had better put a better candidate up there and sell him/her better. IF not, it won't happen. Hey, put Gov. Sanford up there, since he was an "up and comer" for the party. Better yet, have Rush Limbaugh speak for you guys. Yeah, you will win alright....


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[SennaP1]

The REP. "Party" can put a Golden Retriever on the next ticket and "GUNS/ABORTION" crowd will vote for the dog.

 

[GoPats]

" The REP. "Party" can put a Golden Retriever on the next ticket and "GUNS/ABORTION" crowd will vote for the dog. "

Sad but true.

 

[T3700]

The Democrats could run a banana slug for president and the Socialist Left would vote for it. And ACORN would make sure it won via voter fraud.

 

[IAHERJ]

The REP. "Party" can put a Golden Retriever on the next ticket and "GUNS/ABORTION" crowd will vote for the dog.

Yep, no kidding. But hey, they have lots of American flag stickers on their cars....

 

[JumpJetter]

Isn't it interest what the bond holders are demanding after the bond holders got the shaft with regard to the GM bankruptcy......

 

[eyeamthechosen1]

I'd proudly PFT to get a job in the porn industry.

That is not much different from how you get laid anyway.

 

[ableone]

To paraphrase what has been said of banks:

"If an airlines' too big to fail, it's too big".

I predict the return of regulation. Soon.

Failure to properly manage their business, their employees future, corporate greed and lack of fiscal responsibility on the part of airlines has attracted the attention and ire of the public and regulators.

Your thoughts, anyone?

None of the air carriers are too big to fail. Chrysler, GM and the large banks all had, and have, the potential to damage the economy as a whole.

There is not an airline out there whose failure will imperil the economy as a whole. In fact the opposite is true; a major failure would do more to shore up the survivors and stabilize the industry than anything else would.

I don't think President Obama is going to even give a failed major more than three minutes of thought. He has had to spend political capital to save GM and Chrysler, there is no way he is going to take a hit to keep a limping airline alive.

Remember when people used to hate the phone company? Well now they hate the airlines.

You can always tell when the airlines raise their fares because every news outlet with a camera starts doing five minute pieces about the "dramatic rise in airfares". This in an industry that has been on life support for ten years.

No politician in any party is going to do jack to save one of the evil, price gauging, worst service in the world - every other adjective you can think of - airlines.