United Airlines lost $350,000 per HOUR last month.

[iamwiz82]

ouch

http://www.united.com/press/detail/0,6862,51703,00.html

 

[Chiropteran]

Where did they lose it? I could use a few extra bucks...

 

[neutralizer]

Where can I find this lost money?

 

[FoBoT]

they pay too many people to much $$$

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Chiropteran
Where did they lose it? I could use a few extra bucks...

instead of jet fuel they used $50 bills.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Chiropteran
Where did they lose it? I could use a few extra bucks...

Paying to guarantee the pension funds of the top execs even if they go bankrupt. Oh, and some nice exec bonuses as well.

 

[crab]

Sweet.

 

[boyRacer]

All the airlines are losing money... the goal is to lose the least amount of money.

 

[neutralizer]

United Airlines have been offering very low fares...

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: Chiropteran
Where did they lose it? I could use a few extra bucks...

Paying to guarantee the pension funds of the top execs even if they go bankrupt. Oh, and some nice exec bonuses as well.

yeap. basically they cut the low end workers to sustain the top end exec salaries and bonuses.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Sid59

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: Chiropteran
Where did they lose it? I could use a few extra bucks...

Paying to guarantee the pension funds of the top execs even if they go bankrupt. Oh, and some nice exec bonuses as well.

yeap. basically they cut the low end workers to sustain the top end exec salaries and bonuses.

soudns like they're giving their shareholders a bum deal and should be fired by the board

 

[Frodolives]

I'll just assume it's the typical brand of our decadence and corruption. Milk it for all it's worth while more of us wind up bottom feeders who'll probably never again be able to afford health insurance or a new car no matter how hard we work.

 

[DaWhim]

they have been in chapter 11 since two years ago in Dec. they declared bankruptcy on dec 3rd, IIRC. i had my flight with them on dec 20th that year.

 

[TheToOTaLL]

I sure would love to have that $97 a second they lost.....

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: bR
All the airlines are losing money... the goal is to lose the least amount of money.

southwest is not..

I think...

 

[Triumph]

United can go F themselves up their stupid asses. Had to fly with them regularly for all of 2003 out to Austin. It was never pleasant. This year we fly there on American, and thank god. I can actually fit in the seats!

 

UAL ended January with a cash balance of about $2.2 billion,

Must be rough..

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Triumph
United can go F themselves up their stupid asses. Had to fly with them regularly for all of 2003 out to Austin. It was never pleasant. This year we fly there on American, and thank god. I can actually fit in the seats!

I disagree. I find United to have the best customer service while American just "gets by." I flew American last week and they were unorganized, slow to take off, and did some weird manuevers while we were in flight. We were sitting near the ticket agent, and 3 seperate people had tickets of someone else while getting on the plane. Each one was an eticket that the ticket counter screwed up.

 

[Red Dawn]

Maybe they should outsource the Pilots. I hear the the Indian Air Force has some good ones

 

[crab]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Triumph
United can go F themselves up their stupid asses. Had to fly with them regularly for all of 2003 out to Austin. It was never pleasant. This year we fly there on American, and thank god. I can actually fit in the seats!

slow to take off, and did some weird manuevers while we were in flight.

Please explain...

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: crab

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Triumph
United can go F themselves up their stupid asses. Had to fly with them regularly for all of 2003 out to Austin. It was never pleasant. This year we fly there on American, and thank god. I can actually fit in the seats!

slow to take off, and did some weird manuevers while we were in flight.

Please explain...

boarding and pushing away from the gate were really slow and not at all on time. They seemed to bank alot harder than other airlines as well. To kill time, the pilot put the plane in a 15 degree bank and went in a circle. I have never seen that before. He just stayed in a bank for about 5 minutes. It was not even a holding pattern. I dunno what it was.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Triumph
United can go F themselves up their stupid asses. Had to fly with them regularly for all of 2003 out to Austin. It was never pleasant. This year we fly there on American, and thank god. I can actually fit in the seats!

I disagree. I find United to have the best customer service while American just "gets by." I flew American last week and they were unorganized, slow to take off, and did some weird manuevers while we were in flight. We were sitting near the ticket agent, and 3 seperate people had tickets of someone else while getting on the plane. Each one was an eticket that the ticket counter screwed up.

Respectfully, I've probably flown United more times in the last year than you were even in an airport, respectfully. American is a much better airline, believe me.

 

[Hammer]

i don't fly united or american, but i fly southwest and america west pretty regularly. southwest has gone downhill. they're banking on their good name now. america west is my favorite airline to fly now. excellent service. oh, i fly continental every now and then. i hate them. they suck worse then all other airlines combined.

 

[vi edit]

AA seems to have better leg and hip room in thier seats than UA. I just flew UA last week and I was rubbing next to the guy in the seat beside me the whole time. And neither of us were that big. It was rather uncomfortable for the 4 hours that the flight lasted. Flying American the same flight was much better.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
AA seems to have better leg and hip room in thier seats than UA. I just flew UA last week and I was rubbing next to the guy in the seat beside me the whole time. And neither of us were that big. It was rather uncomfortable for the 4 hours that the flight lasted. Flying American the same flight was much better.

UA definitely has less room than AA, however their staff is infinitely more helpful. On UA, you can request an upgrade and have it happen if you time it right, as I can attest to. For AA, the only way to be upgraded is to be a gold, platinum, moissanite, or kryptonite member of AAdvantage.

UA was very accomdating in my flights with them, and so I will stick with them.