United blames oversight for reinstating 9/11 flight numbers
United Airlines said it inadvertently loaded the flight numbers from two of the flights used in the 9/11 attacks into its combined reservation computers. United, which is merging with Houston-based...
View ArticleAre labor problems growing at United?
United Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek made it official today, saying the carrier won’t reach a joint collective bargaining agreement between the Continental and United labor groups by year’s end. That’s not...
View ArticleIs a sick out brewing at United/Continental?
Continental Airlines canceled 24 flights today because pilots didn’t show up for work. That’s not many flights compared with the 3,000 Continental flies each day, but its a lot to blame on “pilot...
View ArticleMore headwinds for United/Continental merger
Pilots for United Airlines have asked a judge in New York to delay the carrier’s efforts to revise its operating procedures as it combines with Continental Airlines. The pilots claim that training...
View Article‘Untied’s’ integration problems are bigger than we thought
I’m sympathetic to typos in written documents. As someone who has his writing reviewed daily by thousands of readers, I know how easy it is for things to slip past writers and editors. But given the...
View ArticleUnited Airlines’ CFO ejects, lands at Apple
Zane Rowe, who’s been chief financial officer of United Airlines since its merger with Continental Airlines, and who was Continental’s CFO two years before that, is leaving for a sales job at Apple. It...
View ArticleUnited’s growing labor strife heralds a long summer of discontent
Labor negotiations continue to drag on two years after the merger of United and Continental Airlines.
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