Originally Posted by
RichardInSF
How well were United's shareholders treated when United went bankrupt? I have absolutely no doubt that United views bankruptcy as just another business strategy (mainly used to screw employees by invalidating labor contracts) and just doesn't care about the effect on shareholders.
Please, please understand that no major legacy carrier is run to benefit the customers, employees, OR shareholders. They exist for one and only one reason: to ensure that top management keeps getting those 8 figure salaries and bonuses, no matter what.
I dont disagree in my heart, and don't want to veer off topic too long, but prove this, and people will got to jail (and execs will be paying shareholder/employees out of their own bank accounts via the class action.) I would never make such an accusation in public, about the good people that lead our company.
Originally Posted by
mrswirl
I think your perspective is a bit twisted. Why would UA's shareholders celebrate getting $3000 when they can have my $20,000 instead??
Are you seriously trying to argue that a steeply discounted 100K mile flyer is more valuable to UA than a full-fare 100 segment flyer? That is some contorted logic right there.
If this is UA's management philosophy then they don't deserve my business.
You are STILL missing my point. They would rather have your 20k, and then 20% more. Now is it clear? $24k is > $20k. I'm beating my head against the PC as I can't seem to use the right words to show you this. You keep trying to compare passenger a and passenger b. I am not doing that. I am comparing passenger a to passenger a with a 20% increase in passenger a's flying.