The end of UAL.

[DOVPILOT]

Just for fun, can you name the last Pres or CEO that wasn't a complete disaster?

You'd probably have to go back pre 1980

 

[njcapt]

Yeah, very hard to believe. Up to now, UAL has made such stellar choices in management. Just for fun, can you name the last Pres or CEO that wasn't a complete disaster?

Pat Patterson.

 

[UALjan15]

Pat Patterson.

That's what I was thinking, and that's a looong trip back in time!

 

[ewrord]

Only 10 years ago things were quite good under Jerry Greenwald. Too bad the IAM didn't like Edwardson because things probably would have been better under him than Goodwin. Just 10 years ago United was the number 1 airline in the world.

 

[Saluki Dawg]

Only 10 years ago things were quite good under Jerry Greenwald. Too bad the IAM didn't like Edwardson because things probably would have been better under him than Goodwin. Just 10 years ago United was the number 1 airline in the world.

I tend to agree, Jerry Greenwald seemed to be the best of the CEO's of the last ten years or so. Goodwin was an unbridled disaster, and we all know how Tilton's tenure will be remembered. Very sad to see the destruction of such an iconic Airline.

 

[UALBRAT]

Yeah, very hard to believe. Up to now, UAL has made such stellar choices in management. Just for fun, can you name the last Pres or CEO that wasn't a complete disaster?

William A. Patterson

 

[Vne]

United's best hope is in the current administration from Illinois.

put that crack pipe down and step away from the keyboard......

This industry is about 2 old airline failures away from prosperity..

 

[Skywest Pylot]

I would like to have read something like, "Tilton and board step down at United. Gordon Bethune (or Herb Kelleher) leaves retirement to rescue ailing airline."

 

[bubbers44]

Bob Crandall at AA and Herb at SWA are the only effective ones I can think of. They both did a great job of managing the airline and making money without taking away from the employees. Crandall tried during the FA strike but it didn't work. He threw a chair through his window when the FA's went out. We flew empty airplanes for days with the FA's blessing to keep costs up but the cabin shades were all closed.

UAL has had a long dry spell of management. They do enjoy their bonuses however.

 

[hockeypilot44]

Bob Crandall at AA and Herb at SWA are the only effective ones I can think of. They both did a great job of managing the airline and making money without taking away from the employees. Crandall tried during the FA strike but it didn't work. He threw a chair through his window when the FA's went out. We flew empty airplanes for days with the FA's blessing to keep costs up but the cabin shades were all closed.

UAL has had a long dry spell of management. They do enjoy their bonuses however.

Didn't Crandall invent the "B" scale for pilots? How is that not taking away from employees? How about Edwin Colodny at Usair? He was pretty effective.

 

[Volasl]

Some of you need to read the book Hard Landing for more history on Crandall. Its very entertaining