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June 12, 2008

Eye on United: It’s Been An Ugly Day

Filed under: Pilots, Airline Fees, United — Rick Seaney @ 2:48 pm

It was bad enough United announced a new $15 fee for a first checked-bag.

Then there was today’s protest at the annual shareholder’s meeting: according the the Los Angeles Times, protesters included pilots, flight attendants and machinists who are tired of low morale and loss of jobs.

One protesting pilot said execs get “incentives” while their pay has been “slashed”.

“The management’s mantra has been ’shared sacrifice, shared rewards.’ We’ve sacrificed, but it seems executives are the only ones getting the rewards.” — Todd Daniels, United pilot

This is especially infuriating, since Continental’s top executives will go without pay for the rest of the year, due to belt-tightening there. United, meanwhile says incentives are needed to attract top execs.

Finally, Joe Brancatelli weighs in with a great read on United — the title? “Worst. Airline. Ever.”

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