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Old 05-30-2012, 07:53 PM
 
Location: Houston, Tx
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United announces job cuts after Southwest plan OK'd - Houston Chronicle

Because southwest won the right to fly international flights, united is now throwing a tantrum. I will never fly a united flight if I can help it.
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Old 05-30-2012, 07:58 PM
 
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Thanks United for showing once again that corporations don't give a ..... about average Americans.
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Old 05-30-2012, 08:18 PM
 
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I think they're just planning for failure since they know they are unlikely to be able to successfully compete with Southwest once things get going.

Another decade or so and I anticipate United will be thrown in the dustbin of failed majors given their current trajectory. Maybe Virgin or Jetblue or some new airline we've never heard of will come fill their spot.
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Old 05-30-2012, 08:19 PM
 
Location: plano
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United, the Illinois state airline has fallen a long ways since merging. Houston's demand for international flights will drive the market not united. If they wont serve it with non stop to major cities someone (southwest in the long run?) will. If they drop the ball on flights serving oil driven markets like africa, the oil companies can charter and handle the big capacity routes themselves.
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Old 05-30-2012, 08:22 PM
 
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United, the Illinois state airline has fallen a long ways since merging. Houston's demand for international flights will drive the market not united. If they wont serve it with non stop to major cities someone (southwest in the long run?) will. If they drop the ball on flights serving oil driven markets like africa, the oil companies can charter and handle the big capacity routes themselves.
That vaccuum will be filled quickly. With mandatory business class rules for oil and gas employees flying over 4 hours (atleast at some companies), that's a chicken waiting to be plucked. No need to worry about charter airlines.
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Old 05-30-2012, 08:30 PM
 
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Default Who are they kidding...

Only the young readers may believe this hype, this lame excuse. Any of us who have been working for decades know what the truth is, and it is simple. United "merged" with Continental, they have too many employees, an opportunity came along to give them a very good excuse to free themselves of redundancy/dead-weight. They are using the Southwest situation to their advantage so they can feel righteous about it, and poke at the eyes of Houston at the same time. It does not fool me.
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Old 05-30-2012, 08:37 PM
 
Location: Houston
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hey united people , they showed you their loyality to you did,nt they , after you left the meeting you walked into a pink slip, their excuse three years from now we would have had to let you go, better to get it out of the way
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Old 05-30-2012, 09:15 PM
 
Location: Spring, TX
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It would be awesome if Southwest airlines gave those ex-United employees jobs...make United look even worse
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Old 05-30-2012, 09:49 PM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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These are all things that United planned on doing. Especially that flight to New Zealand, which didn't have much demand apparently. United will just blame the vote as the reason, but it isn't.
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Old 05-30-2012, 10:36 PM
 
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United sucks. Missing Continental already. Oh well, I'm sure SWA is up to the task of replacing them as the local favorite.
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