There is a conversation going on Facebook in a Flight Attendant chat about CO and UA. And how CO is ticked off that IAM lost in the union vote on which union would represent all the United flight attendants when the merger is final. AFA won! CO flight attendants are ticked.
Their deal now is that they think that the UA flight attendants on voluntary furlough should be the new hires at CO! Excuse me, these flight attendants have lots of seniority and will not go to CO to sit through weeks of training, then to sit reserve in EWR until they can go back to their REAL seniority at UA. Really generous of the CO flight attendant group!!
Let's see these vol furloughed flight attendants are probably in their 50's, waiting to see if there is a buyout option for early retirement when the merger is complete. Why would they even think of going to fly at CO and sit reserve in EWR. They are probably comfortable financially..I just don't see this happening. Let AFA have the union group...the only ones bitching about the vote are the CO flight attendants and IAM...sour grapes anyone?
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The prosposal was put forth before the vote....AFA refused to talk about it. Like every other company that has been owned by CO, they have offered this in the past. Post 9/11, every CO f/a that had been previosly employed by COEX, was returned to their previous postition, as if they had never left...other CO F/a's were offered priority hiring....all have returned to their positions at CO....all were paid at their CO seniority rates of pay.....as a matter of fact, COEX, now ExpressJet was pissed off when all of those people returned to CO and they had to hire off the street...either way, IAM protected those jobs!
ReplyDeleteBut CO does not own United...United bought CO...
ReplyDeleteActually, CO put forth ALL of the cash for the deal and it is mainly CO management running the combined company. Official line, it was a merger of equals, no one bought anyone.
ReplyDeleteI do believe the work acquire is the same as United bought continental.
ReplyDeleteBy Joshua Freed
The Associated Press
updated 5/3/2010 5:52:14 PM ET 2010-05-03T21:52:14
Share Print Font: +-United Airlines agreed Sunday to acquire Continental Airlines. The new airline would surpass Delta Air Lines as the world's largest carrier.
The deal appears to be a good one for business travelers. United and Continental combined fly to 370 locations and have hubs in Houston, Chicago and Washington, D.C. They also fly to major cities such as Beijing, Tokyo, Rome and Munich.
The top executives of the new airline say that ample competition in its major markets will make boosting ticket prices for leisure travelers tough to do. Time will tell.
Poster Bitchard is incorrect. United acquired Continental.
ReplyDeleteOctober 2010 – On October 1, 2010, UAL Corporation (the parent company of United Airlines) completed its acquisition of Continental Airlines and changed its name to United Continental Holdings, Inc. Although the two airlines remain separate until the operational integration is completed (by mid-2012), as of this day both airlines are corporately controlled by the same leadership