Skies Clearing For United!

[WrightAvia]

Who's jets are those in the picture anyway?

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~26385~1582211,00.html

 

[Captain X]

Fidget with digits

Not United's.....probably Air Whiskey's......

The 3rd and 4th quarters will be very telling about United's survival chances.

Industry wide, there is usually a 5-10% decline in traffic in Sept with a slow increase thru year end followed by another drop thru February.

Historically, August is the month with the highest passenger loads.

So once the existing minimal yields meet lower RSMs the skies might not be so clear......but you won't hear that from a UAL exec.

 

[terryhfly]

Just goes to show you what the press knows. We don't even fly the 328 anymore at Air Wis. Ahhh, United.

Terryhfly

 

[ALASKAN AVIATOR]

United....

UNITED'S GOIN DOWN BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[enigma]

phone secs

This part of the Denver Post got my attention.

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%7E26385%7E1579930,00.html

They just keep shooting themselves in the foot.

enigma

 

[Skyboss]

Guy walks into a bar and sees a Flight Attendant and asks... "What airline do you work for?"

She responds... "What the F@&% does it matter to you?"

He responds... "Oh never mind, United."

One of the airlines should be sacrificed for the survival of the rest. Might as well be the one with the biggest mess.

That said.... I think they have a chance of survival, but prior management consisted of too many bean counters and not enough aviation managers, and they may have already done too much damage. There's way too much of that going around.

No offense to Baby Boomers, but you all got too hung up on the $$$ signs, thinking bean counters were the solution. The generation behind you is highly specialized, know what they're doing, and they're fed up. Hopefully, the damage isn't irreversible.

 

[TEXAN AVIATOR]

I hope things work out for United; we don't need more pilots on the street.

 

[Speedtree]

Those are Dornier 328 turboprops operated by Air Wisconsin. The above poster was right. That picture was taken some months ago (obviously by the snow) at the B concourse in Denver. The aircraft are no longer in the fold at AWAC.